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Well, not exactly. If you want to come and help me move the fridge it'd be great, but more specifically, I want you to help me get motivated for it.

I despise moving, especially because I get the feeling that 3 months down the track I will be moving again. I have lived in the same house of 18 months and have accrued a huge amount of crap. So far I have filled 2 moving boxes with books alone.

So, who wants to motivate me, somehow.

(See, here i am posting a topic on NS, when I should be doing something.)

well moving house is one of the most stressful things the average joe has to contend with so i suppose taking time to relax when moving is probably important.

I know buy a yoga CD!.....? or an exercise thingy...um running yeah try running for a while....then when you get tired you can move things about and then...ah...eat something nice?

Moving sucks! I've done it dozens of times in my adult life and I still don't know how to organize it properly. If you have the money, hire someone to do the packing and moving for you. If you don't have the money, you're just going to have to suck it up (I hate that phrase) and get it done. Remember, the more you do now, the less you'll have to do later - and doing things last minute is counterproductive - I did the whole move to Colorado last minute and, after two years, I'm still finding things I didn't want to keep and wondering where the things I really need are.

Uhh well I live in Tacoma, so... I could try to getArtie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie,_the_Strongest_Man_in_the_World) to help out aswell.

So, who wants to motivate me, somehow
My main tip is simply to play music while you pack. Keeps your mind off the memories and all.

I'm under your floorboards, and I've got diarrhoea. Stay by all means, but it'll start seeping through soon.

Hope that got you going.

Moving is a huge pain.

Stay in the current house so you don't have to deal with all your vital stuff being boxed up for weeks and all your semi-vital stuff being boxed up for months.

Laspe by; its simple. Just do it one box at a time. Moving is never fun, especially if you lived their for a while. Just aim to get one room done at a time. And if you need to. Make a castle out of all the filled boxes. The more filled boxes, the bigger the castle. I mean that would get ANYBODY motivated.

Whichs reminds me I moved from my house of 15 years up the street last month(house got sold) and I still got unpacked boxes in my room. So good luck with that. :P


*Goes back to playing in his castle*

get rid of everything but the bare necessities and start afresh!

(better yet if you have insurance burn your house down and collect the money:))

1. Get off NS and the internet
2. Buy loads of beer (or other alcohol of your choice)
3. Invite friends, tell them to bring loads of beer (or alcohol of their choice)
4. Lay out the plan to pack quickly and efficiently
5. Proceed to implement the plan
6. Wake up the next morning terribly hungover
7. Start packing...

1. Get off NS and the internet

this made me laugh, silly SD and your naivety

this made me laugh, silly SD and your naivety

Shit, good call. I type before I think.

1. Get off NS and the internet
2. Buy loads of beer (or other alcohol of your choice)
3. Invite friends, tell them to bring loads of beer (or alcohol of their choice)
4. Lay out the plan to pack quickly and efficiently
5. Proceed to implement the plan
6. Wake up the next morning terribly hungover
7. Start packing...
Except for step 7, I like your plan!
get rid of everything but the bare necessities and start afresh!

I would, unfortunatly, it would mean I would have to take all the crap to the dump. And the dump is further away than the place I am moving into!
(better yet if you have insurance burn your house down and collect the money:))
My housemates probably wouldn't like me.
Laspe by; its simple. Just do it one box at a time. Moving is never fun, especially if you lived their for a while. Just aim to get one room done at a time. And if you need to. Make a castle out of all the filled boxes. The more filled boxes, the bigger the castle. I mean that would get ANYBODY motivated.

Whichs reminds me I moved from my house of 15 years up the street last month(house got sold) and I still got unpacked boxes in my room. So good luck with that. :P


*Goes back to playing in his castle*
I am hoping I can fit all the stuff I actually need in 8 boxes. Good luck making a castle out of that.

Moving is a huge pain.

Stay in the current house so you don't have to deal with all your vital stuff being boxed up for weeks and all your semi-vital stuff being boxed up for months.
I have packed 2 boxes. already I have had to open each of them once. These were the non-essential things <_<

I'm under your floorboards, and I've got diarrhoea. Stay by all means, but it'll start seeping through soon.

Hope that got you going.
mmm... I think a dirrhoea affected guy-off-the-internet is still better than moving. Atleast you share my discomfort. The boxes, and all my crpa I have to move don't <_<

My main tip is simply to play music while you pack. Keeps your mind off the memories and all.
Oh, it's not the memories. Believe me, this house is a pile of shit. It is just getting all the crap into my car, and then out of my car again 10 ks down the road.

Moving sucks! I've done it dozens of times in my adult life and I still don't know how to organize it properly. If you have the money, hire someone to do the packing and moving for you. If you don't have the money, you're just going to have to suck it up (I hate that phrase) and get it done. Remember, the more you do now, the less you'll have to do later - and doing things last minute is counterproductive - I did the whole move to Colorado last minute and, after two years, I'm still finding things I didn't want to keep and wondering where the things I really need are.
I think I could easily live out of the crap I could fit in a suitcase. Unfortunatly I was 'given' some nice beds, and lounges by my parents when they moved up to Mackay. Unfortunatly this means I have to juggle them when moving. It would be fine If i actually needed them. I don't.

well moving house is one of the most stressful things the average joe has to contend with so i suppose taking time to relax when moving is probably important.

I know buy a yoga CD!.....? or an exercise thingy...um running yeah try running for a while....then when you get tired you can move things about and then...ah...eat something nice?
A yoga CD? That's just one more thing I have to pack!!! As for running, my shoes are already packed. Eating: Over the next week I shall be living off a diet of 'miscellaneous freezer stuff I threw in there 6 months ago and completely forgot about".

Focus on where you are moving to, Lapse. Visit the place and check out its space. Then work out what junk to send to the salvos because you won't really be needing it.

Don't get sentimental about crap you probably don't need.

What are the essentials?
What aren't?

oh yeah and locate the essential places to visit at your destination.
places like eateries, supermarkets (or a way to buy lots of food), distances from fuel station, places of entertainment (need i say more?) and a muddy field to call up the LG monster from his slumbers.

Asking for help on NS? That's pretty sad, Lapse.

Well, not exactly. If you want to come and help me move the fridge it'd be great, but more specifically, I want you to help me get motivated for it.

I despise moving, especially because I get the feeling that 3 months down the track I will be moving again. I have lived in the same house of 18 months and have accrued a huge amount of crap. So far I have filled 2 moving boxes with books alone.

So, who wants to motivate me, somehow.

(See, here i am posting a topic on NS, when I should be doing something.)

I love moving. you get to re-arrainge things in your new place, toss out what you don't need, sell what you can, it's the ultimate house cleaning experience!

seriously. if you can, take it slow. move a couple of shelves at a time, a couple of desks. get those positioned the way you want to. after all, if you have the time, take it. it's harder to move furniture with boxes in the way. then when you got it set up the way you want, move the boxes. by room, by items (clothes, computer stuff, etc...)

getting motivated for it? that's tough.

oh yeah and locate the essential places to visit at your destination.
places like eateries, supermarkets (or a way to buy lots of food), distances from fuel station, places of entertainment (need i say more?) and a muddy field to call up the LG monster from his slumbers.

I am within a block of:
KFC, an adult store, a funeral parlour and place that sells water skis...

Handy.

oh yeah and locate the essential places to visit at your destination.
places like eateries, supermarkets (or a way to buy lots of food), distances from fuel station, places of entertainment (need i say more?) and a muddy field to call up the LG monster from his slumbers.

I am within a block of:
KFC, an adult store, a funeral parlour and place that sells water skis...

Handy.

Hey Lapse! Think of those four stores as offering you exciting new career opportunities!

aslong as I don't combine them...

I have found that the KFC staff rarely appreciate you playing sex games with dead people and water skis...

I don't know much about moving, but asking the people of these awesome tubes was an idiot move.

And the title gave me the impression you were asking us how to physically move your house to a new location. Unless your house had wheels, moving it is going to be hard.

I don't know much about moving, but asking the people of these awesome tubes was an idiot move.
Helped me procastinat for a minute but ;)


And the title gave me the impression you were asking us how to physically move your house to a new location. Unless your house had wheels, moving it is going to be hard.
Yet, you don't give me any suggestions on how to do so :confused:

aslong as I don't combine them...

I have found that the KFC staff rarely appreciate you playing sex games with dead people and water skis...

you know this from experience?
oh and one last thing, get to know any local tradition get togethers (e.g. what they do for halloween, xmas...easter maybe? the rates of mormon attacks on people's homes, crime rates, where the nearest prison is located)...stuff like that ya know?

you know this from experience?
oh and one last thing, get to know any local tradition get togethers (e.g. what they do for halloween, xmas...easter maybe? the rates of mormon attacks on people's homes, crime rates, where the nearest prison is located)...stuff like that ya know?

I only moved 3 suburbs over :O

And I am prepared for mormon attacks...

*pats pants with arse cheeks cut out*

I only moved 3 suburbs over :O

And I am prepared for mormon attacks...

*pats pants with arse cheeks cut out*

no one expects the mormon inquisition, or quite understand it either.

Moving sucks, I'm doing it right now too. You're lucky though, it's not the middle of winter in Australia.

Helped me procastinat for a minute but ;)


Yet, you don't give me any suggestions on how to do so :confused:

If your house is too big to move in one piece, you're going to have to dismantle it and reassemble it in the desired location. Trailers make moving your house so much easier, unless the trailer isn't your house.

no one expects the mormon inquisition, or quite understand it either.
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Moving sucks, I'm doing it right now too. You're lucky though, it's not the middle of winter in Australia.
No... middle of summer. Try moving when it is 36C, and as humid as the average sauna. I was wearing just shorts, and was still drenched within 5 mins!

If your house is too big to move in one piece, you're going to have to dismantle it and reassemble it in the desired location. Trailers make moving your house so much easier, unless the trailer isn't your house.

hey ma! wes got us a flat tirie thinga!

Haven't you moved house yet Lapse!!!!!

Well get off the keyboard and get your butt into gear!

You've got a neighborhood full of KFC outlets, sex shops, ski hire joints and undertakers to explore!

I've only got about 1 more car load of crap left!

I am at the new place, sitting here, having eaten 2 pretty good pies, watching topgear repeats on my computer :)

So what's your new location? Still Brizzie?

We have a couple staying with us in Melbourne who will be moving to the Gold Coast in a couple of weeks.

yeah, I am only about 3 suburbs over.

Walking distance to uni = happy(and fit) Lapse

plus, closer to work and good pubs :)

Good for you. I lived next to a KFC when I was a student. Be warned - ration yourself!

Best of Luck with your studies Lapse!

I'm pretty excited because I just found out that virtually all my politics students got into the courses that they had applied for.

Good for you. I lived next to a KFC when I was a student. Be warned - ration yourself!

Having lived about five minutes from a KFC and Hungry JAcks during most of my uni life I approve this message.

Oh and Lapse, when is the house warming party?

Well since you've moved the advice is probably too late, but I've always found having about a week overlap is best. Nothing worse than having to move everything in one day.

Don't start packing too early or you'll just open the boxes to find stuff, but don't do it too late or you'll run out of time. I always found the best way was to just put a day aside and do it all at once, gives you a real sense of satisfaction.

PACK, DAMN YOU, OR YOU'LL BE UP ALL NIGHT AT IT AND STILL WON'T FINISH AND WILL NEED TO STORE YOUR STUFF WHICH IS PAYING RENT A SECOND TIME!

Ahem. Is that helpful?

No... middle of summer. Try moving when it is 36C, and as humid as the average sauna. I was wearing just shorts, and was still drenched within 5 mins!

somewhere below 20 Celsius over here with windchill. plus my shoes suck, so my feet were drenched and freezing.