Ikea
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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.
Eek! I will avoid that!
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