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

Archeron · 18-04-2023 8:20pm

The amount of cherry blossom trees around the place is class this time of year.

I know Japan has the reputation for being the cherry blossomiest country, but Collins Avenue in Dublin is a fair contender.

Strumms · 23-04-2023 7:31pm

Another situation where this thread hasn’t seen a post in 5 days ! 🙈

I’m happy though because as shît as Manchester United played at Wembley, they managed to unusually take and score 7 excellent and unsaveable penalties…to get to the cup final. Happy days indeed.

Strumms · 24-04-2023 9:04pm

🥳 Found my second favourite watch that I mislaid two days ago… i spent the last 20 minutes looking at replacements online and I look at the desk lamp beside my computer to change the blown bulb and the watch it’s hiding behind it…..thought it had fallen off at the gym but alas I’m not going to have to replace a 370 euro watch, I’d fully given up on finding it…

appledrop · 24-04-2023 9:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120493094#Comment_120493094

Today I came out to see my car covered in cherry blossom flowers and I was delighted, makes a change from it covered in the usually bird poo at this time of year😁

24-04-2023 9:28pm

Scent of gorse in warm spring weather.

HildaOgdenx · 24-04-2023 10:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120516963#Comment_120516963

Made me smile too today, I was walking out of my estate and the path was covered in cherry blossoms.

hayrabit · 25-04-2023 1:03am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120487068#Comment_120487068

TH getting predictions/guesses right

am guessing ya had €25 each way @ 14/1 on The Big Dog 😂

SuperBowserWorld · 25-04-2023 1:19pm

Fresh tasty healthy food.

You can literally feel your body thanking you for it.

SuperBowserWorld · 25-04-2023 1:20pm

Robin singing his head off in the garden. Think I'll have to charge the neighbours for it. We give them robins singing. They give us dogs barking and angle grinders.

😁😁😁

ohnonotgmail · 25-04-2023 2:28pm

Finally found the pair of reading glasses that went missing a couple of months ago. I've been putting off buying a replacement because they were very expensive. They were right beside the chair I sit on every day. Dont know how i've missed them up until now.

New Home · 25-04-2023 5:00pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120519309#Comment_120519309

You probably couldn't see them on account of your glasses having gone missing.

ohnonotgmail · 25-04-2023 7:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120519971#Comment_120519971

I don't have that excuse. They are reading glasses and I did have another pair.

New Home · 25-04-2023 8:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120520537#Comment_120520537

Then you just made a spectacle of yourself. :pac:

HildaOgdenx · 25-04-2023 8:15pm

Opening the front windows this morning to the lovely smell of the freshly cut grass on the green.

blade1 · 26-04-2023 12:28pm

New lawnmower arrived 😁

SuperBowserWorld · 26-04-2023 7:39pm

Old lawnmower after years of abuse still working and grass cut. It's like a tank. It's no longer self propelled, need to get that fixed if I can, so I have to push it. Bonus exercise too ! Saves on gym membership.

blade1 · 26-04-2023 9:16pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120524660#Comment_120524660

Yeah my old one was 20 years old and self propeller gone with a couple of years.

A couple of other issues too and I promised last year, next time something goes in it I'll buy a new one which was last week.

New one has a mulcher and the blade is 2inches(20inch) bigger which made more of a difference cutting the grass than I expected.

blade1 · 27-04-2023 9:12am

One more lawnmower related TH.

Although this could be just as much a TA as a TH.

Garage up the road from me.

Went there yesterday for a litre of oil for the lawnmower.

€22 😮

Thought F*** that.

Popped into town to local motorfactors.

1litre of oil- €10.

Some difference.

NewbridgeIR · 27-04-2023 10:43am

Sent an email to a breakers yard yesterday seeking parts.

Got response on same day saying they didn’t have them. The TH is that an Irish company responded to the email in a timely manner.

Strumms · 28-04-2023 8:09pm

TA….Lost a pair of my favourite Rayban sunglasses…. Checked everywhere, nowhere to be found but a TH is that to replace them is costing me 67.50. Which is sweet as they were 135 euros. RayBan have a sale on so just now they were half price. 😎😅… I can take that as I don’t think I could justify splashing out 135 euros when I have two other pairs….

HildaOgdenx · 29-04-2023 11:45am

Availing of a 3 for 2 offer yesterday and when I went to the till, it turned out there was some further reduction so it was actually a 3 for 1.

Happy days.

HildaOgdenx · 29-04-2023 5:47pm

Almost home earlier today, when the rain and hailstones came lashing down.

Got somewhat drenched but the TH is when you dry off, get changed and sit down with a nice hot cuppa. ☕️

branie2 · 01-05-2023 12:03pm

Being in Porto for a few days. I had a brilliant time there

NewbridgeIR · 01-05-2023 3:33pm

Just found out that Koch Media recently released a second pressing of their Miami Vice BD set. The original (which I missed out on) was selling for €600+ on Ebay.

Went to their website and ordered a copy.

Badly Drunk Boy · 01-05-2023 7:50pm

I was sitting out in my garden earlier, when a robin landed on my knee! I am tall, and I once played a tree in a primary school play, but this was still a first!

02-05-2023 4:25pm

Threw a bag of popcorn into the microwave yesterday evening. Timed it absolutely to perfection as there wasn’t a single unpopped kernel left at the bottom of the bag.

Just top class.

blade1 · 02-05-2023 4:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120547076#Comment_120547076

You could say Top of the Pops! 🙊

sporina · 02-05-2023 9:58pm

was on holiday for a few weeks and the break away has given me many new perspectives,.. some internet related.. so limiting my social media activity etc,. felt good unfollowing certain threads/pages/websites etc. #focusing on the positives etc..

cj maxx · 02-05-2023 10:45pm

The face on Frank Lampard jr when arsenal scored their 3rd goal . 2 teams I hate

mrslancaster · 03-05-2023 3:02am

Saw a butterfly in the garden yesterday, first one this year, one of the little blue guys, no idea what its called. Summer finally here, happy days.

SuperBowserWorld · 03-05-2023 4:14pm

Lost a hubcap, and the hubcap I've been walking past for 2 weeks at the side of the road, fits.😁😁😁

04-05-2023 10:29pm

Manchester United losing with the last kick of the game in the 98th minute; to a penalty.

"Fergie Time".

SuperBowserWorld · 05-05-2023 1:51pm

That I experienced life before mobile phones, social media, chat gpt ...

05-05-2023 2:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120558593#Comment_120558593

It was a better time. I know people look back with rose tinted glasses as they get older but it genuinely was if you're talking pre internet.

Yes you can connect with people all over the world but the negatives it's created far outweigh the positives imo.

SuperBowserWorld · 05-05-2023 2:20pm

That I do not get upset by dandelions and daisies in the grass.

That I am not obsessed with cutting and maintaining a lawn.

SuperBowserWorld · 05-05-2023 2:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120558688#Comment_120558688

I guess my point is that I have experienced both times so I can appreciate the difference. I think the Internet is a great thing, but the 24x7 social media culture + now AI, is a nightmare for people starting out in life.

sporina · 05-05-2023 9:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120558932#Comment_120558932

have you seen the series Black Mirror? if not I think you would enjoy

cj maxx · 06-05-2023 11:01am

the bible bashers that I answered the door to left when I used my walking stick and said I was in pain. Every cloud etc .

NewbridgeIR · 06-05-2023 12:02pm

I was served in a shop today by a guy who had a cigarette behind his ear.

Archeron · 06-05-2023 6:09pm

Went for a walk earlier and it was raining so there were a fair few puddles in the road.

A car went by me and the sequence of puddles it went through just as it passed me made a perfect splashy sound version of the first line of the muppets theme tune :)

SuperBowserWorld · 08-05-2023 8:41pm

Sitting inside with thunder and downpours outside ... window open ... birds singing and still bright !

HildaOgdenx · 08-05-2023 8:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120572191#Comment_120572191

It seems to be over here, and everywhere looks really fresh after it.

Strumms · 09-05-2023 11:45pm

Appraised my summer clothing collection, it seems I’m justified in spending a few bob in upgrading and adding to the wardrobe which is kinda nice as I’ve saved up a nice windfall over the last while, not going out as much or going on holiday so going to hit the shops on Thursday evening… both my favourite labels have nice summer stuff now…. Hopefully the sizes too.

PTH2009 · 10-05-2023 12:35am

Didn't realise they do Pepsi in the 750ml bottles now

Bredabe · 10-05-2023 10:54am

I'm off today and sib has left the house on his own and will be gone till at least 12, first time in months I've had the house to myself for more than 10 mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10-05-2023 5:08pm

A load of absolute gombeens photographed in the local paper standing behind a giant plastic cheque.

Strumms · 13-05-2023 11:57am

Just happy for the weekend…. Im going to do absolutely nothing… feet up… and enjoy good sport on TV, nice food, some films on Netflix and generally be slightly antisocial…😋

Poochie05 · 13-05-2023 4:18pm

A bit of heat to sit out in the garden at last!

Sephiroth_dude · 14-05-2023 3:27pm

Went to see my niece and nephew today and got a great greeting after their holidays , hugs and loads of stories 😁 and then the little princess insisted she give me a manicure 💅

😳😳😆

New Home · 14-05-2023 3:45pm

Awh... That's adorable, Seph!

I hope she has better aim with the eyeliner...

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

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