Trivial things that please you beyond all expectations

[Accy cyclist]

It says 16.69 fitted, so that's a tenner.

£1.50's worth of fuel to get to my nearest Halfords and back on top of that, so I still did ok. To be fair to the mechanic I go to, he could've said he'd fit the bulb then bigged it up saying he had to do this and that to do the job and I wouldn't have been any the wiser if he'd charged me 20 quid for it.

 

[Chris S]

Venues that tell you what time the band appears on stage and not just what time the doors open.

 

[FishFright]

Venues that tell you what time the band appears on stage and not just what time the doors open.

The problem is everyone would arrive at the same time, form a massive queue and loads of people would miss the start .

 

[matticus]

The problem is everyone would arrive at the same time, form a massive queue and loads of people would miss the start .

It works with just about every major sporting fixture. If people want to see the first serve of a Wimbledon final, they won't have a problem.

 

[Beebo]

The problem is everyone would arrive at the same time, form a massive queue and loads of people would miss the start .

The venue also likes to get the audience in early so they can sell them food and drink.

But theatres seem to cope with a fixed start time.

Cinemas always build in at least 15 minutes of trailers, so we just arrive 15 minutes late.

 

[matticus]

Cinemas always build in at least 15 minutes of trailers, so we just arrive 15 minutes late.

My partner hates doing that. I don't think she gets much pleasure from the trailers+ads, she just hates the teeny-tiny risk of being late late.

 

[Accy cyclist]

 

[Supersuperleeds]

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That would imply that it had at one time been great.

 

[Gwylan]

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Now that's a real project!

 

[postman]

So Accy said to God,i want to understand women.Oh Accy that is too much give me something else.Ok make Accrington Stanley great,Right Accy,women.

 

[Jameshow]

So Accy said to God,i want to understand women.Oh Accy that is too much give me something else.Ok make Accrington Stanley great,Right Accy,women.

That could easily apply to a city near us...!🤣

 

[Accy cyclist]

That would imply that it had at one time been great.

It was quite a wealthy town, for the factory and mill owners that is , in Victorian and Edwardian times. Accrington has some of the finest Architecture of that era to be found in Britain! Ok, many of those fine buildings are now HMO's full of skanky crackheads, but nevertheless, they are still fine buildings!!🧐

 

[briantrumpet]

I had an unexpected phone call recently from a solicitor in Crediton, who'd taken over the practice that did my house conveyancing a number of years ago. As far as I can remember, it was on a fixed-fee rate, and went through smoothly. The lady told me that there was a small sum of money still on my account that they had found when going through the paperwork, and would I like it returned to me. I asked how much it was: when she said it was £60, I asked if they could donate it to charity, as I'd not missed the money. The answer was yes.

Now, if you're wondering why I'm ever so slightly vague about this, said house purchase was 33 years ago.

Anyway, apart from wondering how despite all the solicitors' regulations that money sat in an account somewhere for 33 years, that cheered me up. What trivial things have cheered you up?

 

[Smokin Joe]

The sun is shining this morning.

 

[briantrumpet]

The sun is shining this morning.

Trivial, trivial? That's pretty major news given the winter we're emerging from! 😉

Trivial is more like removing the thin part of the all-seasons duvet and getting it washed and drying on the line this morning.

Hmm, not sure that being able to dry things outdoors again is terribly trivial either, on reflection.