Very expensive if it breaks and a lot of parts are no longer available. I agree with you, that liquid cooled twin is sweet.

1. Particle board is the norm in Europe - selecting plywood is generally seen as overkill. When my GC initially raised concerns for the sink cabinet I looked him in the eye and joked that he obviously didn't have faith in his plumber, because I trusted that I was going to be supplied with a non-leaking sink . . . he saw the point. (My Sister-in-law had US-made particle board cabinets in her kitchen, 30 years ago, and they're still fine, incidentally) 2. Ikea cabinets have a 25 year guarantee. They increased this from 15 years a long time ago, when they realised it really IS that good. 3. As someone said above, not all particle board is the same. I have particle board bookcases elsewhere, and in no way are they as good as my kitchen cabinets. 4. I echo the point about insisting your GC watches the video. Mine, who was initially doubtful about Ikea, did, and when it became clear that I had completely researched it, he was happy. In fact, if a question came up during installation, he'd ask me "what do the people at Ikeafans say?". 5. My Ikea cabinets cost $2600. The quote for custom cabinetry was $18,000. No contest . . . . 6. If I had an endless budget, I'd STILL do Ikea, because I'm so impressed by the whole system. 7. It's worth paying for the order to be delivered. You get 24 hours to check it all over and alert them to anything missing. 8. Use Ikeafans.com - it's an incredible resource of people like us, who have used Ikea cabinets and really understand the process.

I buy books at our Friends of the Library and picked up a really good one for 50 cents yesterday. It is GOD SLEEPS in RWANDA by Joseph Sebarenzi with Laura Ann Mullane. The little blurb on the back cover of the dust jacket says it is a passionate, heartfelt perspective about the tragedy, and personal ordeal and survival of Joseph. It also says the author writes with exceptional clarity on Rwanda's complicated past and present. I recently bought two excellent cookbooks there for less than a dollar. I love bargains and supporting our local public library.

Haha, I should probably say that I don't have any experience with this.. but what I have read about it makes sense so I only buy one tip cuttings. I don't know where to find the post, but there was a member here saying she only bought one tip plants for this reason. In her experience, one tip plants bloom sooner because your young root system can support and supply a single tip much better than two or multiple tips. A single tip will grow faster and reach bloom faster. All of my new single tip plants are growing much quicker than my multiple tip plants, but none of them are blooming so I have no proof this is true, lol. But it makes sense I guess..