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Old Posted Nov 26, 2008, 11:28 PM
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Someone posted a USENET posting from wpg.general on NewWinnipeg. I just had to repost it.

Take a look at the date. Nearly a decade old.

Quote:
Jan 20 1999, 2:00 am
Newsgroups: wpg.general
From: sye...@cc.umanitoba.ca (Statistics)
Date: 1999/01/20
Subject: Re: Ikea store
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In <783gh4$19...@pumpkin.pangea.ca> "Norm..." <g...@uwinnipeg.ca> writes:
>The rumour I heard came from a small business person who seems to think
>he's in the know. Ikea is coming and will live in one of the sites being
>built near Bishop Grandin or McGilivary near Waverly. It is supposed to
>be open in time to sell furniture to new university students for the
>fall.


That will be good. Ever since we moved to Ottawa, we went to Ikea at least
once a month. Some of the furnitures are in good quality and the customer
services are quite good too. I imagine the sales at the proposed Winnipeg
Store will be very good.
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