Quirks?

[ToriAllen]

Yeah... that's getting a little too personal. I just like giving you shit, Tori.

I've noticed. It is not hard to do. I give people plenty of ammo. Especially in a thread about neuroses.

[RoyalOrleans]

I've noticed. It is not hard to do. I give people plenty of ammo. Especially in a thread about neuroses.

 

You said "hard" and "ammo". Heh heh heh...

[phreakwars]

I don't really have any quirks in my life because I'm the kind of person who is eternally bothered by other things from my past that simple everyday things in life are nothing to me.

 

I can let all annoyances go because I've trained myself to do so.

 

It seems to me, that is so far what all the quirks everyone has had, are based on... annoyances in their life that prevent them from feeling comfortable.

 

Simple everyday things that needs to be just right to give one order in their chaotic world.

 

I find it quite amusing that people can be bothered by such little things in life.

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[Lethalfind]

I don't really have any quirks in my life because I'm the kind of person who is eternally bothered by other things from my past that simple everyday things in life are nothing to me.

 

I can let all annoyances go because I've trained myself to do so.

 

It seems to me, that is so far what all the quirks everyone has had, are based on... annoyances in their life that prevent them from feeling comfortable.

 

Simple everyday things that needs to be just right to give one order in their chaotic world.

 

I find it quite amusing that people can be bothered by such little things in life.

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You hit the nail on the head phreak. That is why people with OCD live such chaotic lives. Their quirks transcend being a little annoyed to they can't function unless things are done a certain way. I have noticed when I am REALLY stressed i.e. I am not in control of something bad that is effecting my life, I get really bad like this. Its like I can't control the bad thing so I am going to micromanage the shit out of the little details. Its exhausting really. I make a point of doing things wrong sometimes just to demonstrate I can, like NOT folding the towels right, hanging something on the wall crooked.

[Lethalfind]

Another one that came up when I was thinking about packing for my upcoming trip to Texas for Christmas...

 

I always travel with my own pillows and heating pad. This time I will also be bringing my own feather duvet so I don't freeze my ass off. I hate sleeping under heavy blankets, I prefer how a feather duvet feels, nice and light but still warm.

 

Because of allergies I often bring my own sheets as well. I am severly allergic to Tide and Era. In fact once you have washed sheets in either of those two types of detergent they are forever defiled. I normally can't replace my sheets with those washed in that because there is still detergent in the mattress pad and or mattress. Consequently I have ended up sleeping in peoples recliners, on the couch etc. with my own sheets. Luckily hotels normally use products that doesn't bother me.

[Vander]

No one can go in my office. Of all of the places in my apartment, the office is my personal safe haven. I have everything arranged just the way I want it, and it drives me crazy if anything in there is out of place. When company comes over, the door gets locked.

 

All cups, glasses, and soda cans must be on coasters.

 

No one eats in the sitting room.

 

Ex's have complained that my apartment is too cold and impersonal, but that is the way I like it. No clutter, stainless steel appliances, and everything in it

[Lethalfind]

When I put my glasses away, they are organized according to size and then acording to set. I have several sets and they must be seperated.

 

My Mom used to take dishes out of the dishwasher that still had food on them and scratch it off. She would then put it in the cabinet. I was disgusted. Its still dirty!!! Dear God woman, have you no morals....

[RoyalOrleans]

I hate it when I'm taking a dump and have nothing to read. I always have some sort of literature beneath the sink.

[ToriAllen]

My Mom used to take dishes out of the dishwasher that still had food on them and scratch it off. She would then put it in the cabinet. I was disgusted. Its still dirty!!! Dear God woman, have you no morals....

My grandmother's dishwasher didn't work all that well when I was growing up. It has made me paranoid. I check dishes front and back before I use them. I hold glasses up to the light, and run my fingers across plates and bowels.

 

That reminds me of something else. I wash my dishes before I put them in the dishwasher. All of the food must be off before they go in; otherwise the jets just blow the food around in there. One thing I hate about letting Hubby wash dishes is finding food up inside the glasses that was blown there from the plates below. He claims he washes them off before he puts them in, but I think maybe his idea of wash and my idea of wash are two different things.

[tiredofwhiners]

I spend a fair amount of time working on the road. I always take my own pillow, the hotel beds i can deal with but not the pillows.

 

On the dish thing my dishwasher does a great job, i just rinse the chunks off then load. But at grandmas she hand washes and the silverware always has leftovers. When we go there the first thing you do is get out the settings for the meal and rewash.

[ToriAllen]

An old phobia has recently resurfaced for me. I have no problem going up stairs, but going down stairs is difficult for me. It probably has to do with my fear of heights. It is worse if there is someone behind me. I have to stop and let them pass. I can not walk down if there is someone behind me, even if there is a reasonable distance between us. The steeper and narrower the stairs, the worse it is. I go up the stairs to class, and down the elevator when I leave.

[RoyalOrleans]

An old phobia has recently resurfaced for me. I have no problem going up stairs, but going down stairs is difficult for me. It probably has to do with my fear of heights. It is worse if there is someone behind me. I have to stop and let them pass. I can not walk down if there is someone behind me, even if there is a reasonable distance between us. The steeper and narrower the stairs, the worse it is. I go up the stairs to class, and down the elevator when I leave.

 

You're just insane, Tori.

[builder]

Fuck, I'm a rigger. I just jump the railing.

[Lethalfind]

An old phobia has recently resurfaced for me. I have no problem going up stairs, but going down stairs is difficult for me. It probably has to do with my fear of heights. It is worse if there is someone behind me. I have to stop and let them pass. I can not walk down if there is someone behind me, even if there is a reasonable distance between us. The steeper and narrower the stairs, the worse it is. I go up the stairs to class, and down the elevator when I leave.

 

I do things like that without thinking. Although I do up the elevator and down the stairs. I think my issue is the fear someone will push me.

[scout]

I have to have at least a sheet on me or I can't sleep. Can't have any body parts hanging over the mattress, a snake may get me. No, never had a snake in the house. Have NO idea where that one comes from. And I usually sharply hesitate a second before going down stairs, as to get my bearings. Quit chewing my finger nails bout 4 years ago..

[ToriAllen]

Although I do up the elevator and down the stairs. I think my issue is the fear someone will push me.

You can't have anyone behind you going up the stairs, but you don't care about going down? So, you're afraid someone might push you up the stairs, but it is alright if they decide to push you down the stairs. And RO says I'm insane...

 

I have to have at least a sheet on me or I can't sleep. Can't have any body parts hanging over the mattress, a snake may get me. No, never had a snake in the house. Have NO idea where that one comes from. And I usually sharply hesitate a second before going down stairs, as to get my bearings. Quit chewing my finger nails bout 4 years ago..

Yep. I can

[Lethalfind]

You can't have anyone behind you going up the stairs, but you don't care about going down? So, you're afraid someone might push you up the stairs, but it is alright if they decide to push you down the stairs. And RO says I'm insane...

 

 

Yep. I can

[Lethalfind]

I don't know if this happens in real life because I have never opened a bottle of champagne. However on TV it seems to happen all the time.

I would loose it if somenone opened a bottle of ANYTHING and it went all over the carpet, my furniture etc. On TV it seems there is no way to open champagne without it going all over.

Does this really happen? Or like so many other things is this an exageration?

I have issues with my carpet. I would have to get out the carpet cleaner and shampoo the carpet before I could enjoy a glass of anything if the person opening the bottle had just spilled it all over the floor.

In Florida its not unusual for people to tile the entire house. I'm all in favor of this, I would feel so much better about the cleanliness of my floor if I could scrub it like you can tile. As it is my bathrooms, kitchen and entry way are tile and I feel great about those but I look at the carpet and feel like nothing I could do would make it clean in my eyes...

[ToriAllen]

I don't know if this happens in real life because I have never opened a bottle of champagne. However on TV it seems to happen all the time.

I would loose it if somenone opened a bottle of ANYTHING and it went all over the carpet, my furniture etc. On TV it seems there is no way to open champagne without it going all over.

Does this really happen? Or like so many other things is this an exageration?

I have issues with my carpet. I would have to get out the carpet cleaner and shampoo the carpet before I could enjoy a glass of anything if the person opening the bottle had just spilled it all over the floor.

In Florida its not unusual for people to tile the entire house. I'm all in favor of this, I would feel so much better about the cleanliness of my floor if I could scrub it like you can tile. As it is my bathrooms, kitchen and entry way are tile and I feel great about those but I look at the carpet and feel like nothing I could do would make it clean in my eyes...

Champagne will only do that if you shake it, which some people do for effect. It is perfectly possible to open it without it going everywhere.

I completely agree on the carpet issue. When I buy the house I plan to stay in, the whole thing will be hardwood floor or tile, except the bedroom (I have a problem getting out of bed onto a cold floor). I was there when my grandmother had new carpet put in. When they ripped up the twenty year old carpet, there must have been twenty years of dirt underneath that the vacuum couldn't get to. Yuck! Carpet can be a big problem if you have allergies.

[angie]

Champagne will only do that if you shake it, which some people do for effect. It is perfectly possible to open it without it going everywhere.

I completely agree on the carpet issue. When I buy the house I plan to stay in, the whole thing will be hardwood floor or tile, except the bedroom (I have a problem getting out of bed onto a cold floor). I was there when my grandmother had new carpet put in. When they ripped up the twenty year old carpet, there must have been twenty years of dirt underneath that the vacuum couldn't get to. Yuck! Carpet can be a big problem if you have allergies.

I'm with you guys on that one. Carpeting in main areas of the house is very dirty. When my parents ripped up the carpet, there was inches of dust and carpet powder. And we vacuumed EVERY DAY. It was disgusting. I'll never have carpeting in a high traffic area of the house (the bedroom is nice, though. It's lovely to wake up and step onto nice, fluffy carpeting).

[ToriAllen]

Carpeting in main areas of the house is very dirty. When my parents ripped up the carpet, there was inches of dust and carpet powder. And we vacuumed EVERY DAY. It was disgusting.

This is one of the reasons I do not allow shoes in my house. When I lay on the floor with the kids to watch movies, I don't want to worry about what was on the bottom of their shoes when they came inside.

[Lethalfind]

Champagne will only do that if you shake it, which some people do for effect. It is perfectly possible to open it without it going everywhere.

I completely agree on the carpet issue. When I buy the house I plan to stay in, the whole thing will be hardwood floor or tile, except the bedroom (I have a problem getting out of bed onto a cold floor). I was there when my grandmother had new carpet put in. When they ripped up the twenty year old carpet, there must have been twenty years of dirt underneath that the vacuum couldn't get to. Yuck! Carpet can be a big problem if you have allergies.

 

I know what you mean about a cold floor. When I was in Texas in my brothers house he has tile all over, it was colder then shit. Here in Florida you don't notice it so much because it simply doesn't get so cold.

I hear its very good for allergies as well. You can put down an area rug and still be able to take it up and clean underneath it. I use that spray bleach that is for countertops to clean the tile floors I have now.

I like wood but during the hurricane season of 2004, I heard a couple stories of how a small leak from the hurricane destroyed wood floors. Of course after the hurricanes we had nothing but candles for light at night, I found what a disaster candle wax was for carpet.

I want to be able to throw a burning torch down on the floor and be able to clean up after it so its tile for me, that is once I can afford it.

Just imagine the clean, bleach smell I will have all over the house.

I will probably put a very low pile in Dianes room and the guest room but the rest will be all tile with area rugs in the middle.

[Tex]

I hate liars and bullshit.

 

Last Christmas, my sister told me she had bought me a non-stick frying pan. But when I opened it, the fucker had a price sticker on it.

 

Who's she trying to kid?

[angie]

Well, oddly enough, I gave up chewing on my fingernails. Haven't touched them since the day my daugher was born. So now I have pretty girlie hands .

 

My food has to be HOT. Not spicy hot, temperature hot. Steaming, visibly hot. Borderline 'burn your mouth' hot. Same for my coffee. I can't stand room temperature coffee. But I will drink iced coffee. Weirdo, I know.

 

I've started going back to my old days of panicking in large crowds. I went to the DMV a few weeks ago to renew my lisence, and it was so busy you could hardly open the door. I walked in, stood in there for about 8 seconds, and RAN out the door. I was shaking the whole way home. Decided I would rather take my chances getting pulled over with an expired lisence. No way was I staying.

[ToriAllen]

But I will drink iced coffee.

Haagen-Dazs iced Frappuccino is sooo good.

 

Nasty sick people who cough in their hand and then try to shake my hand. Yuck. When I am sick I always cough into my left hand, because it is customary to shake hands using the right hand. Doesn't anyone else think to do this?