Trivial things that make you happy - Part 3 - The Happyning

Strumms · 30-10-2023 8:18pm

A nice workout that I thought I was too tired for…

followed by ordering me and the folks from our favourite Asian food place…. Not cheap but incredibly delicious and an absolute mountain of food….. food coma time, I’m so chilled, relaxed and ready for…… nothing….

Goodigal · 30-10-2023 10:00pm

Both of my sons had friend meet ups today. Doesn't happen v often when you've kids on the spectrum. All good on a rainy bank holiday 😊

ancapailldorcha · 31-10-2023 10:31pm

I found a website where a couple have photoshopped their cat onto various famous artworks.

It's called Fat Cat Art. This seems like a weird thing for a man in his thirties to enjoy.

Bredabe · 01-11-2023 6:19pm

I got the ring in the brack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Granted I am the only one who will eat it, but roll on the "wedding bells"🤣🤣

mikemac2 · 01-11-2023 9:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121311493#Comment_121311493

A few posters here are buying hats this weekend! 😀

thomil · 02-11-2023 7:54pm

Part of my weekday commute involves a ten minute ride on one of those TFI Bikes rental bikes between my office and the nearest bus stop. Today was my first day back in the office after a pretty nasty cold, and on the bike ride back, I managed to grab a bike that was perfectly set up for me. Saddle height, lights, transmission, everything was like it was made for me. It's the little things 🙂

Archeron · 04-11-2023 3:20pm

Driving on a freshly surfaced road. Its like the motoring version of playing with a fluffy puppy

French Toast · 04-11-2023 9:57pm

The brother gave up GAA and got involved in MMA in the past year or so. I went along to his first proper competition today.

Such an inclusive, positive and encouraging sub-culture. I watched about 3 hours of fighting and in that time there wasn’t a single angry word between competitors or towards the referees.

Really cool experience.

Poochie05 · 05-11-2023 2:11pm

Finally ridding myself of Sky by getting a Free to air box after many years of threatening to

Just need some recommendations for a good TV listings site for UK Freesat and Irish Tv if anyone has any?

z80CPU · 05-11-2023 2:48pm

today in ballyroan i waited at the bus stop for the dublin bus to take me to rathfarnham village.

since a lot of people for a sunday were congregating at the bus stop, i decided to walk instead: I reached rathfarnham village on foot well before the bus had come there even having come and gone to the shop.

second trivial thing: saw quarter bottles of white wine on sale for € 2.50. ended up buying two of them.

Dial Hard · 06-11-2023 3:13pm

Boyfriend surprised me with Bruce Springsteen tickets this morning.

Gorgeous autumnal weather.

The way my dog crosses her paws sometimes.

ancapailldorcha · 06-11-2023 4:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121327731#Comment_121327731

I use the radiotimes tv guide on their website. Wouldn't cover Irish TV though.

blade1 · 07-11-2023 9:03am

Nice crisp morning out today

Sgt Hartman · 07-11-2023 11:53am

I thought I had two €50 notes in my wallet this morning but when I went to take one of them out this morning to pay for a coffee I found a third one 🤑

SuperBowserWorld · 07-11-2023 6:17pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121336385#Comment_121336385

This is why cash is king !

Strumms · 07-11-2023 7:00pm

17 minutes after emailing Paco Rabanne… I have a courteous, detailed, typed out personalised response…. If a fûcking major international fashion retailer can manage this 17 minutes later, why the sweet jaysus can’t I get a reply from a damn major multinational high street retailer here, over a week later and waiting ….unless as I did ringing them and speak to one of their clueless lobotomised employees….bizarre.

but an impressive response from Rabanne which is my TH.

SuperBowserWorld · 07-11-2023 7:23pm

It hasn't rained in a couple of days. And it's drying up outside.

FishOnABike · 07-11-2023 8:16pm

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Make sure you leave two in your wallet. They might keep breeding 😁

ohnonotgmail · 08-11-2023 12:35pm

my car insurance is due for renewal next week. the renewal quote was a bit steep so i did some shopping around and got a quote that was 130 less. went back to current broker and got them to within 3 euro of the other quote. happy days.

dohouch · 08-11-2023 12:58pm

@Poochie05 : CisanaTV guide , Eyes not a big TV watcher, mind you, but I use it to check movies. Does cover Ireland

Sgt Hartman · 08-11-2023 1:58pm

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Same here. I especially love watching the FIFA Rage compilations on YouTube. It’s almost therapeutic watching grown men in their 30’s reverting to a primitive destructive Neanderthal rage after conceding a last minute goal.

Leg End Reject · 08-11-2023 9:02pm

This makes me 😊.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-67349494

bnt · 10-11-2023 10:15am

I have a Ryanair flight tomorrow morning and I just checked in online. In the process they try to make you pay to select your seat, threatening you with the dreaded middle seat ... well, i can survive a middle seat for an hour, I'm not paying. So they randomly assigned me a seat, and it's an exit row seat on the aisle: one of the best seats on the plane. I wonder what I did to make Ryanair like me? 😎

thomil · 10-11-2023 12:00pm

Got my Withings thermometer to sync for the first time in over a month. Minor thing, but the the nerd in me is exceedingly happy 😁

New Home · 10-11-2023 12:45pm

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They're probably going to leave you stranded.

z80CPU · 10-11-2023 6:35pm

TTMMH:

In Swords shopping mall this afternoon I got into the men's rest room just before the cleaner cordoned it off for service.

Archeron · 10-11-2023 9:54pm

When slightly drunk, that jockeys name is definitely Hairy Skeleton.

Bredabe · 11-11-2023 12:37pm

After putting it off for almost a year, I defrosted the freezer completely and had a very satisfying half-hour scraping the ice from its walls and corners.

I was just in there and seeing the clear space at the top is making me th.

Th2 on this, when I have everything out of it, I could see that I have a lot bought in for special meals and what I should use in the near future, meaning I have more space now as well.

bnt · 11-11-2023 8:54pm

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Nope, Ryanair was fine, the plane was already in the air by the scheduled departure time. No thanks to Dublin Express, the bus I wanted was pulling away just as I approached the stop five minutes early. The next one was late, but I had allowed plenty of time, so no biggie.

The weirdness continues, though, since I found out my hotel lied to me. They advertised the room as having only a shower, but the room they gave me has a full bathtub. Water pressure so good that I ran a bath in about 90 seconds. I only have a shower at home, so this is my first full soak in years. That’s right, I’m posting this from the bath on iPad. 🛁

Scipri0 · 12-11-2023 12:08am

I love autumn and winter. Nothing beats a crisp, clear sky on a winters' day, even when it's sunny. Just chilling at home now drinking my tea. 👍

NewbridgeIR · 13-11-2023 12:12am

Went to a new place for coffee. They had a choice of a breakfast burger in a blaa or bacon & sausage in a blaa.

Impossible to decide so had one of each. Delicious!

Badly Drunk Boy · 13-11-2023 10:34am

My boss texted me last night, to tell me not to come in to work today until the red weather warning was over, which I thought was nice.

What was nicer for me was getting to respond "Eh, I'm off work tomorrow anyway!". 😄 I'd already booked to day off to chill at home, before there was any weather warning.

thomil · 14-11-2023 10:50am

Geeky happiness moment. Just discovered the reverse wireless charging option on my phone. My smart watch was running low on battery and it's now charging using the wireless coil in my phone! 🤓🤓

Strumms · 16-11-2023 11:43pm

Made the nicest kick ass all day breakfast with Parma ham substituting for regular bacon….the sausages were pretty delicious too, food coma time….now, relaxing with Spotify and the outlines of a cunning plan.

blade1 · 17-11-2023 8:10am

Tearing out a new motor tax disc and making it all the way around without tearing the the disc itself ☺️

Sgt Hartman · 17-11-2023 10:08am

Being off on a Friday and on the train to Limerick to see my parents. It’s a great feeling.

New Home · 17-11-2023 10:17am

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Aaawh, yusssss!

blade1 · 17-11-2023 10:43am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121378790#Comment_121378790

Mission accomplished 😂

4Ad · 19-11-2023 12:19pm

Post run coffee.I got drowned here in East Clare, at least the driving rain wasn't too cold.

New Home · 20-11-2023 4:22pm

A whole avenue of crunchy leaves.

blade1 · 20-11-2023 4:57pm

Got a cracking black Friday deal on a new helmet.

I ordered at 4:30 this morning and got an email at 9:30 from DPD to say it's shipped and will be delivered tomorrow.

Also had my car retested because my dipped beams were too high, which passed.

Scipri0 · 20-11-2023 10:56pm

The weeks and months are flying by, but i love the slight chill outside and the moon looks great.(When you can see it!) ha

gormdubhgorm · 24-11-2023 1:12pm

Just the internet for finding the lyrics of songs. I was just on a buzz of listening to 'Lake of Fire' by the Meat Puppets. Made famous by the Nirvana cover.

There was one problem for years I was singing "I know a lady she comes from Maynooth...." 😎

Now I know well it wasn't Maynooth. But thanks to the wonders of the internet today I finally found the answer the Lyric was "I know a lady she comes from Duluth...."

And Dulth is St Louis Minnesota. I will probably stick to Maynooth though.

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And another song one. I was listening to "Fragile Happiness" from the Super Furry Animals written in 2001. I must not have listened to it for a long while. Because there was a line in it that cracked me up that never had much meaning before.

"Does Will Smith lie?

Does he ever cave in and cry?"

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I thought to myself how prophetic was that!

New Home · 24-11-2023 1:21pm

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My brother was adamant that "You're so vain" went "...and when you're not, you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a postman..."

It took some work (and a pair of good headphones) to convince him that was not the case.

blade1 · 25-11-2023 10:43am

Popping this bubble wrap

Archeron · 25-11-2023 12:36pm

Had to get hair and beard cut today, down to my favorite barber at eleven, dreading a Saturday morning queue. Walked in and straight into the chair, bim bam buzz. In and out in twenty minutes.

And I smell like lemons and minty niceness thanks to whatever stuff he sprayed while cutting it :)