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

sporina

realised today that I left my brolly in some bar after the jazz fest here in Cork (9 days ago) - retraced my steps mentally - rang the last bar I was in - not there.. went to the bar I was in b4 that as I was in town - asked staff - the checked the usual areas - not there.. then I checked on the coat rack and low and behold - what did I find among a loads of coats and brollies - MY brolly.. I was soo delighted - the staff were even delighted for me too lol - have had it years and its a v good one.. woo hoo happy days.. (this brolly has many lives - been lost/left behind b4)

bonzodog2

I asked ChatGPT to compare some characters from two series of novels, by different authors but very similar subjects that I've been bingeing recently. It made a statement about one character's relationship to another. It got it wrong, stating A is B's mother.

She's actually her younger sister.

"You're absolutely right - ….."

Thanks ChatGPT you made my day!

ancapailldorcha

The government’s fiscal position was already looking solid before the Apple-related juicing (see chart).

I do adore a good pun.

ShagNastii

Don't want to bring politics into this light hearted thread but I do love somebody doing something exclusively as a giant FU to somebody/everybody else. Particularly if said person was scoffed at or something similar.

The Trump situation is the gold standard for this.

New Home

The visiting cat is busy purring on my bed. She's in a playful mood and has attacked my toes for the past few mins, but unlike other times the blankets are thick enough so her claws and fangs can't actually hurt me. Perfect!

4Ad

Cutting the grass in November...it's so mild out.

Going for a run in a sleeveless top, it's usually layers and gloves at this time of year...

Archeron

Jelly babies are surprisingly lovely.

bnt

I remember, years ago, wishing that email had a "snooze button", so you could tell an email to go away until the right time. Then Microsoft actually did that, even calling it "Snooze", and Gmail and Apple offer the same or similar. I take it for granted now, since I use it so much, but I was reminded today of just how useful it is.

ShagNastii

I really like boats. Get me to a port and I'm buzzing. I think it's like a trainspotter thing.

ILikeBoats

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122827288#Comment_122827288

Hello! Me too!

Strumms

found my missing Ray Bans 😃, the case with them inside fell down the back of my bedside table. Whilst looking I also found the missing cleaning brush from my electric shaver, which is good as it’s a pain cleaning electric shavers with just tissue paper.

miamee

TH on a train to Dublin, it's very foggy out and as it is getting brighter everything looks very otherworldly in the fog and half light.

New Home

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122833157#Comment_122833157

Just in case you lose the razor brush again, use a clean toothbrush. :)

Dial Hard

Seeing a fox, squirrel, or hedgehog. The novelty will never wear off for me.

Bredabe

It was driving my brain crazy that one of the posters I see every day was nagging, and I couldn't see why.

The candidate's name is Mary Mc Donoghue, well known and respected and has what seems like 1m€ worth of posters etc in the extended area.

Today I saw what the problem was, some of her posters weren't proofed well or at all, and her name on the ones in the towns did not have any capital letters in her name. Th'ed that at least I finally saw the error and as a dyslexic, that I saw it at all, let alone ages ahead of the printers/proffers.

Bredabe

Relationship experience lol at this: two male 20-somethings behind me at the Christmas market last night. they were chatting about how crap the stalls were! One said that his gf said she wanted to go and the other said yes it looks like a good place for a date.

Boyfriend said well I told her it's crap and not worth going to, but I'll ask her anyway. I can almost hear the annoyance when he asks her to go to the market he has already told her will be crap. Yup, none of mine would react well to that.

Archeron

Election posters gone up and a local independent has posters that are battered, scarred, ripped and rough as a drunk badger, which leads to me to think they are the same posters he's used for years in multiple elections. Good for him!

Possible he just can't afford new ones every year, but when I see the millions upon millions of shiny new posters from the big parties, which will likely be in landfill in a few weeks, it makes me trivially happy to see such re-use.

ohnonotgmail

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122843820#Comment_122843820

One candidate for a big party in my constituency has been using the same posters for the best part of 20 years.

orourkeda1

I had a bag of chipper chips for the first time in years yesterday.

Strumms

Was waiting for my winter clothing delivery from my favourite label, courier arrives earlier about 5 minutes before I needed to leave……lucky 🦥 as I’m out all day tomorrow.

Badly Drunk Boy

I'm not usually clumsy but earlier, I was doing something at the sink/worktop when two separate things fell at the same time. I caught the first thing with my left hand but missed the second (a mug) with my right. I was expecting to hear a smash/crash but only heard a gentle thud.

The TH is that there was a 2 litre bottle of water on the floor, and the mug had fallen onto it like a hat plopping onto a head. 😊You probably couldn't do it if you tried.

A special mention TH goes to the weather report that described the current Status Yellow Warning for ice and low temperatures as "a yellow snow warning". 😄 It was on the scrolling text news on RTÉ or Virgin Media this morning.

gormdubhgorm

Over visiting the brother and sister in law staying in spare room.

This caught my eye up on shelf -

Should I be contacting the relevant authorities? Who would they be? And would the two of them already know my next move?

cj maxx

Dealing with a person on the lottery ( uk ) app to unlock my account due to me using the wrong password . All done in a couple of minutes . It’s nice to fill out the questionnaire after and put smiley faces for everything

branie2

That it's a month until Christmas

Comhrá

Watching the Irish soldiers arriving home at Dublin Airport and small kids & family waiting.

ShagNastii

It's not really trivial but I was in a charity shop yesterday. There was someone with special needs working there. The staff and all the the regulars were making such a big fuss of them.

"Do you want some cake", "Are you happy doing that", "How did you get on at the match at the weekend?" etc etc.

When you think of how people used to get left behind by society. It is such a joy to know that society now on the whole really look out for these people.

ohnonotgmail

I've never been happier to throw up. For the first time in 24 hours I feel almost human.

Strumms

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122853466#Comment_122853466

10 days later and the courier turned up again. There was some mix up as I haven’t ordered anything else and on opening the box it was the identical order, every item replicated … So I’m guessing some error in the dispatch / warehouse but I’ll be keeping an eye on my bank statement but 100% I didn’t order more stuff.. happy days though, bonus 😎😂

blade1

Managed to successfully send cryptocurrency to someone today.

First time having anything to do with crypto and had no idea what I was doing.Was thinking my money was gone but was relieved when it finally went through around 2 hours later.

Archeron

Stopped for food on the way to work this morning and got one of those hot dog lattices in the deli. It was filled with about a litre of that really nice mustard that makes them so lovely 🙂