My bathroom scales laughed before the sun rose on the first day of 2026! Where I expected to see a four-digit number, there was LO. Being used to LOL, I translate that to Laughing Out.

Just perhaps, it stands for “The battery is getting low. Time to change it.”

Before the scales could refuse to work, I found one button battery in the house that was the right thing. I’ll buy more today, but this won’t need to be changed for years. I may have replaced it two times in the last 10 years. Before I take another breath, I should send a mental thank you to the scales for being so faithful.