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Due to circumstances beyond my control I went to Bingo with my wife last night.
I found it both stressful and boring.
But they don't half take some money.
Even the smoking area is equipped with coin slots so they can keep feeding in pounds when going outside. I wouldn't be surprised to find the stalls in the toilets had them too.
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Must admit I've never seen the point (and even less so for the online versions they keep pushing on the IdiotBox). My neighbour loves it though - and he's teetotal, so it isn't an acceptable way of getting bladdered either. 
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You can tell they're making a fortune cos the food and drink was both cheap and of decent quality.
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If she's a teetotal she probably can't take more fun than that.
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She's a He - ex Para, likes fishing, nice guy.
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To be fair, you aren't a lady of a certain age. My understanding of it is that they go to socialise, much like going to the pub, but crucially cheaper - an expensive session will be £10-15 but will last all evening. Of course, if you start playing the slot machines etc I image the cost will skyrocket.
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We had various vouchers because it was my wife's and her mother's birthdays last week, and it was with the two of them I went.
Her mother commented at one point about the number of people there on their own, and my wife said they go in groups, but sit alone when they play, and they also move around the hall playing at different tables to try to locate the luck.
Also I would say that there were almost as many men there as women, Jim was celebrating his 80th birthday there, very strange place.
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Believe it or not, this is the industry I work in. My company started 20+ years ago making bingo "computers" (just embedded systems with screens that would automatically mark bingo cards) and now it has morphed into an intranet ASP.NET system.
Yes, over here in the states, it is also skewed to older women too.
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chriselst wrote: Due to circumstances beyond my control I went to Bingo with my wife last night.
I love bingo. I play a good game of bingo every few months. I have been playing bingo for 2 or 3 years now, and haven't won once. I always win a few times at the slots.
Slots are great. I usually play in the early morning, when the pay outs are more frequent.
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My daughter went to a Catholic school, so we were required to volunteer at bingo every so often. Unbelievable how much money people would spend - $400 or more, carried in brown envelopes that government assistance checks come in.
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SO we just need some plain white storage unit, pretty tall, 2.4 meters, with shelves, door etc, just to stick stuff in in the utility kitchen.
So its off to Ikea. 117 euros later, get it up, and there are two fissures on one of the side panels.
I could have got the tools out, got some pine planking, and done it myself in probably 2 hours.
Now I have to drive back to the sodding Ikea store and change this piece, which will take two hours anyway, I wish I had! And it would have cost 60 euros!
I am fed up with Ikea. They only do two things well. That chair from way back that is dead comfy for the back, and their food. Everything else is plain and dull, and while it was well made, at least functional. These days it is all made of cheap garbage and is just crap. The fabrics are crap, the venetian blinds are crap, everything. Its all just cheap ugly junk.
Why oh why do I keep going back. I am sure I will be lured into the Ikea trap again though.
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I don't get the "that's what she said jokes" bit, I mean, Ikea furniture is ugly useless junk, is that really applicable?
You forgot the "going back to shop to get broken/missing bits replaced" though. Seems to be a repeating theme these days.
Oh yes, and Ikea France totally ignore the EU law on 2 years sale of goods act. Bastards.
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I'd say the part "that's what she said jokes" should be replaced with "going back to shop to get broken/missing bits replaced" then 
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Munchies_Matt wrote: These days it is all made of cheap garbage
These days? 
Munchies_Matt wrote: I am sure I will be lured into the Ikea trap again though
Yes you will.
Their business idea and success lies in having exactly the right quality for the product.
Oh, and their definition of quality is not the same as yours.  (Or mine when I think about it)
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I had the impression that years ago, as in decades, their stiff was just ugly, but well made. These days its got a flimsy crap feel to it. DO you think its always been junk?
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Short answer, yes.
They have always cut the corners, but have become "better" at it every year.
The trick is to know what you can get away with. And they're good at that.
If you only use a bookshelf to store books in, their junk is good enough.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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No and I don't think all of their goods are now. I have a modular storage unit in the living room that's been in use for the better part of 20 years. Their springy slatted bed structures are great; they have adjustable tension so that you can vary the support for different parts of the body; we use those on our pine sleigh bed (not bought form Ikea!  ). Finally, their recessed hinges; functionally great and way, way cheaper than Home Depot.
I think the trick is to be selective in what you buy. Cheap particle board furniture will always be garbage!
... and the cinnamon buns!
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Munchies_Matt wrote: They only do two things well.
Munchies_Matt wrote: their food
Accepted! But it's not enough, i can eat for 3 there
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For 12 euros you can eat Gravadlax and a main course, its not bad. OK, for a little over that you can eat in many French restaurants, and in the US you can pig out on 12 euros, but it is OK. So yeah, I get your point.
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Never been there, have to plans to ever visit.
Not a big plan of "flat-pack" furniture anyway, I'd rather give my money to a small firm that actually cares, and can provide quality rather than a little less money. And you can haggle! 
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When I have the time, and the energy, I like to make furniture. I made my daughter an entire bedroom suite all in carved pine. Beautiful it is.
The trick is to get seasoned timber, if you can, but I often use cheap as crap shuttering pine planks. They take a lot of planning to get right but have lovely texture and colouration. I made a lovely farmhouse style dining table out of it recently. Really looks the part, all nicked and hand worked, you get loads of texture hand planning wood.
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