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

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#2497860 4-Jun-2020 08:13

That people start growing plants on their balconies everywhere in the city and you can smell the BBQs (mainly electrical because of their compactness and smoke prevention) currently every evening :-)

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#2499957 7-Jun-2020 06:07

Replacement of the Hades Canyon NUC's AC8265 WiFi by the AX200 WiFi6.

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#2502164 10-Jun-2020 11:46

Set up my almost 85YO FIL with a new iPad and Skinny 4g modem. He's not tech savvy and never showed any interest - but has a "non-smart" large button flip phone that he's managed to use for texts etc - so it was worth a shot. So far so good - I think he's got the gist of making / receiving messenger video calls, reading the news etc. I've chucked some game apps - solitaire etc - on it, he needs to get used to using a touch interface. He bought himself an "Ipad for seniors" magazine at the gas station, he's overwhelmed but very excited about the whole thing. We should have probably pushed him into doing this years ago.

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#2503066 11-Jun-2020 17:19

My wife and best friend is still with me after 25 years of marriage, still makes me smile everytime i see her.

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#2503256 11-Jun-2020 22:46

How much my eight year old loves getting nude and shaking her booty at us. If it carries on in 5 years time I'll be concerned but for now it's an endless source of amusement for her.

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#2503353 12-Jun-2020 09:13

Fred99:

Set up my almost 85YO FIL with a new iPad and Skinny 4g modem. He's not tech savvy and never showed any interest - but has a "non-smart" large button flip phone that he's managed to use for texts etc - so it was worth a shot. So far so good - I think he's got the gist of making / receiving messenger video calls, reading the news etc. I've chucked some game apps - solitaire etc - on it, he needs to get used to using a touch interface. He bought himself an "Ipad for seniors" magazine at the gas station, he's overwhelmed but very excited about the whole thing. We should have probably pushed him into doing this years ago.

My parents are both 80 and have iPads...my mum basically does Facebook, Messenger and solitaire or mahjong on hers. I also occasionally have FaceTime calls with her thumb or nose - I don't think she's ever worked out where the camera is...

Dad browses the internet and "accidentally" buys things online.

I think the user interface for iPads is perfect for seniors who are not tech savvy, if you keep the apps simple and arranged on one page. THy've both read the "iPads for Seniors" magazine. They gave it a hearty thumbs up.

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#2503357 12-Jun-2020 09:17

What made me smile this week was having a fellow Geekzoner (you know who you are) reach out to me to see if I was OK, as a few comments I have made about being unhappy working from home and being isolated from the world gave him pause for thought about my welfare.

For the record - I am OK...I just have days when I feel a bit melancholy.

Thanks for being a really supportive and inclusive community, Geekzone. Bunch of absolute legends!

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#2504347 14-Jun-2020 08:44

The view from my office today.

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#2504399 14-Jun-2020 11:51

Seeing an ad for a solid state disk drive. In the specs it says rotational speed is 7200 RPM.

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#2504823 15-Jun-2020 10:40

Finally taking delivery of our new caravan.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2504908 15-Jun-2020 11:01

Watching my Son bring up not one, but TWO Kingfish at the same time on his beginner Rod his first time ever Sea fishing on a boat. Both undersized, but in 30 years of periodic fishing, I've never caught one.

The captain of the charter boat was just fantastic as well, super friendly, super helpful, made our weekend!

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#2504912 15-Jun-2020 11:10

More fishy tales. This appeared on my FB newsfeed - most of the people replying clearly didn't understand that trolling isn't permitted on the Mataura River: