Trivial things that please you beyond all expectations

[lazybloke]

John Lewis (Kingston-upon-Thames, and probably elsewhere) are selling the large metal tins of Quality Street for £17.
Not as large as the tins in my youth, not even the best price per unit weight, but... the USP is you choose the contents.

So I sent my 18 yr old with out order, leaving out those "delightful" purple, green and blue things for someone who might appreciate them.


And no weighing; just ram in as much as you can. Four gannets have been snacking on this tin for the last 5-6 hours, and it's still looking pretty full.

Apparently you can take your tin back for a cheaper refill!

 

[Electric_Andy]

leaving out those "delightful" purple, green and blue things for someone who might appreciate them.

Nowt wrong with those! The only one I didn't like which, IIRC was Roses not QS, was the blue crunchy one.

 

[mistyoptic]

John Lewis (Kingston-upon-Thames, and probably elsewhere) are selling the large metal tins of Quality Street for £17.
Not as large as the tins in my youth, not even the best price per unit weight, but... the USP is you choose the contents.

So I sent my 18 yr old with out order, leaving out those "delightful" purple, green and blue things for someone who might appreciate them.


And no weighing; just ram in as much as you can. Four gannets have been snacking on this tin for the last 5-6 hours, and it's still looking pretty full.
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Apparently you can take your tin back for a cheaper refill!

No green triangles!?

HERESY!

 

[lazybloke]

No green triangles!?

HERESY!

All the more for you.
You're welcome!

 

[Jenkins]

John Lewis (Kingston-upon-Thames, and probably elsewhere) are selling the large metal tins of Quality Street for £17.
Not as large as the tins in my youth, not even the best price per unit weight, but... the USP is you choose the contents.

So I sent my 18 yr old with out order, leaving out those "delightful" purple, green and blue things for someone who might appreciate them.


And no weighing; just ram in as much as you can. Four gannets have been snacking on this tin for the last 5-6 hours, and it's still looking pretty full.
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Apparently you can take your tin back for a cheaper refill!

Thank you for the information - I've got to go to JL over the weekend for something for my sister, so may get a little Ch****mas treat for myself. I'm already dreaming of a tin of nothing but coffee, strawberry and orange creams - possibly with a few caramel swirls thrown in.

Edit - Bugger, just noticed Ipswich isn't on the list

 

[Chris S]

I went to a few Jiu Jitsu lessons in the 1990s. I stopped because I thought the techniques they taught would only work if the other person would let them. There are now a series of 'Bullshido' videos on Facebook that confirm this.

 

[Chris S]

I turned my bike upside down to repair a puncture and noticed specs of metallic powder on one of the brake pads. I took it off and the rubber had worn down to the metal in places. The other three were the same. That puncture has stopped me destroying my rims!

 

[Chris S]

I've just checked my bank statement and noticed that I haven't been charged for a take-away. They were too busy sneering at me to notice that my card hadn't scanned properly.

 

[Accy cyclist]

27 inches long, dated best before 1/3/25 and reduced to only £2 in Tesco!

 

[lazybloke]

27 inches long, dated best before 1/3/25 and reduced to only £2 in Tesco!

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I bought one of those, intending to give it to a niece or nephew, but it's currently hidden in my cupboard for my children, as they like the disgusting things so much.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I bought one of those, intending to give it to a niece or nephew, but it's currently hidden in my cupboard for my children, as they like the disgusting things so much.

I'm not much of a sugar fan, but the jaffa cake trifle I made from a similar recipe https://www.janespatisserie.com/2022/09/02/jaffa-cake-trifle/a a few years ago was quite nice!

 

[Chris S]

I found a gum wall tyre that I'd completely forgotten about. It's not a bad match for a whitewall tyre that I've got on one of my bikes. The whitewall has turned a cream colour with age.

 

[MontyVeda]

I managed to delete the default colour swatch in my favourite image editor... leaving me with no colour palette for fonts and things. It was fecking infuriating I did manage to find some alternative swatches, but compared the default one they're laid out illogically and don't have the full spectrum of grey-scale tones Then after a week of being annoyed with myself and my PC, i remembered that i have the same software installed on my laptop so booted that up, found the swatch I'd deleted, saved it to USB and hey presto, i have my preferred colour swatch back on my desktop.

It's one of those little insignificant things that you just take for granted until it's gone, then you realise how indispensable it was. It's such a relief to have it back

 

[Accy cyclist]

I asked my usual mechanic to fix my car's right headlight today. The bulb had gone and I didn't fancy trying to attempt to put a new one in myself. He said he could do it but it'd be 10 days before he could as he's very busy these days. He advised me to ask the local car accessory place near to me to have a look at it. So I did, expecting to pay about £20 for the bulb and fitting. Ok, it only took him a minute if that to put a new bulb in, but if I'd tried it I'd have had to watch you tube videos to find out what to do, then buy the bulb and fiddle with the light and bulb. It cost me a mere fiver for the bulb and labour which I think is very reasonable, seeing as the bulb would cost about a fiver off fleabay! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28074689...=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&m


£6.69 at Halfords!! I wonder what they'd charge for the bulb, and to fit it? 🤔
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/b...ght-bulb-single-pack-197355.html?istCompanyId

 

[Electric_Andy]

£6.69 at Halfords!! I wonder what they'd charge for the bulb, and to fit it?

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