Thursday, February 5, 2009

Surfing for pleasure or for need

Let's examine the word pleasure, which has a giddy naughty feel to it, doesn’t it?
The definition below is thanks to Merriam Webster Online Dictionary:
Main Entry: 1plea•sure
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English plesure, alteration of plesir, from Anglo-French plaisir, from plaisir to please
Date: 14th century
1: DESIRE , INCLINATION wait upon his pleasure — Shakespeare2: a state of gratification3 a: sensual gratification b: frivolous amusement4: a source of delight or joy

Now the word need, let’s examine that it appears to be much more mundane and gives a necessity to our wants.
Main Entry: 1need
Pronunciation: \ˈnēd\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English ned, from Old English nīed, nēd; akin to Old High German nōt distress, need, Old Prussian nautin need
Date: before 12th century
1: necessary duty: OBLIGATION2 a: a lack of something requisite, desirable, or useful b: a physiological or psychological requirement for the well-being of an organism3: a condition requiring supply or relief4: lack of the means of subsistence: POVERTY

So as my title tonight states surfing that is on the net for pleasure or need, which is
two different reasons.

Oddly enough with all the research I self impose on me I found when I truly needed to find something I took the old fashioned route and used the phone, a cell phone, but still a phone, and a few emails as well.

Over the last several days I had been trying to locate a fairly new light-weight nominally price mobility scooter since I would not be able to have any insurance pay for it and the cost would be totally an out of pocket expense on us.

And so with after two days of spending many non productive hours on the phone with different non-profit organizations I decided to email some family and friends, and our eldest son came through. He called with a site he found for a new one two hundred dollars less than the reconditioned one the local dealer offered and all this with free shipping and a three years warranty, and just the right size; small enough to not need a lift but to be able to be broken down small enough and light enough to fit in our car and to be quickly reassembled, consequently a sale was made! It should be arriving in 7 business days, which I figure to be from tomorrow since it was late afternoon here when decided on and that should make it the 16th or 17th of this month.

Now how many people do you know search online for just the joy of looking at different sites?

Surfing or searching for me has been like being a tumbleweed on a desert since I tend to travel on from whence I came. One interest moves me on to another and another and another so in reality I could also liken it to my chocoholic desires, and so I guess my surfing is more for pleasure than a true need, and mostly for the heck of it.

As I grow older I find that I don’t know as much as I thought I did and so learning is a daily desire.
My willingness to accept that has taken some time, but I do know that I must.

But when a family member or friend asks for information I am more than willing to try and help and find what they need online for them and I do this with much joy in my heart, and so I do guess I surf for pleasure as well as need.

With that bright note I will bid you good night to all and to all the world is your oyster and you must find the pearl!

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