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On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 1:00:05 AM UTC-7, tert in seattle wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
> > We're going to be going to Ikea! I have never been in one. I used to want
> > to go but now that I can't eat the Swedish Meatballs, there is no real
> > desire to go on my part. But they are not near here and I can get a ride so
> > I shall go.
> >
> > I don't think they have anything there that I can eat in their cafe but I
> > will still go and look.
> >
> > Is there anything else I should make a point of looking at? From what I
> > have read online, I will have to wend my way through the store to get to
> > what we are going there to buy, which is a desk. I would just get it online
> > but I am not paying for it so...
> >
> > I know they have lingonberries but I am surrounded by those here anyway so
> > no need to look for those. And given the poor quality of the kitchen carts
> > that I bought a few years ago, I am leery of anything they sell. The one
> > cart seemed fine at first. But something was wrong with the second one and
> > the middle shelf/bin just wouldn't hold any weight. It would immediately
> > slide down to the bottom. And now the other one is doing the same. I
> > actually cringed when I saw them being used in a kid's toy room on some
> > house show the other day. I was like... Noooooo!
> >
> > I can't really think of a thing that I need in the kitchen department but
> > perhaps there are foods? Do they sell much in the way of foods? I am
> > mostly familiar with the furniture which for the most part I think of as
> > junk. Good looking but junk. We'll see how the desk holds up.

>
> this is some really fine work, Jules


I am chagrined to admit that I agree with Julie here. So
much of what IKEA sells is crap that I have pretty much given up going
there. I do have a winerack that has held up over the years, and a couple
of dog dishes.

The worst thing I saw at IKEA was a colander with a razor-like edge.