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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Dec 9, 2016 17:56:15 GMT -5
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Dec 9, 2016 18:20:50 GMT -5
Hey, just making an observation ................................................................................................................................. OF CAUCASUS |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Dec 9, 2016 19:19:23 GMT -5
Baku to the old meme well…
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Dec 10, 2016 19:25:30 GMT -5
But isn't Armenia is in the Caucasus and not the Uralic mountains, and isn't Armenian an Indo-European and not a Uralic language? |
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Post by Dellarigg on Dec 10, 2016 20:07:08 GMT -5
I always have to look up what 'MPV' means. I'm going to look it up again now, in fact.
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Post by Dellarigg on Dec 10, 2016 20:09:37 GMT -5
I always have to look up what 'MPV' means. I'm going to look it up again now, in fact. While I'm there I'll look up 'MVP', since that's what I meant. |
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Post by songstarliner on Dec 10, 2016 21:06:16 GMT -5
I always have to look up what 'MPV' means. I'm going to look it up again now, in fact. While I'm there I'll look up 'MVP', since that's what I meant. MVP = Most Valuable Player MPV = Most Powerful Vampire MPC = Most Popular Commenter MCP = Most Comfortable Pillow |
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Dec 11, 2016 13:26:51 GMT -5
While I'm there I'll look up 'MVP', since that's what I meant. MVP = Most Valuable Player MPV = Most Powerful Vampire MPC = Most Popular Commentator MCP = Most Comfortable Pillow PCP = Poignant Crying Panda |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Dec 11, 2016 14:50:25 GMT -5
CCA = Caucasus & Central Asia
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Post by Powerthirteen on Dec 12, 2016 13:47:06 GMT -5
Everywhere I go on this fair internet I hear people complaining about what a miserable experience going to Ikea is, and I'm not sure if they're going to the same store I am, because I frigging love going to Ikea and consider it to be the finest and most intuitive/non-annoying way of buying house stuff there is.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Dec 12, 2016 13:53:41 GMT -5
Everywhere I go on this fair internet I hear people complaining about what a miserable experience going to Ikea is, and I'm not sure if they're going to the same store I am, because I frigging love going to Ikea and consider it to be the finest and most intuitive/non-annoying way of buying house stuff there is. I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Dec 12, 2016 14:24:08 GMT -5
I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. I never got to do the Smaland thing, my sister and I just happily tagged along with our parents through the showroom. We grew up in a home filled with Ikea stuff - I have a bunch of bookcases that my parents bought there a few years before I was born - and I read Ikea catalogs like novels. My mom, however, remains immovably convinced that Ikea either still does or only recently switched away from using proprietary mattress sizes that made their bedframes and linens useless on normal mattresses, a belief for which I've never found factual evidence. |
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Post by chalkdevil 😈 on Dec 12, 2016 16:14:50 GMT -5
I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. I never got to do the Smaland thing, my sister and I just happily tagged along with our parents through the showroom. We grew up in a home filled with Ikea stuff - I have a bunch of bookcases that my parents bought there a few years before I was born - and I read Ikea catalogs like novels. My mom, however, remains immovably convinced that Ikea either still does or only recently switched away from using proprietary mattress sizes that made their bedframes and linens useless on normal mattresses, a belief for which I've never found factual evidence. We have an Ikea queen sized mattress and slapped it on a standard queen frame that we already had without any issues. Now some of the picture frames sizes are just metric nonsense. |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Dec 12, 2016 19:00:36 GMT -5
Everywhere I go on this fair internet I hear people complaining about what a miserable experience going to Ikea is, and I'm not sure if they're going to the same store I am, because I frigging love going to Ikea and consider it to be the finest and most intuitive/non-annoying way of buying house stuff there is. I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. Is "Smaland" supposed to be some sort of portmanteau of "small" and "land"? And if so, why is there only one 'l' and not two? |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Dec 12, 2016 19:35:54 GMT -5
I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. Is "Smaland" supposed to be some sort of portmanteau of "small" and "land"? And if so, why is there only one 'l' and not two? Properly it's "Småland." Yes, it is a faux-Swedish portmanteau. |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Dec 12, 2016 20:27:41 GMT -5
I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. On the flipside, Mrs. Rumak and I used to love to leave one or both kids in Smaland, and go walk around for 45-90 minutes (depending on how busy they were). That was a very inexpensive date, even if we ended up buying something for the kitchen. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Dec 12, 2016 21:25:16 GMT -5
I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. On the flipside, Mrs. Rumak and I used to love to leave one or both kids in Smaland, and go walk around for 45-90 minutes (depending on how busy they were). That was a very inexpensive date, even if we ended up buying something for the kitchen. If we lived less than 300 miles from an IKEA we would definitely be doing this on a monthly basis, if not more often. |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Dec 12, 2016 23:06:30 GMT -5
I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. On the flipside, Mrs. Rumak and I used to love to leave one or both kids in Smaland, and go walk around for 45-90 minutes (depending on how busy they were). That was a very inexpensive date, even if we ended up buying something for the kitchen. I'm pretty sure this is exactly what my parents did. |
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Dec 14, 2016 7:38:36 GMT -5
Everywhere I go on this fair internet I hear people complaining about what a miserable experience going to Ikea is, and I'm not sure if they're going to the same store I am, because I frigging love going to Ikea and consider it to be the finest and most intuitive/non-annoying way of buying house stuff there is. I like IKEA too, it can be a little tiring and crowded, but we've gone half a dozen times or more and never ever had a fight about it. I also have positive childhood memories of hanging out in Smaland while my parents shopped. I legit did not realize it was a store until I was maybe 8 or 9 because I associated it with ballpits and playtime. And the food was fun too. All the lingonberry jam and meatballs you could ever want. |
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Dec 14, 2016 11:01:02 GMT -5
I also have fond memories of going to IKEA as a kid and walking around with my parents, imagining a newer, better life where I lived in a house like all the showroom stuff there. And I also loved poring over the catalogs as a child!
The last time I went as an adult, though, Hugs got one of the worst flu bugs she's ever had, and spent weeks after being miserably sick. So... yeah. We haven't been back. In over a decade. It's not necessarily IKEA's fault, though!
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Dec 14, 2016 11:31:51 GMT -5
I fucking love Ikea. I don't mind that it's crowded, because I expect that when I go to Ikea, so I don't let myself get stressed out. I've actually never eaten there, but I plan to remedy that next time. Also, it's where I got my favorite-ever stuffed animal/body pillow: Frank the Ikea Shark. |
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Post by ganews on Dec 14, 2016 11:50:10 GMT -5
I live ten minutes from an Ikea, so I've been there plenty. It is a place full of people having the worst time of their week. They are good for buying some things, not good for others. I loathe Ikea's blocky upholstered furniture, which looks like something from a 1990s dorm room common area.
I went to Ikea last Friday evening for one of their semi-annual holiday parties, where you buy tickets in advance to a Swedish buffet (we have a Swedish friend who is a big fan). It's quite a good spread with meatballs, salmon, herring, ham, sausage, and the potato/anchovy stuff I like.
I have always pronounced in "eye-KEE-uh" like a red-blooded American, but apparently it is pronounced "eee-KAY-uh".
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Post by Baron von Costume on Dec 14, 2016 13:20:55 GMT -5
Ikea in Canada has "Swedish Poutine" which is as you might guess, Fries+cheese curds+gravy+MEATBALLS
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Post by Dellarigg on Dec 14, 2016 13:29:02 GMT -5
Ikea's good for shelving units that are the perfect size for holding vinyl. Their delivery charge can do one, though.
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Post by Smacks on Dec 14, 2016 13:49:41 GMT -5
I fucking love Ikea. I don't mind that it's crowded, because I expect that when I go to Ikea, so I don't let myself get stressed out. I've actually never eaten there, but I plan to remedy that next time. Also, it's where I got my favorite-ever stuffed animal/body pillow: Frank the Ikea Shark. My brother and his wife have that shark, but they call him Dave the Shark. He shows up in their Instagram feed doing silly things quite often. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Dec 14, 2016 14:01:54 GMT -5
I fucking love Ikea. I don't mind that it's crowded, because I expect that when I go to Ikea, so I don't let myself get stressed out. I've actually never eaten there, but I plan to remedy that next time. Also, it's where I got my favorite-ever stuffed animal/body pillow: Frank the Ikea Shark. My brother and his wife have that shark, but they call him Dave the Shark. He shows up in their Instagram feed doing silly things quite often. Ha. His full name is actually Frank Sharknatra, and I occasionally take silly photos of him for my own Instagram. My personal favorite was when I put him in the washing machine and captioned it "I DID NOT AGREE TO THIS." Because I'm easy to please. |
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Post by Not a real doctor on Dec 14, 2016 16:23:44 GMT -5
imagining a newer, better life where I lived in a house like all the showroom stuff there. And I also loved poring over the catalogs as a child! A new Ikea opened back home while I was in college and I still love going there and thinking about how I could outfit my potential "tiny house" with all of the different Ikea rooms (and get my own HGTV show about it...and do douchey things on the show and make Mrs David Tennant hate me). Related to the "big new Ikea opening:" I was working in the township parks department when the store was being announced so us grubby parks guys had to shlep the same set of a few pieces of furniture to various ribbon cutting, chambers of commerce shindigs, trustee meetings, etc. It was hilarious how increasingly, noticeably shopworn all that stuff got with each successive trip in a pickup truck or dumptruck bed that an hour earlier may have been full of garbage, roadkill, fill dirt, or some terrible unwashed combination of all three. The one that got me the most was this little plastic kids table/chair set that showed a scuff mark from every surface it touched. "Here's you blergenshplergen, now we gotta go hose some stains of a monument" |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 14, 2016 16:47:56 GMT -5
I've never lived anywhere remotely near an Ikea, at least that I'm aware of, and had never been to one before I was well into my thirties. The closest ones are still around four hours away. We'll sometimes go there when we're somewhere that has one, but furniture is just not an option for us. We mainly buy food.
I quite like the seafood spreads.
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Post by nowimnothing on Dec 14, 2016 17:01:12 GMT -5
I've never lived anywhere remotely near an Ikea, at least that I'm aware of, and had never been to one before I was well into my thirties. The closest ones are still around four hours away. We'll sometimes go there when we're somewhere that has one, but furniture is just not an option for us. We mainly buy food. I quite like the seafood spreads. Food? Having never been in an Ikea, all this talk of European play areas for children and what I can only assume are food courts of some kind were confusing enough, but grocery-type food too? Is Ikea more like a Walmart than a furniture store? |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Dec 14, 2016 17:02:50 GMT -5
I've never lived anywhere remotely near an Ikea, at least that I'm aware of, and had never been to one before I was well into my thirties. The closest ones are still around four hours away. We'll sometimes go there when we're somewhere that has one, but furniture is just not an option for us. We mainly buy food. I quite like the seafood spreads. Food? Having never been in an Ikea, all this talk of European play areas for children and what I can only assume are food courts of some kind were confusing enough, but grocery-type food too? Is Ikea more like a Walmart than a furniture store? The ones I've been to have a nice cafeteria area on the second floor, and then a little grocery area with a snack bar on the first floor. |
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