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Saturday, August 20, 2011

All night screwing Around

Oh yes, the exciting lives that Agata and I lead. Our good friend Ingrid invited us to a private

soiree 15Km away to assemble her new baby furniture. Great we thought, what could be

better than a 15Km cycle ride (and back) coupled with an evening of home assembly.

We performed a similar task about a month ago so we feel that our reputation must be

spreading. The things we will do for a spot of dinner and a glass of wine ...

Ingrid starts off the evening correctly: Drinks and nibbles.

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That is more boxes than we expected

Vojto and Agata are doing all the heavy large assemblies

Agata seems to be combining assembly with a Stretching exercise workout, she's very

clever.

Ingrid is officially in charge of the plastic mallet

"Are we nearly done yet" Marcus pleads

Learning Points

The furniture was imported from Poland. The instructions were in secret Polish

code

Some of the instructions sheets were so faintly printed that even a Polish speaker /

reader could not really decode them

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Marcus Bennett at 01:56:00

Ingrid chose the Polish furniture from Pinio since it's made of real pieces of wood

and not Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF). Very traditional but it is clear that you

can NOT get the tolerences for mass produced consumer items using that

natural technology.

Now more than ever I begin to respect IKEA who produce in much higher volume,

with much clearer instructions and to build tolerences so much higher that there is

just no comparison.

Our baby Bosch IXO power tool was light and small enough to carry in our cycling

rucksack and was again just brilliant (Check out this limited edition version, I think

we might need it urgently)

Yet again Agata and Marcus prove that an active evening in with a spot of wine,

good company, and a healthy dinner is a mighty fine thing

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