Scale of 370 Ordinary and Extraordinary Moments In Life
This list is a scale, from best to worst, of 370 life-moments. It is divided
into 80 scales, 80 being best, and 0 being worst. We hope you enjoy it.
ORGANIZATION
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80
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Best Moments' Neighborhood
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60
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Good Moments' Neighborhood
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40
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Neutral or Indeterminate Moments' Neighborhood
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20
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Bad Moments' Neighborhood
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0
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Worst Moments' Neighborhood
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|***| BEST MOMENTS' NEIGHBORHOOD |***|
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80
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Getting married.
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Honeymoon night.
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Mortgage retired.
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Sublime dream.
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Supreme moment of friendship.
79
Betrothal.
78
Youthful homosexual ardor.
77
Camp as kid.
First foot on foreign soil.
High school graduation.
Orgasm.
Purchase of house.
Rocking child to sleep.
76
Circus.
First amorous kiss.
First date.
Silver wedding anniversary.
'Discovery' of God.
75
Aurora observed.
Perfect day.
Puppy love.
Putting toys under tree on Christmas eve.
Reunion.
Showing off wife.
74
Building childhood tree fort.
Choosing Christmas tree.
Dance.
July 4th fireworks.
Pulling prank.
Roller coaster ride at negative 'g'.
Shooting animal one has hunted.
Vacationing.
Watching parade.
73
Surprise party.
72
21st birthday.
First snow.
New Year's celebration.
Standing awed in cathedral.
Voyeuristic act.
71
Absolute freedom from all care.
Attending costume party.
Being handed first paycheck.
Planning trip.
Telling one's deepest secrets.
70
Acceptance by university.
Admired by one's child.
Atop mountain.
Immensely pleased with oneself.
Listening enchanted to birdsong.
Name in news.
Personal transformation.
Race.
Rising before dawn.
Seeming miracle.
69
Attending wedding.
First suit of clothes.
Giving sweetheart gift.
Voting.
68
Birthday party.
Boss's praise.
Caroling.
Playing hooky.
66
Establishing first bank account.
Going bug-eyed through "Playboy" at puberty.
Letter to newspaper published.
Meteor sighting.
Visiting museum.
Watching monkeys at zoo.
65
Career decided.
Child's ride on shoulders.
Mysterious valentine.
Selfless act.
Toasting marshmallows.
Windfall.
64
Relaxing in sun.
63
Attending banquet.
Building snowman.
Face-to-face encounter with celebrity.
Learning to ride bike.
Receiving letter from forgotten friend.
Rescuing cat.
Unexpected sidewalk encounter with old acquaintance.
62
Awarding prizes.
Discovering long lost article.
Evening on town.
Football game.
Getting raise.
Lustful daydreaming.
Observing Fido with his nose out the car window.
Pursuing hobby.
Selling lemonade as child.
Telling bedtime story.
Working with another person on project.
61
Boisterous clowning.
|***| GOOD MOMENTS' NEIGHBORHOOD |***|
60
Hitchhiking.
Playing marbles.
Reminiscing about life in old age.
Returning lost wallet.
Talking to spouse in bed.
Telling jokes.
Thinking about ultimate nature of things.
Unexpected success.
58
Arguing politics.
Fishing.
Gambling.
Guessing what gift is in wrapped box.
Learning to drive car.
57
Admiring friend.
Beginners' luck.
Chasing butterfly.
Crashing a party.
Doubling up in bed.
55
Bubble bath.
Examining family photograph album.
Near drowning in canine saliva.
Rendezvous with friend.
'Small world phenomenon'.
54
Being arch.
53
Chasing squirrel.
Ogling a beauty.
52
Cheating in game.
Gazing at stars.
Kind act.
Making wish.
51
Dignitary observed stumbling ridiculously.
50
Acting in a play.
Attending conference.
Exercising.
Gratified for no obvious reason.
Joining club.
Making fun of oneself.
Polled.
Shouting recognition.
Snapping picture.
Writing letter to President.
48
Being droll.
Hearing rooster crow at dawn.
Raking leaves.
47
Engaging in persiflage.
Humming tune.
46
Diving into swimming pool.
Errand.
Lobbying for cause.
Surrendering seat to another passenger.
45
Applauding performance.
Attempting to stand on one's hands.
Casual stroll.
Deliberately letting competitor win competition.
Drawing house as child.
Favorite song on radio.
Reading menu.
'Double' encountered.
44
Saluting flag.
Uprooting weeds.
43
Bragging.
Carefully observing someone's behavior.
Entering day's events in diary.
Giving someone orders.
Jogging.
Shopping.
42
Insight into oneself.
Looking to zenith.
|***| NEUTRAL OR INDETERMINATE MOMENTS' NEIGHBORHOOD |***|
40
Asked time.
Asked to sign petition.
Asking directions.
Baptism.
Birth.
Discovering something surprising about friend.
Explaining device.
IQ learned.
Listening to salesman's pitch.
Looking word up in dictionary.
Making all-important split-second decision.
Making New Year's resolution.
Meeting one's better.
Misrepresenting oneself.
Mistaken for someone else.
Mistaken identity.
Oath taking.
Paged.
Part of sudden gathering of a crowd.
Participating in formal debate.
Praying.
Premonition.
Pretending to be asleep.
Repairing the house.
Salesman at door.
Shaking hands with enemy.
Speeding in car.
Sudden understanding of parents.
Summarizing novel to someone.
Talking to oneself.
Teased.
Telegram.
Testing self.
Waiting to be met.
White lie.
Winding watch.
Writing essay.
39
Cleaning one's proboscis.
Cutting lawn.
Deboning fish.
Groping way in dark.
Hitting funny bone.
Inability to remember word at tip of tongue.
38
Bum asks for dime.
Carrying out garbage.
Climbing ladder.
Cursing.
Eye exam.
Hailing taxi.
Judge enters courtroom from his chambers and causes all present to rise.
Perfecting signature.
Sewing button.
Taking wrong turn.
Trying to get someone's attention.
Washing dishes.
Wrong telephone number.
37
Exchanging gossip.
Pronunciation corrected.
36
Close escape.
Hat blown away.
35
Being crass.
Bird craps on head.
Changing diaper.
Defending friend.
34
Baby-sitting.
Caught in downpour.
Erring and having to start all over again.
Explaining birds and bees to child.
Wiping runny nose.
33
Anxious anticipation.
Deliberate cruelty.
Donating.
Hiding.
Painting fence.
32
Doctor's rectal examination.
Standing in line.
31
Finding parking ticket.
30
Being obnoxious.
Climbing about on roof.
Doubting wisdom of one's country.
Getting haircut.
Wounded vanity.
28. .
Cutting self with knife.
First encounter with slum.
First pubic hair.
Irritated at the Almighty.
27
Burning toast.
Devoured by mosquitoes.
Enduring snoring.
In hostile territory.
Punishing child.
Witnessing display of prejudice.
26
Car skids on ice.
Court appearance as complainant.
Cracking of voice in adolescence.
Girl jitters.
Trying to persuade someone to take one's place.
25
Calming distraught child.
Crying profusely.
Last train missed.
Outwitted.
Putting up with fool.
Tornado alert.
24
Boomerang.
Locked out of one's house.
Tornado alert.
23
Reluctant admission.
Rushing to airport.
'Ghost in house'.
22
Asking lawyer for advice.
Blushing over one's stupid remark.
Caught in traffic jam.
Encounter with psychotic.
Falsely accused.
21
Caught in terrible dilemma.
|***| BAD MOMENTS' NEIGHBORHOOD |***|
20
Borrowing money.
Comforted by friend.
Driving in funeral procession.
God doubted.
Participation in disaster.
Self-detestation.
Slipping on wet floor.
Spring cleaning.
Stopping spitball.
Tempted to commit misdeed.
19
Embarrassed by friend.
Overflowing toilet.
Suffering a drunk.
18
Alert by SAC (Strategic Air Command).
Brutal curtness.
Car accident.
Discovering own hypocrisy.
Encounter with the law.
Falling downstairs.
Friend's treachery.
Struck by spit from someone in front seat of car.
Suffering wart.
Thunderstorm.
17
Duped.
Earthquake experienced.
Fighting with neighbor.
Jury duty.
Near disaster.
Refusal to obey order.
Suffering bureaucrat.
Visit to psychiatrist.
16
Confinement to bed during fever.
Disappointment with spouse.
Excruciating pain.
Splitting headache.
Suddenly realizing one has made serious mistake.
15
Day when seemingly one can't do anything right.
Dizzily observing ground from great height.
Going days without sleep.
Mother-in-law visits.
Personal setback.
Startled in horror movie.
14
Hangover.
Humiliated by asking favor and being turned down.
Losing one's voice.
Tumbling in shower.
Vomiting in toilet bowl.
Whistling in dark forest at night to keep spirit up.
13
Guilt after first masturbation.
Threatened by someone.
12
Enduring bully.
Fistfight.
Income tax day.
Jealous rage.
Shocked by discovery of wrinkles.
11
Parent defied.
10
Drunk on job.
First inkling of disaster.
Nightmare.
Reading of a will.
Shot at in military.
Spraining ankle.
String of accidents.
Wondering if life is really worth it.
9
Being victim of crime.
Experiencing political assassination over television.
Slapped in face.
8
Being abandoned.
Draft notice.
First marital argument.
First sight of parents nude or of "primal scene".
Studying for academic examination.
Writing consolances to bereaved friend.
7
False tumor scare.
In black despair.
Loss of friend.
Penury.
Tooth pulled.
War declared.
6
Doubting one's sanity.
Witnessing stranger's death.
5
Broken bone.
Burying dead pet.
Divorce proceedings.
Fired.
First day at school.
One's child running in front of moving car.
Running away from home.
Serious illness.
4
Visiting hospital during emergency.
0
Death of father.
Suicide contemplated.
Wife found in bed with stranger.
|***| WORST MOMENTS' NEIGHBORHOOD |***|