Trivial things that please you beyond all expectations

[Way-Out-West]

Youtubers being deterred from messing around with baby wombats.

 

[ColinJ]

Youtubers being deterred from messing around with baby wombats.

I think that she was an Instagrammer, but I agree with the sentiment!

As for trivial things cheering me up... On 3rd March I was getting fed up of junk mail and bills but then opened a letter which contained a cheque for £30, a prize win in a magazine competition. On 14th March I got a second letter from the same magazine telling me that I have won £50 in a subsequent competition!

 

[Accy cyclist]

As I post, I can hear the wood pigeons in the tree outside my kitchen window, for the first time this year.

 

[Jameshow]

As I post, I can hear the wood pigeons in the tree outside my kitchen window, for the first time this year.

The blue bells are about to appear too! A deer in the distance, a buzzard overhead....

 

[VinSumRox]

When the truck delivering my.dumpy bag of compost managed to make it far enough up our drive to drop it at the top with the handy crane.

 

[briantrumpet]

Getting Devon County Council to repair two enormous potholes...

and today...

To be fair to DCC, they have a really good reporting system, and if you stress the risk to cyclists, they often do respond pretty quickly.

 

[briantrumpet]

Two things this morning:

1) Replacing the (25-year-old) broken fridge at Currys and saving lots of money by taking the old fridge to the store for recycling - it was free, but would have cost £28 via bulky item collection from Exeter City Council... if I'd had the fridge delivered and the old one collected, by Currys, it would have cost £40: its' not often I use my car, but this was definitely worth it, as the store is only three miles away.

2) Filling out the form to say that I really, really, really don't need a TV licence. I like the incredulity at each stage that I never watch live TV in any form. Not had one since 1993. I realise I am an outlier.

 

[Stevo 666]

Getting Devon County Council to repair two enormous potholes...

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and today...
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To be fair to DCC, they have a really good reporting system, and if you stress the risk to cyclists, they often do respond pretty quickly.

There were traces of road around that pothole, Brian.

 

[briantrumpet]

Oh, I forgot the third thing:

My 2003 Nissan Almera had been going smoothly again after replacing spark plugs and coil packs in the Autumn, until last Saturday, when I limped home and parked the car up, thinking that it would have to be a garage job. Last time I took it in, all was sweet and they couldn't identify a fault.

Well, I started it up this morning, and it was properly lumpy - thrum thrum thrum thrum - so I did what I did last time, unplugging each coil pack in turn, and when I disconnected the second along, the thrumming stopped. So I removed the coil pack, put another one in, and bingo - no thrumming. Hence the successful fridge collection.

I think that'll be it for today's cheering news: three things is more than enough for one day.

 

[Jameshow]

Sorting out the dust extraction for our men's shed.

We finally cracked it using existing machines and buying another canister extractor.

We were too ambitious with a piped system which didn't work well so individual dx seems better option.

 

[Tashman]

playing the first match of the cricket season this coming Saturday

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm slightly excited about going to watch my team, as in support not own, before anyone says something , Accrington Stanley play Carlisle United at home on Easter Monday in a vital, both attempting to avoid relegation battle.🧐

 

[Punkawallah]

The blue bells are about to appear too! A deer in the distance, a buzzard overhead....

To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!

 

[Jameshow]

Th crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women!

🤔🤔🤔