Reflections on packing...

[Babs]

God bless America, where if nothing else at least we have way more stuff than everybody else!

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I hate moving. Did you find any lost money/jewels/porn?

[Babs]

I hate moving. Did you find any lost money/jewels/porn?

So far I've found 84 cents and the plastic candy cane earrings that Michael got me from the school store last Christmas.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Two down, one to go!

[beelzebabette]

Your thread title reminds me of a conversation I had with a former coworker. She was moving from CA to UT (or vice versa, can't remember) and the moving van charged by weight. She broke out the bathroom scale, weighed everything, and threw away everything that would cost more to move than replace when she settled in.

Funny how the local dumpsters get a workout anytime someone moves.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I hate moving. Did you find any lost money/jewels/porn?

When we helped out with an intra-ward move a few years back, a box that was being carried out of the garage broke open (an accident, honest!) and out spilled dozens of magazines like Juggs!, Barely Legal, and the like. The woman of the house acted embarrassed, but not at all surprised as she quickly gathered up the publications, leaving me to distract the priests quorum who were working out front.

[Babs]

I'm up to 17 dollars and 12 cents and three more earrings. I also found my prom dress in the back of my closet, which I am now wearing. Because face it what could be better than packing up your pantry while wearing a fifteen-year-old prom dress?

I have yet to find any magazines, but I'll keep you posted.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I am tempted to move just so we could unload a bunch of junk.

[Solon]

I am tempted to move just so we could unload a bunch of junk.

Moving sucks. We're getting ready for our second move of the summer. We've culled so much that everything we own fits into 1/2 of a bedroom in my parents' house as we are in transit right now. But I have somehow managed to hold onto about 25 bankers' boxes of books and my awesome 8-track collection.

Everyone should move (or pretend to move) every few years just to cut out all the junk.

[Babs]

But I have somehow managed to hold onto about 25 bankers' boxes of books...

This is us. You never know when you might need your old DiffEQ textbook or a copy of the Rig Veda.

[myboynoah]

You people sound like a bunch of novices.

[Uncle Ted]

This is us. You never know when you might need your old DiffEQ textbook or a copy of the Rig Veda.

I couldn't figure out why I kept my DiffEQ textbook either until my daughter called me from college last fall with a question. I pulled out my old textbook, looked at it for a minute, and then told her to just go to the TA lab when it opened in the morning.

[Babs]

I couldn't figure out why I kept my DiffEQ textbook either until my daughter called me from college last fall with a question. I pulled out my old textbook, looked at it for a minute, and then told her to just go to the TA lab when it opened in the morning.

see? Exactly! This is why I can't go with lebowski's longhorn-engineer suggestion. I doubt I could even tell my triple integrals from my partial derivatives anymore. Instead I'll go to law school where as best I can tell you just throw around a bunch of latin phrases and hope for the best...

[Solon]

you just throw around a bunch of latin phrases and hope for the best...

I think this is a winning strategy in just about any situation. Car trouble. Cruising for babes. Calculating taxes. etc.

[creekster]

see? Exactly! This is why I can't go with lebowski's longhorn-engineer suggestion. I doubt I could even tell my triple integrals from my partial derivatives anymore. Instead I'll go to law school where as best I can tell you just throw around a bunch of latin phrases and hope for the best...

what? Latin? I was supposed to learn Latin phrases?