Moving is a special form of hell.

[Moondog]

I've had enough for one day, but I can't seem to find where I packed the wine and liquor.

Now that the cable guy has finally come and gone I am Off To The Whiskey Store.

That is all . . . .

[IcyPeas]

1. I've wanted to move for about the past 2 years...

but I can't even bring myself to look. Never mind packing and unpacking. It is hell.

... and the drinks are most necessary at this time of upheaval.

hope you are happy in the new digs.

[Moondog]

4. Ain't it the truth?

Thanks for the good wishes!

[riderinthestorm]

2. Just think, by the time you finally discover the wine and liquor box, you will have twice as much!

(the only silver lining in moving?)

I agree, it is hell.

[Moondog]

6. Hey, now that

is a wonderful perspective! Wish I'd thought of it.

Thanks for the happy thought.

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. It once dawned on me that I had lived in an apartment that I had truly HATED...

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... for six whole years ONLY because I hated moving more.
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My RV yeara were heavenly. When I wanted to move, the only effort
was to unplug my power and reel in my poopchute and GO.
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Well, I tried to, you know... go before I reeled that in, but you get
the gist of it.
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[Moondog]

7. I understand completely.

I hung in there where I was in large part because I grew to hate moving so much. But, at some point, one gets to the point where not moving is more hateful than moving. I got to that point. Hopefully this will be it for a good long while.

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. One thing I did during that move was divest myself of a lot of STUFF.

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I simplified my life greatly... after realizing those during that 6 years there, I had
"stuff" in boxes that I never ever used and never ever missed or wondered about.
For WAY too much of my "stuff", I was simply moving boxes from place-to-place.
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It was pretty liberating.
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[Moondog]

11. You're absolutely right.

I need to do that. Too late for this move, but I still need to do it.

[NightWatcher]

5. I'm never moving again, I'll just burn it down and start again in the new place

[Moondog]

8. Amen, brother.

Except that I would probably pass on the fire and just eat my losses. Don't want to be looking over my shoulder, and all that.

[mnhtnbb]

16. Not funny for those of us who have had our houses burn down.

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. ...

:hug:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. My last move was 30 years ago

someday I'll get around to unpacking some of the boxes in the basement.

:hi:

[Moondog]

12. I hate to even think

about how many times I've moved in the last 30 years.  Most of
them were Uncle Sam moves, but all the same, one can get
really, really tired of moving.  This one was my doing, and on
my nickel.  And it will be a bloody long time before I do this
to myself again.

[riderinthestorm]

13. I once read that you should move evern 10 years to clear our the messy accumulation

of life.

I know when we moved after 25 years in the same place, I contemplated torching all of it in one moment of despair.

I don't think we'll move again so my poor kids are going to find another messy mess to deal with when I kick the bucket!

[femmocrat]

14. Same here! LOL

We moved here in 1985. I still have boxes I never unpacked. I guess I don't need that stuff! :)

[Skittles]

15. in my life I have done it over 30 times

[HopeHoops]

17. It's especially bad when you're a packrat.

My wife has roughly 456 million childrens' books (she's a kindergarten teacher). That's just a rough estimate, mind you. They don't weigh anything noticeable on their own, but pack a box with them and it weighs more than a box full of cement. I'm a computer geek and I just can't seem to part with old machines. I've probably got 8 or more working CRT monitors in the basement despite the fact that all I use now are LCD flat screens. I've got a 70+lb NEC SpinWriter that did an amazing 55 cps, but that was only amazing 30 years ago. It still works for a short time (with my Apple II+ using a parallel cable), but then it starts to smell like vinegar - capacitor the size of a small spice bottle in the power supply. Then there's the VIC-20, C=64, Amigas (500 & 2000), three Timex Sinclairs, and who knows how many PCs - 486 on up (but I still have the 386 motherboard for one of them somewhere) and four or five obsolete laptops dating back to the original IBM ThinkPad with the nipple in the middle of the keyboard.

I've got my OWN collection of books and have a tough time parting with files because it seems that everytime I put something "I'll never look at again" in the recycling bin, I seem to have a need for it the day after waste pickup.

All of that aside, when you are moving there is NOTHING WORSE than misplacing the booze!!!!!

[GoCubsGo]

19. I hear you on the books.

Every year, the Association of University Women has a used book sale. Every year, I find myself being able to part with more books. I also have given some to the local SPCA's resale shop. I still have a ton of them that I can't part with. But, nothing like the specter of having to move to get you to unload books and other "stuff".

As much as I complain about this craphole town I live in, they DO have an electronics recycling program. I have been ditching obsolete stuff left and right. Except for my PC and laptop. Still using those. :-)

[HopeHoops]

20. Same problem. The local library has a "fill a bag for $1." sale every year.

You can't even find that stuff on-line. It includes videos, DVDs film strips (and yes, we have several projectors/viewers for those and an overhead and an opaque projector). I've found stuff there that I spent HOURS looking for online and couldn't find. That doesn't suck, but MOVING it ROYALLY sucks.

[GoCubsGo]

18. I am looking forward to the day when I can move.

I already live in hell, and as bad as moving is, it's not as bad as having to live in this this rightwing shithole town.

[Hotler]

22. Cardboard boxes. Loudon Wainwright III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTN6iI_WE8k

[Major Nikon]

23. Loudon is the shit

[Major Nikon]

24. Here's the best tip I have

First you call your buddies one by one and ask, "Hey, what are you doin' this weekend!" (excitable voice)

"Nothin', why what's goin' on?"

"Good, you can help me move."

"Doh!"

[Courtesy Flush]

25. I'd rather take a beating

Nearly 20 years in this house, and I'm nowhere near ready to leave. The thought of it give me the chills.

I know people who have moved a half dozen times in the last decade. Not out of necessity, but because they can. I'll never understand it.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

26. I've moved 5 times in 8 years. I fucking HATE moving.

BUT...every time I get a little better at it. I'm the most organized S.O.B. on two legs.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

28. hell. that is nothing. I moved 5 times in ONE year.

One other time I moved 3 times in ONE year.

and moved another go round 5 times in FOUR years and I am just starting to count.

[kedrys]

27. I so f*cking loathe moving, I bought the condo I was renting

:P There's more to it than that, but the fact remains that when the transaction occurred, it was cheaper by far to buy the place than to move to another rental. The timing happened to be near-perfect - and now I don't have to worry about moving. Ever. Again. :bounce: