What makes us happy..

[Darkenpath25]

Freedom from my ex...  Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty free at last

[MWoo7]

1 hour ago, Darkenpath25 said:

Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty free at last

always tell people, my DAYS OF OUR LIVES soap friends ,when boohooing after last breakup whatever, its a new beginniing make the best of it to be sure, and my followup to drive the point in deeeeep! -- like a fressh drink of water when parched!

[JVG]

Watching the grandkids make cookies for the upcoming holiday... Flour everywhere...

[MWoo7]

Serene

        Placid

                  Pure

                         Bliss

[JVG]

4 hours ago, MWoo7 said:

Serene

        Placid

                  Pure

                         Bliss

 

Plus beautiful and totally a place I would love to visit...

[Darkenpath25]

When I can beat my dog licking an ice cream cone 

[Butchern]

Today made me happy. Day off with the girls. We laughed. We played with the hose. We planted flowers and made a big dent in the jungle that is our yard.

[sees]

What made me happy was that everything went well today....it all flowed...no glitches! 

Doesn't happen that often!

[Frank Merton]

Beethoven wasn't that successful composing operas, but who cares -- we have his glorious instrumental music.

[sees]

54 minutes ago, Frank Merton said:

Beethoven wasn't that successful composing operas, but who cares -- we have his glorious instrumental music.

I am not sure many were acknowledged to be great whilst still alive, certainly that is true of many old artists.

(I heard that Beethoven was so deaf he thought he was a plumber!) ....

 

Edited April 16, 2017 by sees

[Frank Merton]

Just now, sees said:

I heard that he was so deaf he thought he was a plumber!

 

Beethoven realized he was going deaf in his twenties, and by then his fame was already secured.  He continued to compose (with some emotional breaks) the rest of his life and did the ninth (Europe's effective national anthem) completely deaf.  He was always a musician, starting out as a pianist and becoming composer.  This plumbing business is nonsense.

He was an emotional man, given to horrible temper, but people understood and he is considered one of the three Vienna greats (Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms). The only place where I think maybe his inability to hear what he composed may have had an effect are in his late piano quartets,  which take serious listening to over and over before one begins to understand them (my experience anyway).

[sees]

1 minute ago, Frank Merton said:

Beethoven realized he was going deaf in his twenties, and by then his fame was already secured.  He continued to compose (with some emotional breaks) the rest of his life and did the ninth (Europe's effective national anthem) completely deaf.  He was always a musician, starting out as a pianist and becoming composer.  This plumbing business is nonsense.

He was an emotional man, given to horrible temper, but people understood and he is considered one of the three Vienna greats (Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms). The only place where I think maybe his inability to hear what he composed may have had an effect are in his late piano quartets,  which take serious listening to over and over before one begins to understand them (my experience anyway).

I like his Pastoral Symphony a lot.

[Frank Merton]

Just now, sees said:

I like his Pastoral Symphony a lot.

Yes it is probably the widest liked.  I personally prefer the third and seventh.  There is a massive repertoir out on U-Tube of not just symphonies but a lot of other things.  If you like the sixth (Pastoral), try sonata number 21.

[Frank Merton]

Thinking about this, OH! to have a bidet fixed by Beethoven himself with his pianistic hands.  How though would you establish provenance -- people don't usually write people about who their plumbers were.  

[Butchern]

This makes me happy:

I told my sisters I was getting them Easter baskets this year, and you would have thought it was Christmas! The youngest could barely get to bed last night, and they were up early this morning.   They are way too old (12 and 14) to be excited about some candy. They have lived with me for almost four years now, and it never ceases to amaze me the stuff that excites them. We spent several hours dying Easter eggs yesterday. I had a blast but who would have thought . . . (though, to be fair, they didn't have much of a childhood).

[sees]

1 hour ago, Frank Merton said:

Thinking about this, OH! to have a bidet fixed by Beethoven himself with his pianistic hands.  How though would you establish provenance -- people don't usually write people about who their plumbers were.  

OMG!   It was just a throw away one liner - a joke i.e. not requiring serious analysis.  Never mind.

Edited April 16, 2017 by sees

[JVG]

39 minutes ago, sees said:

OMG!   It was just a throw away one liner - a joke i.e. not requiring serious analysis.  Never mind.

If you haven't guessed by now Frank is a very serious chap....

[MWoo7]

4 hours ago, JVG said:

If you haven't guessed by now Frank is a very serious chap....

Thanks for the memory,rem / remark from college days;  Oh he's a very serious CHAP!
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Taking this one as a funny / humor:::

On 4/13/2017 at 7:30 PM, Darkenpath25 said:

When I can beat my dog licking an ice cream cone 

Edited April 16, 2017 by MWoo7

[Space Commander Travis]

On 4/13/2017 at 9:02 PM, MWoo7 said:

Serene

        Placid

                  Pure

                         Bliss

mosquitoes.  

[sees]

6 minutes ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said:

mosquitoes.  

Rubbing apple cider vinegar on your skin to repel insects. 

[MWoo7]

1 hour ago, sees said:

Rubbing apple cider vinegar on your skin to repel insects. 

Tried that and the dogs were wondering about it, I'm like go away runnniing arounD! hahaha!

[MWoo7]

2 hours ago, Manfred von Dreidecker said:

mosquitoes

I know some individuals that have a knack for that.

Or --or! always saying the exact opposite, their idea being better of course.  I've never looked it up but I'm sure its iin the headshrink's bible someplace, ha! probably has several names.

 

One example, if someone said "My Granny lived to 109 and smoked like a stack and had whiskey iin those Pepsi cans I tell you."   My doc friends would be in the instant, "oh that's too bad."

"Just think they could have a made a few hundred by just living the clean life."   Always some crap like that HATE ! that.

...UUUUPDATE: no not you von manfred said, I love all your comments.

Unsolved Mysteries  oh , and of course Unexplained Mysteries too!  the happy thing, theme/thread blah Laterzzzzzzzzz

Edited April 16, 2017 by MWoo7

[Frank Merton]

11 hours ago, JVG said:

If you haven't guessed by now Frank is a very serious chap....

The problem isn't my seriousness, it's this board.  All sorts of things appear here that one would laugh at anywhere else, and it is entirely possible that a story about Beethoven being a plumber has circulation somewhere.

[Frank Merton]

4 hours ago, MWoo7 said:

Tried that and the dogs were wondering about it, I'm like go away runnniing arounD! hahaha!

I don't know about apple cider vinegar.  When it comes to repelling insects, I think pretty much any vinegar will do.  It also seems to be helpful dealing with the itch after one is bitten.

I regularly choose apple cider vinegar ad put a few drops of it in my drinking water and use it on my kale and other veggies.   It's suppose to be very good for you, although I forget why.

[JVG]

1 hour ago, Frank Merton said:

The problem isn't my seriousness, it's this board.  All sorts of things appear here that one would laugh at anywhere else, and it is entirely possible that a story about Beethoven being a plumber has circulation somewhere.

 

I think you are very passionate about a lot of things and I admire you for that. Some of us see the joy or happiness and like to take things not so serious.