Tips for moving....

CricketCross

Shared on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 20:00
Having just recently completed a move, I thought it would be a good idea to put down some tips everyone needs to know for their next move.

1.) Anything you and your significant other say to each other during the moving process should be considered as null and void after the move is complete. In other words; no grudge holding, and no bringing it up a month later.

    Example:

    Me: "Damn, why in the HELL do you have so MUCH SHIT!?!?!?!"

   My wife: "Just pack it up, and shut up!"

   Me: "You don't ever use any of this crap! I'm going to start a bonfire in the backyard with this!"

   My wife: "If you ever want to get laid again or still have your dick attached to you in the morning, you BETTER NOT do anything to my stuff! I will go through all of it once we get
   unpacked!"

  Guys, just a warning, but the "I will go through all of it later" crap, is just that, crap.

2.) If you have the money, hire a moving crew. Believe me, your back will thank you for it. And make sure you don't get roped into "driving the truck" for the move. Because if it's a 26foot or bigger truck, you have a governer. Which means you will be going slow. REAL SLOW.

3.) ALWAYS take the insurance offered for the rental truck. You might think the truck will be covered under your car insurance, but you better make sure to check. I avoided some bullshit from the rental company because I had taken their offer for insurance. So, it's worth the extra money.

4.) MAKE SURE to check out the street your house is on at night or check out your apartment complex at night. The lighting on your street, or for your apartment complex could be total shit. It's not good to walk your dog and feel like you might need to carry a tazer or .45.  Checking on your place at night will also tell you a lot more about your neighbors. Of course, if they work they are gone during the day, and you have no way of knowing what kind of craziness goes on when they come home. If they don't work, might want to lock up your place like Fort Knox.


Feel free to add on to this list. :D

Comments

Anonymous's picture
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 21:23
I think I have moved close to 10 times in the past 5 years or so... and it sucks every time! :(
TDrag27's picture
Submitted by TDrag27 on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 21:40
Everytime me and my husband have to move...it's ugly. Thank Jeebus we finally bought a house 2 years ago...
ATC_1982's picture
Submitted by ATC_1982 on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 06:07
Well I guess I am lucky when we have moved from Cali to TX was horrible since she wanted to keep everything, but when we stopped in TX she started to throw stuff away for our move to NC. Now our garage is still filled with boxes for our next more to who knows where and we still are getting rid of stuff. Good thing my wife won't move into anything less than a Duplex. No apartments at all.
Anonymous's picture
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 21:20
#7 Be sure to get rid of or temporally hide at a friends home your stash of porn before your wife stumbles upon it. All good points Johnny.
jikado's picture
Submitted by jikado on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 20:11
I've heard it the other way as far as the insurance thing goes. U-Haul or whatever company insures their vehicles, so why should you? #4 is good, though, and not something I had thought of. I'll add this, though, and it may upset the pack rats; When packing, if you didn't even know you had it, don't pack it.
Anonymous's picture
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 08/08/2007 - 20:29
#6. While packing, don't spend hours going through the box of "memories" looking at every picture asking your spouse to come look with the turn of every picture. (applies mostly to wifes).

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