Ikea!!!!

Master of fact

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IS there a better store for a Man. Iv been many times before but today was great. There are many manly things going on there, tools, building crap AND there is a canteen but even better once you have carted your stuff around on all i can describe as a pallet truck there is a hotdog fastfood thing.

I got a new desk cupboard and some other randoms, my best purchase was a hotdog smothered in ketchup and mustard with a lingon berry drink ( what the hell is a lingon berry its tasty!) for a quid. I love Ikea my wallet not so much!

Oh on another note i bought my very first kolinsky sable brush size 2/0, i am excited and hope i can tell the diffrence between that and GW brushes!
 
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Master of fact said:
IS there a better store for a Man. Iv been many times before but today was great. There are many manly things going on there, tools, building crap AND there is a canteen but even better once you have carted your stuff around on all i can describe as a pallet truck there is a hotdog fastfood thing.

I got a new desk cupboard and some other randoms, my best purchase was a hotdog smothered in ketchup and mustard with a lingon berry drink ( what the hell is a lingon berry its tasty!) for a quid. I love Ikea my wallet not so much!

Oh on another note i bought my very first kolinsky sable brush size 2/0, i am excited and hope i can tell the diffrence between that and GW brushes!
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Here in Sweden(at least around my parts) we call it the Women's hardware store. Where you buy low quality to a high-ish price and you get treated like a child when you read the assembly instructions. :)

Oh, and lingonberry is also known as cowberry and looks like this:
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It's a small, often very sour berry that together with some sugar makes for one awesome beverage. :)
 
Master of fact

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Oh eye, someone on here always shoots me down. The assembly instructions! Men dont read them 9 maybe just a little.........

But the drink is very nice, wonder if you could fizz it up?
 
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Master of fact said:
Oh eye, someone on here always shoots me down. The assembly instructions! Men dont read them 9 maybe just a little.........

But the drink is very nice, wonder if you could fizz it up?
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Oh, lingonberry works very well as an alcoholic beverage, often used in home brewed schnapps. :)

Lingonberry Schnapps

1 vanilla pod, notched
1.5 ml rinsed Lingonberries or frozen
2 crushed sugar cubes
70 cl. vodka

Shake the booze every now and then
Let it stand for 3-4 days. Then sieve it.
 
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PegaZus

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Master of fact said:
IS there a better store for a Man.
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Harbor Freight! Cheap Chinese tools. Always fun to go spend an hour walking around. Maybe two. Screwdrivers, grinders, and press brakes, oh my!

Personally, I'm eying the ~$300 6'x8' greenhouse right now. Was going to pick up a "quality" one from Home Depot which was 1/4 the size for 3/4 the price. And made in China as well. Uh, no thanks. I'll go get the nice sized one.

However, the local Ikea should be open sometime this fall. That'll be a place to avoid for a month!
 
JesterzUSMC

JesterzUSMC

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PegaZus said:
Harbor Freight! Cheap Chinese tools. Always fun to go spend an hour walking around. Maybe two. Screwdrivers, grinders, and press brakes, oh my!
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I got my Impact wrench from there!
And my spare toolbox, drill, jack stands, air compressor, pneumatic jack.....I need to go back there.
 
Master of fact

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i didnt even think about cork!

Im going next week, so shall pick some up. I feel daft, when i walk through most stores i think can i use this for minis.
 
BarstoolProphet

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Ikea: Swedish for 'Some assembly required'.

Yes, Canada has that juice.
The restaurant is nice, but I suspect that the meatballs are merely 'meat flavoured' balls.
 
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BarstoolProphet said:
Ikea: Swedish for 'Some assembly required'.

Yes, Canada has that juice.
The restaurant is nice, but I suspect that the meatballs are merely 'meat flavoured' balls.
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Well, unless the Ikea over there is different from what we've got then the meat in those balls is very real( http://www.radron.se/templates/JamforProdukter.aspx?id=918&query=2403 according to the Swedish Review Board 84% meat for those who can't read Swedish numbers. ;P ) and according to the Ikea concept all their restaurants are non-profit, some dishes are even loss-making deals(the hot dog at the end of the line anyone?)
Their thought in this is that a full customer is a happy customer and a happy customer spends more time in the store than a hungry one and is thus more prone to impulse shopping. Plus, a happy customer is more likely to come back.
 
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