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http://ikea.co.uk/product_presentation/subcat.asp?id=3093,3039,3078&pageSetUp=3093,0,0


hitherto:

http://ikea.co.uk/product_presentation/subcat.asp?id=3093,3039,3078&pageSetUp=3093,0,0


posted on 2003/01/15 10:32

 

Sten - a particular 2lmc favourite


blech:

Sten doesn't cut it for my book-storing needs. I need a Billy.


 

Or lower-cost Argos equivalent.


hitherto:

I really blogged this by way of saying "ooh. Ikea finally actually have their whole product catalogue online"


 

And a new stock-checking facility which is kinda nifty. But no on-line ordering. Boo.


blech:

well, fair enough. And I suppose I could get more Sten than Billy-equivalent for my money.


hitherto:

You could get enough Sten to shelve an entire small african nation for your money.


 

But the people who live there might get a little annoyed at tripping over rough pine shelving all the time.


The:

and an entire nation would need to be stained and sanded - would take ages


blech:

Billy


hitherto:

It'd be like the Forth bridge. By the time you'd finished wood-staining the whole lot, the ones you did first would need re-covering.


blech:

Beech Tall Wide Extra Deep Bookcase


hitherto:

(Of course, what started this whole conversation was the fact that, if you're using a gecko-based browser, you won't be able to see Argos's site...


 

...which has been "coming soon" for Netscape 6/gecko users for the best part of 2 years now)



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