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InternationalObserver

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:32:34 +1200

Those American's sure take their Homeland Security seriously:

Officials yesterday defended the retention of highly personal data on travelers not involved in or linked to any violations of the law. But civil liberties advocates have alleged that the type of information preserved by the department raises alarms about the government's…

jsf

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:48:00 +1200

Hehe, speaking of panic .. reminds me of my first IKEA experience, as a Taranaki-bred-Wellingtonian-turned-San-Joseian about 1.5 years ago. Rolled up to the Mountain View store in my corporate-provided rental car to pickup some cookie-cutter furniture for my apartment. Got in there, spent two hours strolling through the massive warehouse,…

Jackie Clark

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:54:17 +1200

Is Ikea large? Will there be lots of people there? In that case, count me out. It's lovely furniture, but anything larger than the corner shop throws me into a panic, these days.

Robyn Gallagher

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:32:24 +1200

Me... I'm going to Auckland Ikea as soon as the "opening weekend mad crowd" has gone... (which may take several months?)

Take a day or two off work and go during the week. That way you'll get furniture and retain your sanity. Bonus!

InternationalObserver

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:31 +1200

We used to go to the Ikea store in Sydney every time we visited the relatives. After three visits they were completely over it and didn't want to drive us out that far anymore. But they really are a great store, and it seems weird we haven't got one sooner.…

Jeremy Andrew

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:01:46 +1200

I'll see you there, Fletcher! You bring the beer, I'll bring the flour...

FletcherB

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:41:00 +1200

Amy.... it depends on how far you want to take things...

Some people will be happy with "no sweatshop labour"
Others want "no sweatshop labour AND no ancient ruins desecrated"
Yet others wil want "no sweatshop labour, no desecrated ruins, and the builders who constructed the shop were not wearing…

Amy Gale

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:38:03 +1200

> 100% cotton! Cool patterns! Cheap!
> (And probably: sweatshops! Sigh.)

IKEA tries hard to avoid sweatshop labour, so you're probably ok there. On the other hand, there was recently a stink about construction of a store near Nanjing destroying a number of ancient tombs.

Why does this always have…

FletcherB

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:02:47 +1200

they must have been thinking

Perhaps you're being overly generous? :)

Jolisa

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:18:21 +1200

And so from the Islamic state of Malaysia emerges this long simmering plot. Lucky the ever-watchful US citizenry uncovered it before the Hasheds got to unleash the second stage of their plan. (Throwing actual anthrax in large handfuls onto the streets?)

Oh yes, those wily Orientals and their cunning Teutonic…

Stephen Day

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:32:05 +1200

And so from the Islamic state of Malaysia emerges this long simmering plot. Lucky the ever-watchful US citizenry uncovered it before the Hasheds got to unleash the second stage of their plan. (Throwing actual anthrax in large handfuls onto the streets?)

Muslims eh? Wouldn't be surprised if they were all…

Richard Llewellyn

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:31:31 +1200

Lovely – and have to admit, much to my horror, I miss IKEA.

Definately not the parking experience, but the inability to stroll through without buying a whole bunch of stuff that we really don't need,and the great shopping for kids rooms, and the 'ball-room' that the kids are happy…

Rob Stowell

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:25:40 +1200

And they scoffed and ridiculed Michael Moore's Bowling for Colombine angle: American's live in fear engendered by media and "authorities"?
Fear is not to be scoffed at.
Until it becomes this stupid (and self-important).
At least the hash people are likely to have access to good lawyers. If they'd been…

kmont

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:15:38 +1200

Joy, first thing in the morning belly laughs. I love making kitset furniture, Muji is good for that too. Collaborating with someone else to make kitset furniture is good times too, it tells you a lot about someone's character IMO.

Danielle

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:54:52 +1200

(And by 'mention', I mean 'agree with you thoroughly about the fantasticness'.)

Danielle

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:53:24 +1200

Without addressing your larger story really at all (except to say that all that running around after flour sounds like a waste of good drinking time, and that I am completely unsurprised by the authorities' freakout), I would just like to mention the joy of IKEA duvet covers. I was…

Public Address

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:53:24 +1200

Discussion from blog post.