[PRCo] Re: Gas Prices

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008, John Swindler wrote:

>
> What about IKEA furniture?  (we like the restaurant)

laminated particleboard has its issues. some ikea furniture is nice, but 
it tends to be no less pricy than other modernist furniture, and sometimes 
more. i am not a modernist, but finding used art deco furniture which is 
affordable and useable is unlikely.

> We have "McMansions" while the Japanese and Europeans must cope with 
> much smaller living space on much smaller lots.  My wife went on a 
> mission trip to Novosibirsk several years ago, and at a get-together 
> showed a picture of our house.  The 'locals' wanted to know on which 
> floor was our apartment located.  She felt embarrassed telling them that 
> we lived in the entire house.  And our square footage is smaller then 
> the average.

1400 sq ft where i am now. slightly an issue but a family of 4 will be 
visiting for 5 days, and the house has no doors except on the bathrooms. 
ask me about it in a week :)