>>>>>>>>>>Good point Sherlock. I must have extended the ladder as well (it was a while ago). It was all good except when he broke his arm.
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>>>>>>>>>I assume that happened when he fell off the bed ?
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>>>>>>>>>>Then it was mattress on the floor time.
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>>>>>>>>Those ikea beds have a nice barriers around them to prevent that sort of thing.
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>>>>>>>I'm just wondering why you guys keep mentioning Ikea as if nobody else delivers furniture in pieces. Practically everything we bought since 1979 except, perhaps, some couches where the crew came and assembled them on the spot (read as: screwed the legs on), came in pieces and required assembly. That first set in 1979 and the kitchen we got in 2010 came with the guy who'd put it together, but pretty much everything else we did ourselves. What's the big deal?
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>>>>>>In the UK Dragan IKEA was like a new dawn in self assembly furniture. Everybody else had to play catch up. Like I said I've assembled kitchens, cupboards beds etc and everything always lines up (apart from one terrible wardrobe/cupboard) and I've never had a missing bit. The only thing I would recommend is an electric screwdriver.
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>>>>>I think my partner bought a bed from Ikea once. When we started to put it together it looked remarkable like a book case. Turned out it *was* a bookcase so they sent us a replacement bed but never took the bookcase away......
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>>>>Funny story. But I think in general bookcases are so 90s. With ability to store hundreds of eBooks on an iPad/Kindle/..., who needs bookcases :).
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>>>I use my phone as a reader sometimes but I still prefer a paper book. Though bookshelf space is a problem so I'm tending to think of books as disposable (so I buy a cheap paperback copy) or something I might want to keep (so I buy a nicely bound copy.) to try and keep storage down.
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>>The e-books are not simply for saving space or cost. I have iPad and Kindle (Kindle White for reading on the beach or in the sun, or at night). I can name many advantages of e-books.
>>1. I often read more than one book and when I get tired of one I can simply switch to another
>>2. I read many Spanish books where looking up a word is so easy
>>3. When I read a book and I want to look up something online (Wikipedia or Google), using iPad is so simple (without having to put book down and turning on computer, or when you are in bed).
>>4. Much less weight to carry when going on vacation or a long trip.
>>5. You can search through a book if you look for something
>>I can go on and on.
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>I'm sure you can.
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>You are missing though the essential physical contact with a book. The tactile process of turning the page, marking your place , putting it down , picking it up . I could go on :-)
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>Back in the day what would you rather have received from a lover (or potential lover ), a handwritten note on scented paper or an email (or perhaps a text msg)

Of course sexting would be so much more fun "in the day" lol