[Smile] What's something small that really makes you smile?

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#2685993 3-Apr-2021 13:16

ACC , who just approved my son's knee surgery. Even his surgeon wasnt confident they would and now he is getting it done next week.

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#2686337 4-Apr-2021 16:38

That the neighbours are happy again with their new puppy after the brave old dog died half a year ago. The little guy named Hanou is learning quite fast.

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#2686346 4-Apr-2021 17:13

Saturday cleaned all the dockets out of my bag and noticed a pack of forgotten yellow balloons. Yes we carry items for all occasions in those bags. Was at the Mall and a very ratty child who’d had enough of shopping was whining loudly while being dragged. Out came two yellow balloons handed to the surprised parents (two in case one popped). Spent the rest of the trip giving out the remaining balloons to parents of little kids. It sparked so much joy that I will ensure balloons are ever present in my bag

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#2686351 4-Apr-2021 17:31

Eva888: Saturday cleaned all the dockets out of my bag and noticed a pack of forgotten yellow balloons. Yes we carry items for all occasions in those bags. Was at the Mall and a very ratty child who’d had enough of shopping was whining loudly while being dragged. Out came two yellow balloons handed to the surprised parents (two in case one popped). Spent the rest of the trip giving out the remaining balloons to parents of little kids. It sparked so much joy that I will ensure balloons are ever present in my bag

Years ago I took a young friend to Bali. Not the Kuta tourist traps but a friend's place near Sanur Beach. We arranged travel with some local people up north to the village of one of them, where we stayed with his family. I knew from previous travels how under-resourced small rural schools are, and how much they appreciate visitors. I brought balloons, pencils and notebooks as gifts for the children and arranged for my young friend to give a presentation on her home country. I also brought inflatable globes for the schools. After my friend gave her talk we all went out into the schoolyard, where the kids had a great time swatting the balloons around. I like to think this was a valuable experience both for them and my friend.

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#2688355 8-Apr-2021 14:40

This is a wonderful story. It made me smile.

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#2688367 8-Apr-2021 15:04

Eva888: Saturday cleaned all the dockets out of my bag and noticed a pack of forgotten yellow balloons. Yes we carry items for all occasions in those bags. Was at the Mall and a very ratty child who’d had enough of shopping was whining loudly while being dragged. Out came two yellow balloons handed to the surprised parents (two in case one popped). Spent the rest of the trip giving out the remaining balloons to parents of little kids. It sparked so much joy that I will ensure balloons are ever present in my bag

This gave me a genuinely heart warmed feeling :) Thanks for sharing.

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#2689608 8-Apr-2021 21:21

@Eva888 For many years I have collected as a volunteer for the Cancer Society outside a local supermarket on Daffodil Day. CS have always have always supplied packets of yellow balloons so that we could give a balloon to the little kids whose parents had donated. It always went down a treat with parents and kids and I used to like doing that.

Then, last year CS canned the balloons - presumably for cost-cutting. I was genuinely sad they did that.

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#2689758 9-Apr-2021 11:05

This - appeared on my FB feed - posted by an anti-vaxxer / climate change denier.

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#2689759 9-Apr-2021 11:07

I think this is not a "make you smile" in the sense of this thread - more fitting for the joke thread or the anti-5G/conspiracy nutters thread.

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#2689862 9-Apr-2021 11:18

It made me laugh out loud. Glad to see the conspiracy nuts have a sense of humour.

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#2689863 9-Apr-2021 11:19

True, maybe a "despairing smile while shaking my head at human stupidity" thread is needed.

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#2690342 10-Apr-2021 09:45

eracode:
@Eva888 For many years I have collected as a volunteer for the Cancer Society outside a local supermarket on Daffodil Day. CS have always have always supplied packets of yellow balloons so that we could give a balloon to the little kids whose parents had donated. It always went down a treat with parents and kids and I used to like doing that.

Then, last year CS canned the balloons - presumably for cost-cutting. I was genuinely sad they did that.

I also do volunteer work and collect for them. Last time we had daffodil stickers and flowers and since the kiddies are often the ones that put money in the box they are quite chuffed that they get a sticker and effusive thanks. The balloons were a nice touch and I might mention this and ask for it to be reinstated.

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#2693808 16-Apr-2021 13:35

Discovering Allmusic.

A seriously useful website for finding music you might like. I sit with Roon open on one side of the screen and Allmusic open on the other, exploring for music I like based on things I already like and adding them to my library in Roon. It's very detailed and very sophisticated. Recommended.

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#2694401 18-Apr-2021 14:21

The snugly fit of Nextcloud 21 hub into my workflow on different client platforms hosted on my own servers.

My son‘s (private) school took the open source cloud concept right of the beginning of the pandemic one year before as well and is happy to never miss a student out during lockdowns.

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#2696169 21-Apr-2021 16:27

This story kinda made me smile:

A Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who was barred from the New London police force because he scored too high on an intelligence test.

In a ruling made public on Tuesday, Judge Peter C. Dorsey of the United States District Court in New Haven agreed that the plaintiff, Robert Jordan, was denied an opportunity to interview for a police job because of his high test scores. But he said that that did not mean Mr. Jordan was a victim of discrimination.

Judge Dorsey ruled that Mr. Jordan was not denied equal protection because the city of New London applied the same standard to everyone: anyone who scored too high was rejected.

Only in America.

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