My buddy had a thing like that with pennies. He'd find one heads up in weird places, like balanced on his elevator button at work. Then the next day, another one was in his jacket pocket he just wore. He stopped calling it luck and started wondering if the universe was giving him a weird nudge. Did your bird thing feel like a nudge or just a weird coincidence?

Mine caught a leak I'd have missed, @thea_wood86, so maybe not always overkill.

Last time, the PDF on my laptop had the right steps. Paper manual was for a different version.

Broke my laptop trying to swap the battery myself. It felt like the thing was fighting me every step of the way. Now I just accept when stuff dies.

That flinch is pure comedy gold.