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

SuperBowserWorld

Browsing books in a real bookshop, on a wet cold day, so quiet and peaceful, and getting 2, with 1 half price deal.

Stevies girl

Went off pizza for a while there. Back on it now! Most people would be appalled by my choice of toppings...one positive about being single 😁:D

Strumms

now all I can think about is ordering a pizza ^ 🫣

My friend who is enduring a messy marriage breakup is posting her holiday snaps.

Looks incredible and great to see her taking time away to be happy and getting away to a quiet corner of costal Portugal….jealous as fûck which is the TA part 🫣

bnt

Successfully repaired a guitar pedal power supply, which I had accidentally blown a couple of months ago by plugging in the wrong power supply. (9V devices do not like 24V: who knew?) One surface mount capacitor was obviously popped and the magic smoke had escaped. I didn't have the exact part, but there was space to fit a larger standard capacitor of almost the same value. It's been on and powering pedals for several hours now, and no more of the magic smoke has escaped.

gormdubhgorm

Just found out the equivalent of an “armchair hurler” for an American is an “armchair quarterback”

bnt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123179462#Comment_123179462

You'll also hear "Monday Morning Quarterback" for someone who wishes he had a time machine to go back and tell the quarterback what to do in the middle of the game. Generally used for someone who doesn't get that 20/20 hindsight doesn't make one special ..!

Archeron

Have an nct later this week and spent the day wondering where my vehicle reg cert is, as we all know they come to life and move around by themselves.

TH that was in the first place I looked when I got home from work.

I went to a three drawer locker and took out all three drawers to search them each thoroughly. It was then I spotted it was actually on the floor under where the bottom drawer would sit. Double TA that I thwarted it's evil plan to hide in an admittedly very good hiding spot.

Strumms

IT issues but the ohh so reliable and amiable family friend IT guru or whatever other titles she holds, well she sorted it. Helpful people are awesome.

Bredabe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123145416#Comment_123145416

One of the trees damaged in the storm fell on Friday night(safely), and on Saturday, the team(aka "The Right Stuff") in the area who cut up the previous ones, came out and cut this one up as well. This time, they offered it to the residents, so lots of older people now have a top-up heat source, and the rabbits have fresh sawdust for their hutches.

gormdubhgorm

I use the German Amazon for shopping mostly. I (finally) decided to do some decent clothes shopping after a lot of years. I wouldn't describe myself as a slave to fashion.

Since I copped on that the seller will refund postage from returning other non clothing items - (it was a watch three watch straps that were 2mm off - so I got new ones they got a mention as well on the trivial annoyance thread)

I said - "right time to buy stuff - clothes and a 2 watch bar tools"

So I was on the site much more than normal going through stuff. But jayus those German crowd are really analytical in their reviews, covers all sorts of details. Many go to the trouble of putting images up.

I was thinking that Irish people wouldn't be half as good at those reviews. "It's grand" might be the height of it if it was alright.

Anyway fair play to those really detailed orientated Germans who -

1. Review items on amazon
2. Happened to find boards.ie
3. For some reason found this thread, and this post

Edit - Fair play = Sehr Gut!

Strumms

a healthcare charity im dealing with who have had a website designed that is beyond user friendly. From setting up an account, logging on, searching, ordering and making a payment it was all of about 90 seconds and the delivery of the documents and item I need im told will take all of 3 working days only. Streamlined. 😎

So large charity organisation that relies on donations and volunteers as well as some employees can do that but our government with literally hundreds of thousands of employees can’t even develop, deliver and run that inefficient bug ridden, routinely security / scammer breached ‘mygov’ properly. 🐸

dohouch

Security nice lady confiscated my storm-lighter ( you can light your fag in high winds, cost € 1.80 in Germany, didn't even know at the time as I was buying it) Anyway nice security lady comes back from office with a standard disposable BIC Lighter. Definitely above and beyond the call of duty. Sometimes I'm forced to reassess my opinion of these Humans about the place🥰

wildwillow

I have been missing a gold necklace of considerable sentimental value for a while. I was in the garden today and there it was in the flower bed I was weeding and dividing plants. Must have fallen off when I took off a jumper during the summer. So delighted to get it back, completely unharmed and perfect after a wash.

Comhrá

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123199546#Comment_123199546

Stories like this brighten my day!

New Home

These sorts of coincidences make me laugh.

cj maxx

That people are generally good . A lorry driver saw me struggling with a shopping bag and carried it across the road till I was on level land .

Strumms

latest clothing order at my favourite label…

3 T-shirts and one pair of gloves including delivery for € 69 euros… all in the sale before they acquire newer summer stock.

Slight TA… orders over €70 and it was free delivery but anything else I even vaguely liked in their sale and they didn’t have my size. 🤦🏻‍♂️ Delivery just €9 anyways so no big deal. 🙋🏻‍♂️

miamee

TH I just pre-ordered two books by two authors I really enjoy. They are not out until end April and end of May and I know I will have forgotten all about them by the time they arrive. TH at 2 little surprises for future me 😁

gormdubhgorm

Little girl writing to her Grandma Diana. Who goes by “Di” for short.

She started her letter “Dear Grandma Die”….

Hontou

I love seeing crows flying around with big sticks in their beaks at this time of year.

gormdubhgorm

Army fella on screen every five minutes lining up the flags of Ukraine and USA. Any gust of wind at all, and he has to start again.

Bredabe

I had been feeling a bit bad about a protracted convo I had with one of the neighbours who went on and on about how the issue was on this side of the property, with all the attendant costs no doubt.

Made conscious of a possible issue that might impact them, I decided to let things lie for a few days. A couple of hours later, this issue arose again!

Thus proving that I was correct all along and the issue is not (as I knew all along) me being paranoid/cranky/old.

Petty I know, but it makes me th that they have proven me correct and they can't now credibly tell me I'm wrong.

iamstop

We're having some annual meeting at work today during lunch so lunch will be paid for. Yesterday, I asked the guy organizing the food what he was ordering. He said Boston Pizza. I've repeatedly said how dire that place it and how bad their pizza is. They have a bit advertising budget but it's terrible food and service. So I reminded him how bad it is.

Today he gleefully announced that he will be ordering from his favourite place The Copper Chimney. Happy days. It's a very tasty Indian restaurant. So, rather than fighting for a few scraps cheap, tasteless pizza, we all get our own platter of tasty and more nutritious India food. I even ordered a Mango Lassi

gormdubhgorm

Listening to any U2 song, then turning it off saying “Ah shut up Bono!”

Strumms

Yasss, 8 hours uninterrupted sleep. And feeling all the better for it. Now for two of the most god damn lazy days ever. 💀

cj maxx

this video from southpark . I remember the first time I saw it I was roaring with laughter .

https://youtu.be/WjtZU63b0Wg?si=deFd1S8f_nkbTzhJ

cj maxx

I was in the local shop and because I had obvious problems moving about a member of staff got things for me. For the weekend I thought a few beers were in order. TH is she came back with pint cans and not poxy 440 ones that that I never knew they had .

gormdubhgorm

A simple one. Genuine laughter especially from little children or the elderly. The new full of fun/devilment, to the still full of fun/devilment.

cj maxx

The woman in the final of Impossible . She had seconds to lock in3 answers for 10k . She looked frozen with nerves but at the last second shouted blue ,pink black . ( snooker balls that score 5 or more points ) . She was a snooker fan and wasn't looking the the screen but was working it out in her head

iamstop

When I get the days 'Connections' with no mistakes.

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