May I ask you a question?

Grampy Bobby

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25 Aug 13

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

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25 Aug 13

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When's the last time you experienced some simple joy (one not motivated by lust or induced by chemicals)?

Great Big Stees

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25 Aug 13

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
When's the last time you experienced some simple joy (one not motivated by lust or induced by chemicals)?

Last night. We sat out on the back deck, built a fire in the fireplace, looked at the stars and enjoyed a vodka martini...yes I said "a".

Drewnogal

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The Plot

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25 Aug 13

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lolof

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25 Aug 13

Right now

HandyAndy

Read a book!

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25 Aug 13

Originally posted by lolof
Right now

And...?

lolof

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25 Aug 13

Originally posted by HandyAndy
And...?

Nothing special, Andy - I just experienced simple joy for no particular reason🙂

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

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25 Aug 13

Watching small children enjoy an ice cream cone on a summer day.

huckleberryhound

Devout Agnostic.

DZ-015

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25 Aug 13

The last time my daughter said Daddy.

apathist

looking for loot

western colorado

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25 Aug 13

The light rail today. A mother and her infant, sharing each other and oblivious to everything else. I am so glad that such joy actually exists.

JS357

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26 Aug 13

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
When's the last time you experienced some simple joy (one not motivated by lust or induced by chemicals)?

Today, at a jazz concert, the Brubeck Brothers (2 of them sons of Dave Brubeck) doing Blue Rondo A La Turk followed by Take 5 followed by Unsquare Dance. A half hour of bliss.

Grampy Bobby

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26 Aug 13

Spontaneous conversation with total strangers, which usually begins with an incidental glance or a smile.

ChessPraxis

Cowboy From Hell

American West

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26 Aug 13

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
When's the last time you experienced some simple joy (one not motivated by lust or induced by chemicals)?

I had many ideas about replies, then you threw in sans lust/drugs.
I got nothing .

😞

JS357

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26 Aug 13

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Spontaneous conversation with total strangers, which usually begins with an incidental glance or a smile.

You mean like, "Spare Change?"

Grampy Bobby

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26 Aug 13

Originally posted by JS357
You mean like, "Spare Change?"

Yes, that's happened more than once with homeless men. Many, I've discovered, are well educated; others have war stories to tell about Active Duty in Viet Nam or Iraq. They're as grateful for someone who will listen as for a few bucks for a meal.

Grampy Bobby

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26 Aug 13

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
I had many ideas about replies, then you threw in sans lust/drugs.
I got nothing .

😞

How about one of your brilliant center board checkmates with a lowly pawn?