Satisfying Silences...

[Hard-Drive]

OK so following on from the other thread, what about satisfying silences? For me, its...

The total and utter deafening silence at sunrise on a windless day as the sun comes up over the Grand Canyon at Mather Point, thought I'd gone deaf or something
The moment you turn the engine off on a yacht and you are under sail power alone
The half second of very scary silence when a 12' skiff dinghy gets airborne
Pulling the cable release on a glider
Turning of the alarm becasue it's the weekend and you forgot to un-set it!

[schnell]

The moment shortly after I've just strangled another victim...

[Davi]

dunno, having tinnitus means there is no such thing

near silence though - waking up on a beech in the South of France, totally still air, almost silent except for the slightest hint of waves lapping on the shore, the only movement in sight was the top of the head of the blonde noshing me off.

[V12Les]

Sun set just outside of Death Valley, never experienced anything like it.
Also the Glider silence...just perfect.

[toppstuff]

The bits between notes in some of the finest music..

[Don]

The silence of old friends on a journey. You've already said everything that needs to be said. You are so comfortable with one another there's no need to talk for the sake of it.

The companionable silence after lovemaking with one's long term partner/wife for the same reasons as above.

[westtra]

first day home from offshore when the house is empty and there are no noisy turbine's hvac etc rumbling away in the back ground and i sit down in the living room to peace and quiet.

[Sgt Bilko]

The bit just after you have dropped a "silent but deadly" and before the nearest person whiffs it.

[Penny-lope]

Don said:

The companionable silence after lovemaking with one's long term partner.

I used to love that too..

[mybrainhurts]

The two seconds after a major fart in a crowded restaurant....

[JB Rugby]

Off piste high in the alps, early morning. Only troubled by some snow thay may fall off a nearby tree.

Perfect

[markmakak]

The silence you get when you jump off the top of something high up (top of a boat / off some rocks) into water

[elle]

Don said:

The companionable silence after lovemaking with one's long term partner

Which is then interrupted by the sound of snoring

[V12Les]

Penny-lope said:

Don said:

The companionable silence after lovemaking with one's long term partner.

I used to love that too..

Give Schnell(Scottish Barry White) a ring!...sound like he's up for a bit of lovin'!

[schnell]

V12Les said:

Penny-lope said:

Don said:

The companionable silence after lovemaking with one's long term partner.

I used to love that too..

Give Schnell(Scottish Barry White) a ring!...sound like he's up for a bit of lovin'!

Na mate, I prefer murdering. Love is over-rated.

[stewies_minion]

I'm fond of the cumalative 11 seconds silence I get in a working day.

[MitchT]

Just after the clunk of the door closing when the OH goes on a night out with her mates.

[Eddh]

Penny-lope said:

Don said:

The companionable silence after lovemaking with one's long term partner.

I used to love that too..

I'm so alone!

[londonbabe]

Already put my silence on the other thread:

The silence of a perfectly set up chainline on a fixed gear bicycle.

[Yugguy]

When Swampie is at the other side of the building.