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

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭madmaggie


    Novak Djokovic changing his top. That brightened my day.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,877 ✭✭✭purplecow1977


    SO many trivial things make me happy - simple minds & all that!


    * Fluffy towels on a radiator for after a shower

    * When something is reduced at the till unexpectedly

    * When I find money or lip gloss I'd forgotten about in a pocket/bag

    I'll stop at 3. Don't wanna overdo it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    After much effort I single-handedly got my new mattress from the spare room where it has been uncurling and decompressing since it was delivered, in to my room and on to the bed. Needed a lie down after all that and oh my god, the comfort! Can’t wait for bedtime later 😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,877 ✭✭✭purplecow1977


    Today's trivial thing to make me happy:

    Watching David Beckham produce some sticky stuff! 😏


    It's honey, you filthy feckers! No idea how to embed links properly but here he is!




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,707 ✭✭✭Bobblehats


    Scrub up, then mass. Happy day folks 😉



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭sporina


    was away for the weekend.. happy to be home now though.. no place like home



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    Going for a spin

    When I was young (still young !!) the entire family would be packed into the car and driven somewhere every Sunday, usually rural Co.Clare. So a Sunday spin was a big thing

    I bought my first car 3 years ago and never used it. First year 600km, second year 1000km and this year I decided it’s an old car and I’ll drive it until it fails!

    Yes fuel is expensive and my sympathies to hard pressed commuters.

    This weekend I drove a random 600km with no plan and no goals, just a long spin and cheap budget hotels overnight. It’s not Route 66 in the USA or something special but I had a super time :)



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    That it's Friday 🙌🙌🙌



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,796 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    New barber at my barbers… who happens to be excellent….probably my favourite cut since going there.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    I used to have 4 years no claims bonus but I stopped driving for 5 years or so and then the NCB was lost, oh well. I had no need to drive in Dublin.

    Got back driving in 2020 and my quote was surprisingly high! I paid up

    Year 2 the quote was the same to the exact cent. Clearly no human looked at my file. It was generated by a computer and I got nothing for one years no claims.

    Year 3 they put my rate up! Again I had no claims.

    Found another well known insurer who offered to take €240 off the premium and gave superb customer service with email, phone calls and an invite to the office where I chatted to them. I signed on the dotted line!

    Shop around 😊



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭sporina


    not trivial at all ..

    hugging my Dad.. (who's sick in hospital)



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    Wishing you and your Dad all the best sporina 💜



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭sporina


    thank you - and your username is v apt; I literally adore the bones of him



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,170 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    After searching for hours, I finally found my hot weather leggins!!!!

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,170 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    The look on my ex colleagues face(he was shall we say, not embracing of the diversity in the building) in the uk office when I jokingly sent my friends there a photo of a tub of Lurpak 5oo g marked down to 1€ from a shop local to here.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



  • Registered Users Posts: 601 ✭✭✭WJL


    Balmy summer evenings 🙂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,796 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Spent two hours rearranging and tidying before the furniture delivery tomorrow, place is immaculate. I think I’ve rediscovered 16 square feet of space now that I’m orderly, systemised and tidy…



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,305 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    Being in London over the weekend for a family christening and visiting the Tate Britain art Gallery. I had a great time.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭madmaggie


    After nearly two years, my rescue dog is now giving me the gooey eyes.

    The snarly snappy biting dog is gone, now a soppy ould pet.



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭mikemac2


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,170 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    The frozen veg range in a well known chain supermarket, the floret type veg have small florets in their bags.

    Which means its easier to eat in stews/curries etc.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    Friday evening, work is done and the sun is shining!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,332 ✭✭✭Archeron


    My local Polish supermarket got back into stock my favorite banana yoghurt so I bought ten.

    I'm going to have a very happy yoghurty heatwave.



  • Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,734 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    The first mahasive poop after coming off antibiotics that cork the poop shoot.


    ....and home made pizza



  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 11,780 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    Going for a walk on a sunny summer evening, listening to John Creedon on the radio.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,796 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Fantastic day at the cricket but absolutely wrecked having spent almost 8 hours in seriously warm weather, made the right decision to bring a cooler bag full of drinks therefore not having to traipse over to and Q at the shops in the heat… 🎟🫣🤤😋



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭madmaggie


    I phoned my uncle earlier, he's just home after 3 months in hospital. He's so happy to be back in his own place, and trying to get back to his old routine.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    (far from trivial)

    I got married on Friday 😁🤗



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,260 ✭✭✭Poochie05




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    Thank you!! Still hasn't sunk in yet 😂



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,463 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    And we weren't invited.

    I'm off over to the TA thread!!!



    Congrats! 🎉



  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,756 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude




  • Registered Users Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    I booked a very basic budget hotel for Saturday. Rated 2 stars

    Reviews not great but I know the chain and good enough for me.

    Got an email stating they were cancelling my booking and would move me to their 4 star sister hotel down the road. I accept ! :-)

    I guess they overbooked and wanted to keep parties together. No issue for me, I can move

    First time in my life I got a free upgrade, yaaaay



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,796 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Neighbors have a new dog and it’s a consistent barker, for the first time last night after about two weeks It’s silent , which is magnificent, as last few nights especially it’s been consistently vocal which I know yeah, it’s an animal but a lot of neighbours closer then I and are a lot older, one isn’t too well and me I gots insomnia here too at times so kudos to whomever spoke up or if he managed to gather a degree of cop on and just brought it in at night.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,463 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    So good to get out of work clothes/boots/socks.

    After 10.5 hours in them in this heat,it felt like diving into the sea getting them off.



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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,010 ✭✭✭PsychoPete


    I took two trailer loads of scrap to a recycling centre today, you've to unload it yourself which in this weather isn't nice. Having to peel the clothes off yourself isn't a good feeling



  • Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭seablue


    Being warm in the shade.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,463 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Yeah they were clung to me.

    The getting them off wasn't nice but the release when they were off was some relief!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,796 ✭✭✭✭Strumms




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,170 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    The workwear range in Aldi, picked up a few bits over time. Meaning I have nicely fitted in length light t shirts perfect for this weather.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭madmaggie


    Enjoy the benefit of two foot thick granite stone walls. Cool in summer, cosy in winter. The old people were no fools when building a house. Angled window reveals means the sunlight is deflected.



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Cool in summer if the summer is short, and cosy in winter if it's not too cold. They take ages to adapt. :) But yes, much better than the cardboard-like houses built later.



  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭EdensTempleX


    Cleaning the house all day then walking around for 20 minutes looking at how clean the place is and feeling great about yourself! 😆



  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭EdensTempleX


    Also, walking barefoot on the grass... Grounding as they call it... Great craic.



  • Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭EdensTempleX


    Also, organising the fridge 😂 ... This thread is great!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭sporina


    i was off yday and did the same - could't go out in the heat.. silver linings eh.. the house got a good deep clean lol

    went for a fab walk by the river in the eve when it was cooler



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭sporina


    was walking in the park this eve and saw 4 Indian 20 somethings (2 male, 2 female)... learning the dance moves to a music video they wer watching on their phone (which was propped up against a rugsack on the grass in front of them)..

    delighted me to see em enjoying themselves,.. out in the fresh air.. in pretty surroundings.. enjoying the summer eve... and I bet money they hadn't consumed any drugs or alcohol..



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,170 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    Maybe its cause I've been wfh for a few days but seeing these outside made me happy:

    A Smokey grey cat dozing on their windowsill with less than no intention of moving,

    Drivers slowing down enough for me to get across an unpredictable road safely,

    Small poodle chasing their pupa chino container all around the table their ppl were sitting at.

    A family of grown ups sitting outside of the bakery with their food, chatting and laughing with each other and the rest of the family at either ends of the tables

    The two men I passed having an animated chat about one of their grandchild's christening,

    A guy having his lunchbreak in the work van and repeating Irish phrases from his portable cd player.

    Local Cllr outside his house chatting to residents about the lack of bus services to places in demand.

    *Its the little things really.

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭madmaggie


    Builder turned up on the dot of 8, on his own, doing all the hard graft. I know the family, working hard is in the DNA.



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