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Regular spoons and forks are giant. I also use small spoons and forks on a regular basis.

Salads are eaten with chopsticks, because you simply can't fork a piece of lettuce which has been glued to the bowl with dressing. Oh yeah, salads should be served in a bowl, not a plate.

Soups are eaten with Asian soup spoons, which are nice and deep, as opposed to shallow and worthless for soup like Western ones.

I speak from experience: that dresser won't last one season if it's veneered wood.

People seem to really hate the pool... I, on the other hand, love it! It's my favorite feature in this house.

Doesn't really change my opinion of IKEA. I still love their furniture and items. Great looking affordable furniture. Design Within Reach could learn a few things...

As for the issue at hand, it sounds like an issue with the Virginia factory than with IKEA corporate itself. I wonder how much autonomy they have with regard to how things are run.

The monitor comparison is wrong. You really should be comparing the $599 Dell Ultrasharp 24" to the $799 Apple Cinema Display. Apple is still a lot more expensive, but it's not $250 v $800 different.

I love the Arc Mouse. I actually prefer to use it over my full-size "desktop" mouse. I think the Magic Mouse is garbage and an ergonomic nightmare. For such a user-centric design company, it's quite shocking how consistently bad their mice are. Apple continually makes the worse mice.

Now that Macs run Windows, it just makes sense to go Mac for the hardware. I know Macs demand a premium new, but they also have great resale value. I don't know of anyone that buys used PCs.

There are people out there that can actually function without a microwave?! Wow! Granted, I only use the microwave for rice, but I eat A LOT of rice and a microwave is the only way to reheat rice. I tried several different methods before I broke down and got a microwave a few months later. If I gave up rice, I wouldn't need a microwave however.

The only other things I need off that list are a computer and the internet because I would not be able to do my job and make money to pay for rent and food. Everything else, I can live without. I would still need a clothes dryer, but I don't have to own it. Laundromats are fine. Where I live, it's very easy to live without a car.

Something missing from that list is a garbage disposal. It's doable to live without one, but man it's a pain. I just stop eating at home, which becomes expensive. It's more economical to own one.