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

Hold My Hand · 21-04-2026 07:20AM

I live in a little old house with lots of leaks! It’s amazing how well it’s positioned … sitting in bed having a coffee and enjoying beautiful sunshine with birds singing too.

Goldengirl · 22-04-2026 12:28PM

A blackbird singing in our garden , sat atop a tall holly bush every morning and every evening , with the brown female peeping out from behind some other vegetation in the garden .

gormdubhgorm · 22-04-2026 08:43PM

Finally after a few years managed to get BBC Red Button, BBC 4 and ITV4 ( tuned in on my satellite thanks to AI. Apparently was a quirk in my LG TV.

(snooker on them channels now and during the year)
Now instead of going loopy. I can go snooker loopy!

Strumms · 23-04-2026 11:44AM

Calling an Irish business earlier this morning…no convoluted menu, no long “welcome to”…instead a person picking up the phone to me within about four rings and speaking absolute fluent native English. Bright, good natured, unfussy, helpful, confident, knowledgeable and efficient…my problem sorted in two and a bit minutes after dialling 👽👌

Bredabe · 23-04-2026 01:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124415799#Comment_124415799

This is the kind of employee we call the middle aged mammy, confident with the in's and out's of a job, frequently knows what your issue is after a nanosecond of listening. Such a relief to deal with. Th, businesses hiring the middle aged mammy types.

Goldengirl · 23-04-2026 11:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124416018#Comment_124416018

This .

Lovely post .

branie2 · 24-04-2026 12:03AM

Seeing my grandfather's name in the 1926 census

Bredabe · 25-04-2026 10:04AM

All the windows open in my workroom yesterday and the endless noise from multiple renovations, a dark shape caught my eye. Later, I went to check it out, as lots of rodents tend to appear during renos.

To my delighted surprise, sitting on the inside windowsill was a bee, looking healthy and well-fed. I’m not a fan of bees since I’m allergic to stings, but I was so glad to see the local ones thriving despite all the building sites and overly enthusiastic grass cutting.

If anyone needs an excuse to delay mowing the lawn—there it is!

Strumms · 25-04-2026 09:41PM

great workout at the gym. Did about 1 hour and 15 minutes of quality. The over zealous new staff member who was present last Saturday was nowhere to be seen. So nobody going around and locking rooms 40 minutes ahead of closing time. If that was going to become a regular thing 👽🫵🏼 …

Hold My Hand · 26-04-2026 07:28AM

Elderly man was taking an age paying for his groceries at Lidl. He kept buying his items in separate transactions with cash and having to give his phone number for the points each time. Turns out he may have been budgeting as he didn’t have enough for his last item. Guy in front of me gently offered to pay for it. Such a lovely gesture

appledrop · 26-04-2026 07:03PM

My kids spending ages in park today playing hide and go seek and blowing ginny joes. There were fields of them in the park with no mow policy in place these days.

Brought me back to my own childhood.

Don't believe eveything you read about today's kids been addicted to techonology!

Hold My Hand · 27-04-2026 07:58AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124423756#Comment_124423756

A lady was describing her kids playing in their estate. Two kids were getting married and they all decided to dress up for it … not a HEA however as the groom wasn’t aware he was getting married lol

wildwillow · 27-04-2026 07:48PM

Fresh asparagus, picked, cooked and eaten within ten minutes. Everything else ready, pop to garden, cut asparagus, cook for a few minutes and serve. Delicious.

Sephiroth_dude · 30-04-2026 06:08PM

I was googling felix the house cat live in Dublin 2003, 2fm aired the set at the time and the a.i response made me laugh out loud

"Based on the available search results, there is no mention of a specific house cat named Felix living in Dublin in 2003.

However, the search results indicate that the American DJ/producer Felix da Housecat (Felix Stallings Jr.) was very active in 2003."

😂😂

bonzodog2 · 30-04-2026 08:51PM

Senator Robert Kennedy describing Keir Starmer as "less popular than gonorrhea". Robert you legend!

Strumms · 01-05-2026 12:00AM

getting the key in the door earlier on the way back from my walk about 15 seconds before the rain came down..

Alfaguy · 01-05-2026 12:45AM

A rain free day - any rain free day. Hardly trivial though - after the winter / spring we have just had its almost a luxury.

gormdubhgorm · 01-05-2026 07:07AM

Recovery stage of cold in between the odd cough, I can do a new and “improved” version of the Crash Test Dummies - “mmmm - mmmm - mmmm” - my voice sounds mad.

Hold My Hand · 01-05-2026 05:26PM

When you haven’t checked a streaming service and discover something you’re interested in … Wuthering Heights … better draw the curtains … tis meant to be a bit steamy

Strumms · 02-05-2026 03:54PM

slept for an uninterrupted 8+ hours for the first time in a while and feeling the absolute better for it now. 😎

Nice tasty fresh caprese ( my fave 😋 ) salad for lunch, a relaxing un-rushed hot shower and looking forward to a nice chilled evening….maybe a trip to the shop to pick up something nice, but till then, relaxing 👌

Bredabe · 02-05-2026 07:04PM

Not so much a ta as a trivial funny – the other day I was walking past the back of sib1's car and caught a strange smell. It was just like the one that lingers in his garage, drifting in from his attached neighbour's house. I’ve often told him about the smell in his garage or car, but he usually brushes it off with excuses for the neighbour's behaviour or says , “Can you not just let the man live?” ,though this “living” is making his house reek and affecting his health daily.

Yesterday, two of his brothers visited and made a big fuss over how his car (parked in the open air) smelled like the Mystery Machine and how much skunk it must take to get it going in the am's, etc. They joked about it for hours, and now he’s annoyed and no longer making excuses for the source. After 18+ months of me pointing it out and saying what I think it smells like, it took his brothers’ comments to finally make him see it. Siblings.🙄🙄🙄!!!!

Goodigal · 02-05-2026 11:21PM

Triplet lambs born on the farm today, just running around with mama ewe. Cute!

Strumms · 03-05-2026 02:13AM

spent hours going through my wardrobes and drawers reorganising all my clothes. Put away all my winter coats, jackets, big hoodies and took lots of T-shirts, shirts and light jackets out ready for summer. found a lovely John Rocha polo shirt that I think I’ve only worn once and was like fukkk that’s fairly nice and some, dressy or casual….TH upshot of doing all that over about 90 minutes is I don’t need to buy anything for the summer at all…casual, or formal / dressy… which was a pleasant surprise …

Hold My Hand · 03-05-2026 07:44AM

My neighbour said my little niece “was the head of me”

Bredabe · 04-05-2026 10:54AM

Walked in to an exam hall and when I looked around I could see that most of the young men had what I call the 70's porn start look(I know its all the rage now but….) I had the hardest time keeping a straight face.

Didn't like that look then and dont like it now, but from the top of the room lt looked like a 70's porn star convention!

mikemac2 · 04-05-2026 12:13PM

I dropped my iPhone into my engine bay. I tried and tried to remove the metal tray under the car but couldn’t do it. Learn from my mistake, don’t ever ever use a phone as a torch

I brought my car to the garage with no appointment and prepared to be laughed at, morto

The staff were clearly busy but they had my car on a lift within 5 minutes and got my phone back for me. No charge at all.

I expected to pay at least half hour labour. They refused twice, sound!! That’s my TH

black & white · 06-05-2026 09:34AM

Just woke up from 11.5 hours sleep with only one wake for a wee. Delighted with it

Sephiroth_dude · 06-05-2026 02:17PM

I met this beautiful cat today on my travels, they were so friendly 😁

ancapailldorcha · 09-05-2026 10:41PM

Went to the pub today. There was a big cat.

Goldengirl · 10-05-2026 12:40AM

We know what it takes to make @ancapailldorcha and @Sephiroth_dude trivially happy 🤣

That's my TH lads ;)

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

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