{"id":141,"date":"2008-07-29T07:50:59","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T05:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=141"},"modified":"2008-07-29T15:50:47","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T13:50:47","slug":"it-feels-like-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=141","title":{"rendered":"It feels like Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I have a supposedly complete set of kitchen cabinets, in flat format. And I have to make sense of it (they included some very sketchy drawings for some of the stuff but not for all).<\/p>\n

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So I started sorting out things, putting pieces of the same unit together, as far as I can tell. Now, if I had a complete set of everything, I could figure it out, but nooo. Firstly, I’m supposed to have two 300 deep wall units, for over the stove. Turns out I have four. The one extra might be intended to go above the fridge, but I took that out of the design, the other extra is a duplicate of the one over the stove. I guess if I want to stuff something up, that’s where I need to start.<\/p>\n

Julian at Lansdowne Boards assures me I didn’t pay for the extra stuff, hy voel ‘n veer.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I’m supposed to have four fixed shelves for the microwave unit, and I only have two.<\/p>\n

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I also have no idea what this is, but Julian phone-IDed it as part of the drawer assembly, I will have to go there to have a look at where and how it goes.<\/p>\n

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Sunrise yesterday morning, slightly gippoed (original<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Oh, and why does it feel like Christmas? ‘cos the kids get toys which have to be assembled by Yours Truly, that’s why. Except the toys come with rudimentary instructions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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