Blaney, don't look

ah - I didn't know that; I've never been in a Magnet showroom.

 

Black and Bronze is the most elegant and complimentary colour-scheme
available for any motorcycle. Trust me on this.


And the cunts who say it's "brown" know nothing.

 

It also has a HDD/PVR functionality which is available to both
displays. Yes, you could network 2 boxes but this is a single box
solution for Joe Public.

And of course 2 boxes would require 2 subscription cards.

 

We have a Magnet showroom in our house.

 

Only to unleaded fuel.

 

Ours aren't belfasts, although they are porcelain ones - they fit into a
hole in the top of worksurface rather than sticking out at the front.
They're big enough for roasting tins, buckets, babies and a weeks worth
of washing up (not necessarily all at the same time though)

I chose to buy 2 sinks because they're useful. It's difficult to get a
decent double bowl metal sink nowadays, as the second sink is always
minute on them and IMHO is a complete waste of time. These were also
cheap - Ikea.

 

lalala I'm not listening.

 

We used Ikea for all the kitchen (excluding the centre island I bought
last month).

The drawers are all on metal runners and take a hell of a weight - we've
had no problems with them at all. We also bought the corner cupboards
with the 180 and 270 degree carosels - I'm amazed how much crap they'll
hold too. The base of ours probably has 40 odd earthenware plates on
there - they've been on there for at least 12 months, and the wire unit
hasn't even bent.

If ever you're coming up this way, call in and have a look. The kitchen
is 23' by 13' and cost us £4K (approx 2 years ago). That £4K included all
the units, doors, work surfaces, sinks, taps, waste pipes, a dishwasher,
legs, plinths, ceiling lights, under cupboard lights, internal lights,
pelmets etc. etc. and it was a doddle to fit. (I didn't replace the
fridge and freezer, I bought the handles from elsewhere - so it didn't
look too Ikea, and I bought the cookers elsewhere too)

We'd put up with the previous shitty kitchen for 6 years because when we
got quotes from MFI and a local independant kitchen suppliers in 1997,
MFI wanted £14K and Kitchencare wanted £25K - had I realised how cheap
the Ikea kitchens were I would have changed it long before.

The only downside to it all is that I loathe shopping at Ikea - and the
warehouse staff are badly trained baboons.

 

Did you have any problems getting all the components you wanted? I
looked at getting some kitchen stuff from there in the past and they
won't order anything for you or even reserve stock. So if they are out
of stock of a particular unit you want then you have to just keep
ringing until it's in stock and nip down there sharpish.

Also, how was delivery arranged? In the Bristol store you had to
collect everything from the warehouse and then take it over to the
delivery department yourself. If it's not all in stock at once then
this becomes an iterative process too.

It's good value but definitely a no frills service.

 

It was 'dark Beige' or Taupe. See? Not gay at all.

 

I don't think you can lay all the blame at the door of the poor old
jacket.

 

Oy... What on earth do you mean, big boy?

 

I'm not sure whether to be pleased that my satorial elegance is
appreciated or offended in some way...

 

any causal connection between my two statements above is in the mind of
the reader.

 

No. I think you're all just starting to realise what a trendsetter I
really am.

 

<weeps>

You're not like this when we're toasting muffins together.

 

"You've got that line in your cut and paste buffer, haven't you."

 

Yes.

 

It is... What's wrong with it?

 

Bear says...

I can't imagine Simes giving a kid a muffin.