Trivial things that please you beyond all expectations

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

About six, maybe eight weeks ago, i made one of those online impulse buys for something overpriced and completely useless (AKA 'art')... and promptly forgot all about it.

Today I got an email saying your order's on its way... and promptly thought scam... but on closer inspection, it's the 'art' I'd forgot I'd purchased.

Don't you just love getting things you'd forgotten you'd paid for!

I pre-ordered two CDs a few months ago from separate places, and they've just been sent out. I was surprised when they arrived as I forgot I'd ordered them. I was even more surprised when a second copy of each CD a couple of days after the first as I'd forgotten I'd pre-ordered them and placed a second order for the same thing...

 

[DCBassman]

I'd forgotten I'd pre-ordered them and placed a second order for the same thing...

Been there...

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just sewn/secured three loose/nearly falling off buttons on 2 of my tweed jackets.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I don't have a toaster or a grill. I bought some crumpets yesterday thinking I'll experiment with my toasted sandwich maker. As long as you don't press the top down, instead just place it gently on top of the crumpets they turn out ok.

 

[Oldhippy]

My job.

 

[mustang1]

A light switch. Press to switch on light. Press to switch off light. Has been working this way for many years. Very, very pleasing.

It has no IP address. It is not wifi-enabled. It is not "smart". It requires no software updates or bug fixes. It worked the day I bought it with no "new features coming soon with firmware updates". None of the press it, press it again, press it harder before the light comes on. Just the same gentle forced of a simple press makes the light come on. Does not require new features where the company that makes the switch has to add new features to sell more products to please the share holders. There are no youtube influencers telling me the features of a light switch, no unboxing videos (well, there might be unboxing videos, there is a lot of crap out there). None of that "alex, turn on the lights.... alex, ALEX, wth" or "integrated with the smart home that detects you are 100 metres away and approaching home so it switches on the lights for you before you even arrive for that warm glowing feeliing in a colour that suits your mood based on your heart rate that your wrist HRM has detected."

 

[Oldhippy]

Books.

 

[PeteXXX]

The sound of accomplishment and purpose when I hear some grit, or summat noisy, going up the pipe when I'm vacuuming the carpets.

(Unless I've recently lost a small screw or bolt, that is!)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Riding in poor weather I sometimes get the giggles at the absurdity of it. Such pleasures.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Made my new anvil portable

View: https://youtu.be/ThYvl2Gx4UE

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm watching this. I think I find it quite funny.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Running through a deep pile of leaves and kicking them everywhere.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Seeing the shadow of me and my bike on the road surface as I cycle along.

For a start it means the sun is shining, which is always a bonus, but it also looks good! Especially when the sun is directly behind and the shadow in front is exactly symmetrical. I'm always amazed that I'm on a stretch of road, at exactly the moment in time, when its alignment matches the sun's azimuth.

 

[lazybloke]

Seeing the shadow of me and my bike on the road surface as I cycle along.

For a start it means the sun is shining, which is always a bonus, but it also looks good! Especially when the sun is directly behind and the shadow in front is exactly symmetrical. I'm always amazed that I'm on a stretch of road, at exactly the moment in time, when its alignment matches the sun's azimuth.

I like a long shadow...

 

[Chris S]

I like a long shadow...
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