Random Irritations

[jim8flog]

IKEA stuff is actually pretty good.
The worst thing about IKEA is navigating the damn store.

I will not go in one anymore for that simple reason.

I once was first at the door and got in but realised I had left my reading glasses in the car by the time I navigated my way through the store to the exit and back again the queue for the particular sales dept I wanted was so long I just walked out again.

 

[Beezerk]

Went to the cinema last week, 3 middle aged blokes sat next to us. Each one had the biggest bag of popcorn you’ve ever seen. What a racket.

That's exactly why I've haven't been to the cinema for years.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Dodgy wi-fi strength in South Wales.

You're obviously in a dodgy part of South Wales

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Anyone 'popping in' to an IKEA store is going to the wrong place. Going is a visit, embrace it. Stop for a coffee and cake half way around, there is no rush . Have that mindset and all is well.

Their stuff is decent and generally solid. The wobbly stuff is really cheap and obviously wobbly, it's all out to see and test. I'll happily defend it, it does a great job at what it does.

 

[PJ87]

Anyone 'popping in' to an IKEA store is going to the wrong place. Going is a visit, embrace it. Stop for a coffee and cake half way around, there is no rush . Have that mindset and all is well.

Their stuff is decent and generally solid. The wobbly stuff is really cheap and obviously wobbly, it's all out to see and test. I'll happily defend it, it does a great job at what it does.

We have the chest of draws in every bedroom, cabinets around the house. The old owner left a fitted wardrobe (that was a decade ago) and the kitchen is IKEA

Now the kitchen was average 10 years ago but we won't change anytime soon

All the stuff does what it needs

 

[Robster59]

Anyone 'popping in' to an IKEA store is going to the wrong place. Going is a visit, embrace it. Stop for a coffee and cake half way around, there is no rush . Have that mindset and all is well.

Their stuff is decent and generally solid. The wobbly stuff is really cheap and obviously wobbly, it's all out to see and test. I'll happily defend it, it does a great job at what it does.

We've got quite a lot of IKEA stuff. Nowadays where there is a dowell to hole fitting, I put in a dab of wood glue to hold it in place. It works a treat. Mostly pretty solid stuff.

 

[Neilds]

We've got quite a lot of IKEA stuff. Nowadays where there is a dowell to hole fitting, I put in a dab of wood glue to hold it in place. It works a treat. Mostly pretty solid stuff.

Agree with this. Take the time to put it together properly and it is as sturdy as pre built, skimp on the glue and it will wobble

 

[Fade and Die]

I think that’s the beauty of IKEA, something for every budget, over the years we had everything from £10 bookshelves to full height mirrored sliding wardrobes to a brilliant free standing kitchen, never any problems with the quality, I’ve only just replaced the kitchen, we had it for 17 years and there was nothing wrong with it.

 

[PNWokingham]

it works!! The wife came back from SA with presents!!

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

I think that’s the beauty of IKEA, something for every budget, over the years we had everything from £10 bookshelves to full height mirrored sliding wardrobes to a brilliant free standing kitchen, never any problems with the quality, I’ve only just replaced the kitchen, we had it for 17 years and there was nothing wrong with it.

Yep, pretty good stuff.
Sturdy and reliable.
Downside, when its crowded and you get caught in the Zombie March. Got slapped by my wife a while back for holding my arms out and muttering "We must follow the arrows...".
Worse, taking a short cut and then realising you passed through here ten minutes ago.

 

[Fade and Die]

Yep, pretty good stuff.
Sturdy and reliable.
Downside, when its crowded and you get caught in the Zombie March. Got slapped by my wife a while back for holding my arms out and muttering "We must follow the arrows...".
Worse, taking a short cut and then realising you passed through here ten minutes ago.

Yes it is more suited to a woman’s shopping habits ie wandering aimlessly about so they can look at everything, rather than the focused lighting strike that is a man shopping

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

This could just as easily be under Things that Gladden the Heart, but for reasons that will become apparent it’s here.

Sorting through the stuff in my MiLs…I discover that my FiL (deceased 1976) was not only a numismatist…but he was also a ‘bit’ of a philatelist. We have discovered three envelopes full of singles, strips and blocks of mint British Commemorative stamps from mid-60s to mid-70s. In fact without having sorted them all out, I reckon just about every commemorative stamp in a ten year period is there.

Now I was a very keen but limited stamp collector back in the day, and bought commemorative stamps late-60s to mid-70s as far as my pocket, and paper round, money might stretch (not that far)…and so my collection is very partial and incomplete - this is actually (not just ‘like’) me finding a treasure trove.

What’s not to like? Nothing really. So irritation? Well - there is no sign of a stamp album or other displayed or mounted stamp collection. Frustrating OK but so be it.

But the real BIG irritation is that I don’t know what to do with them. They are iconic and beautiful images from that period that mean so much…and judging by our age profile many on here will know exactly the stamps I’m talking about - yes - of course that includes the (for me one of the very best years) those from 1966 - Robert Burns; the World Cup; Westminster Abbey; Landscapes; Garden Birds;The Battle of Hastings (what a set); British Technology (e-type jag, Jodrell Bank, hovercraft…), and of course the Blue Peter Christmas stamps…what a year of stamps…

But what can I do with them…I just don’t know. I certainly don’t want to sell them (I doubt they are worth that much in any case).

Maybe I’ll just get my Britain and Commonwealth stamp album out (yup still got my collection), find a load of blank pages from somewhere - and add them in…but that doesn’t feel like I’m doing them justice.

 

[cliveb]

Yes it is more suited to a woman’s shopping habits ie wandering aimlessly about so they can look at everything, rather than the focused lighting strike that is a man shopping

You mean like this:

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Doing a favour and getting no thanks at all.

 

[Bdill93]

This could just as easily be under Things that Gladden the Heart, but for reasons that will become apparent it’s here.

Sorting through the stuff in my MiLs…I discover that my FiL (deceased 1976) was not only a numismatist…but he was also a ‘bit’ of a philatelist. We have discovered three envelopes full of singles, strips and blocks of mint British Commemorative stamps from mid-60s to mid-70s. In fact without having sorted them all out, I reckon just about every commemorative stamp in a ten year period is there.

Now I was a very keen but limited stamp collector back in the day, and bought commemorative stamps late-60s to mid-70s as far as my pocket, and paper round, money might stretch (not that far)…and so my collection is very partial and incomplete - this is actually (not just ‘like’) me finding a treasure trove.

What’s not to like? Nothing really. So irritation? Well - there is no sign of a stamp album or other displayed or mounted stamp collection. Frustrating OK but so be it.

But the real BIG irritation is that I don’t know what to do with them. They are iconic and beautiful images from that period that mean so much…and judging by our age profile many on here will know exactly the stamps I’m talking about - yes - of course that includes the (for me one of the very best years) those from 1966 - Robert Burns; the World Cup; Westminster Abbey; Landscapes; Garden Birds;The Battle of Hastings (what a set); British Technology (e-type jag, Jodrell Bank, hovercraft…), and of course the Blue Peter Christmas stamps…what a year of stamps…

But what can I do with them…I just don’t know. I certainly don’t want to sell them (I doubt they are worth that much in any case).

Maybe I’ll just get my Britain and Commonwealth stamp album out (yup still got my collection), find a load of blank pages from somewhere - and add them in…but that doesn’t feel like I’m doing them justice.

Have them valued and then purchase a picture frame and display them in an office room or something?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Have them valued and then purchase a picture frame and display them in an office room or something?

I could wallpaper our lounge with them…well not quite but you get my drift.

They won’t be worth that much…most commemoratives are very easily available. The Battle of Hastings set (of eight stamps) can be bought for just a few quid. What I may probably do is choose a year (quite possible 1966) and mount the stamps of that year…or maybe just one set from each year of the period they cover. Can’t think what else to do with them other than treasure them, so put them in an album and enjoy them from time2time.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

I could wallpaper our lounge with them…well not quite but you get my drift.

They won’t be worth that much…most commemoratives are very easily available. The Battle of Hastings set (of eight stamps) can be bought for just a few quid. What I may probably do is choose a year (quite possible 1966) and mount the stamps of that year…or maybe just one set from each year of the period they cover. Can’t think what else to do with them.

Do you send many Christmas cards?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Do you send many Christmas cards?

Thats a thought…unfortunately non-barcoded stamps couldn't be used past 31st July 2023.

But another your suggestion prompts is that I could mount all the Christmas stamps through these years. Now that could be nice for Christmas reflections on times past.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I could wallpaper our lounge with them…well not quite but you get my drift.

They won’t be worth that much…most commemoratives are very easily available. The Battle of Hastings set (of eight stamps) can be bought for just a few quid. What I may probably do is choose a year (quite possible 1966) and mount the stamps of that year…or maybe just one set from each year of the period they cover. Can’t think what else to do with them other than treasure them, so put them in an album and enjoy them from time2time.

Find a local club and pass them onto them. They will distribute them to other members, get enjoyment out of them.

 

[Billysboots]

Rail signalling faults. Enough said.