What first world problem did you have today?

[lxskllr]

I haven't gotten much from Ikea, but I've been happy with the stuff I got. It's a good way for young people to get acceptable furniture, that goes with an unstable life. eg it'll take some abuse moving around, and if it gets a little damaged, it's no big deal.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I haven't gotten much from Ikea, but I've been happy with the stuff I got. It's a good way for young people to get acceptable furniture, that goes with an unstable life. eg it'll take some abuse moving around, and if it gets a little damaged, it's no big deal.

Just about everything I've ever gotten from Ikea I've regretted..... Well, as far as furniture, that is.

Everything always begins to fall apart within 1-2 years.... I just recall furniture that my parents have had for 20+ years that still look damn nice without chips and pieces falling off. I'm thinking when I do buy more furniture it will be Amish... expensive, but damn worth it since it lasts.

I will vouch that the desk I had (Galant I think?) was definitely worth it. But that's because it was simply a slab of ~1.5" PURE wood ontop of the desk. Very simple, but very sturdy. Held up very well until I built my own.

 

[lxskllr]

Just about everything I've ever gotten from Ikea I've regretted..... Well, as far as furniture, that is.

Everything always begins to fall apart within 1-2 years.... I just recall furniture that my parents have had for 20+ years that still look damn nice without chips and pieces falling off. I'm thinking when I do buy more furniture it will be Amish... expensive, but damn worth it since it lasts.

I will vouch that the desk I had (Galant I think?) was definitely worth it. But that's because it was simply a slab of ~1.5" PURE wood ontop of the desk. Very simple, but very sturdy. Held up very well until I built my own.

My review is taking cost into account. Amish built isn't in the same continent as Ikea. Ikea's competitors are Target, Walmart, and smaller "assemble yourself" companies, and I think they compare favorably to them. It's like Yuengling beer. My good review isn't comparing that to America or Europe's best. I'm comparing to Anheuser Busch, and other mass market beers. At $1/unit, it's a good value.

 

[Imp]

The easy to assemble bit is a lie. It kinda sucks when parts aren't to spec and don't fit or worse, are missing. I stopped buying from them years ago. Maybe they've improved but I don't think so given what I've heard from some people. I won't buy from them just on principle.

Only bitch that didn't want to be assembled was a lamp. The shade was a stupid piece of plastic that you had to jam between two steel frames. Pissed me off so much I was ready to return it. I also have a mechanical kitchen timer that likes to randomly stop in the middle of a countdown.

Everything else made of wood or metal, I've not had a problem. I'm talking over a dozen pieces by now.

But honestly, I don't know where else to buy furniture. The stuff at Sears I've seen is insanely expensive. We have a few craptastic furniture showroom chains, delivery only, IIRC. There's a nearby chain that is post-modern steel/glass. Staples/Wal-Mart stuff I've bought had terrible instructions.

 

[Charmonium]

I dedicate this song to Ikea particle board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mV8BvVzYA

 

[Charmonium]

Only bitch that didn't want to be assembled was a lamp. The shade was a stupid piece of plastic that you had to jam between two steel frames. Pissed me off so much I was ready to return it. I also have a mechanical kitchen timer that likes to randomly stop in the middle of a countdown.

Everything else made of wood or metal, I've not had a problem. I'm talking over a dozen pieces by now.

But honestly, I don't know where else to buy furniture. The stuff at Sears I've seen is insanely expensive. We have a few craptastic furniture showroom chains, delivery only, IIRC. There's a nearby chain that is post-modern steel/glass. Staples/Wal-Mart stuff I've bought had terrible instructions.

I hear you. There's a pretty decent chain I've used - Ashley's - but I don't know if they're local or national.

 

[Imp]

We also have Crate & Barrel. Gorgeous stuff, but you're probably going to leave the store over a grand lighter. Pottery Barn, I don't even understand.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Only bitch that didn't want to be assembled was a lamp. The shade was a stupid piece of plastic that you had to jam between two steel frames. Pissed me off so much I was ready to return it.

Actually, that reminds me of another reason Ikea sucks.... Their return policy is fucking horrible. If you so much as open an item they won't accept it.

 

[Ertaz]

We were only able to drop a grand on the family fireworks display. It just *barely* beat the neighbors this year. I am going to have to get a professional license and end this nonsense before the neighbor thinks he's a contender.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Fun. I wish they were legal here.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

We were only able to drop a grand on the family fireworks display. It just *barely* beat the neighbors this year. I am going to have to get a professional license and end this nonsense before the neighbor thinks he's a contender.

$1000+ for fireworks? seriously? I guess I can never understand that... I mean... any fireworks you buy will pale in comparison to professional public shows. I get it, you can set them off, but is it really that amazing to light a fuse?

 

[Ertaz]

$1000+ for fireworks? seriously? I guess I can never understand that... I mean... any fireworks you buy will pale in comparison to professional public shows. I get it, you can set them off, but is it really that amazing to light a fuse?

We would have something lined up with Tannerite, but the neighbors keep calling the law. It has to have pretty lights associated with it or the neighbors will call the law again.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AUSObK_gU-g

 

[Imp]

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... I just bought 4 rechargeable batteries but found out I "need" 8. Can order more except it would have been $5 cheaper to get the 8 pack in the first place.

 

[Imp]

I bothered to look at my mirrorless camera's battery info ~1000 mAh and 7.2 volts. It's lithium-ion and costs about CA$ 130 at Best Buy now.

A single AAA NiMH battery is ~1.25v, 750 mAh. Series that sucker 6 times and you get about 7.5v and 4500 mAh. That's about $30 worth of Eneloops or $15 of Amazon Basics. Charger also doesn't cost $80.

HUH?

 

[Cuular]

As for summer colds, have you considered it might be an allergy versus a cold? I used to have 3-4 week "colds" during the summer. Then I had friend suggest that it could be an allergy as plants are throwing out their pollen and seeds to try and grow.

1 Benadryl a day, and gone were the sore throat, runny nose and sneezing.

 

[Jeff7]

I dedicate this song to Ikea particle board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mV8BvVzYA

I loathe particleboard in furniture, even if all it has to do is hold its own weight.
It's like they still decided to go with a 200-year-old adhesive, rather than something that can scarcely hold its own weight.
I guess that even formed and powdercoated sheet steel is too costly for the US market.

I still have a nice corner desk from sometime around the late 90s/early 00s that has held up reasonably well. The surfaces are made of particleboard, but the structure is steel. Admittedly, the top did sag under the 21" Trinitron-tube CRT I had on it for awhile, but that was going beyond the call of duty for it. It didn't try to rip itself apart while it was being assembled though, and you could actually move partially-assembled sections around without needing 3 people carefully holding it together so that the connecting hardware wouldn't tear itself out of shallow holes in shit-grade particleboard.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Particle board can work ok but the problem is often how the fastening is engineered. Ex: my desk had a keyboard tray but it is screwed upwards into the particle board. That is a very weak way to connect something as screws or any fastener in general, especially in particle board, does not have that great of pull strength. Rest your elbow on that keyboard tray and it just pulls out. I ended up just ripping it out and not using it anymore. Got used to having the keyboard/mouse right on the surface instead now. It's just it takes up more room.

In general though if I'm building something from scratch I use real wood. Always going to be better. I put shelving in my closet and used 1x2's screwed into the studs then layed down pine boards on it. You could climb on this.

 

[Puffnstuff]

My mole has gotten wiser and is now tunneling underneath my set traps so I had to go out and reset them to his new tunnel levels. I was out there in the heat and humidity sifting dirt to convince Mr. Mole that he was in virgin territory around the traps. I hope he hits a trigger just right this time so I can end this chapter in my summer activities.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

My mole has gotten wiser and is now tunneling underneath my set traps so I had to go out and reset them to his new tunnel levels. I was out there in the heat and humidity sifting dirt to convince Mr. Mole that he was in virgin territory around the traps. I hope he hits a trigger just right this time so I can end this chapter in my summer activities.

That sounds... cancerous

 

[Svnla]

My $3 of Mega Million did get me anything. Nada, zip.

 

[dainthomas]

I forgot to cancel my free trial of HBO Monday after finishing Game of Thrones. And John Oliver won't even be on most of this month. So I'm paying $15 for nothing.

 

[Sonikku]

Have to do some actual work at work today. darnit, I wanted to nef.

 

[Pantoot]

Someone broke AA's 777-300 that they use between LHR and LAX, so I had to sit in the wretched business class seats on their 777-200 for 11 hours.
Broken IFE, broken seats, lights didn't work.
That plane was an embarrassment.

 

[PJFrylar]

I ate too much for lunch. My work's deli is closed for the week so there are food cart vendors in the parking lot. I got an Italian beef and meatball sandwich from the Chicago style sandwich and sausage vendor. The sandwich was way more than I would usually eat, but the bread was dipped in the Italian beef juice so I figured I would end up tossing leftovers out and didn't want to be wasteful. I feel so stuffed right now.

 

[dtgoodwin]

Series only adds voltage, not current. 6 of them would give you 7.5 with 750 mAh. If you put 6 in parallel, you would get 1.25V at 4500 mAh. To get 7.5 at 4500, you would need 36 total in a series-parallel configuration. It may be easier to visualize if you compare watt/hours. That AAA cell has .9375 watt hours. 6 of them in series have 5.625. 6 of them in parallel have the same 5.625 watt hours. 7.5 Volts at 4500 mAh is 33.75 watt hours.