Comments on: A Moving Experience

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:34:23 +0000

Hey, they knew you were a Christian and wanted you to practice forgiveness! Not!

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Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:05:50 +0000

[...] partially recounted here, I just moved into an apartment complex. In the laundry room of this complex is a modest stack of [...]

By: Dan Harrell

Dan Harrell — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:45:23 +0000

So John,

What is that old bromide about loosing the very thing you're hanging on too tightly to?

The movers, if insured, are only responsible for the actual cash value. Your policy, if you have one, may pay replacement cost and subrogate against the muppets.

By: angelbearoh

angelbearoh — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:14:10 +0000

"Split it like a bad infinitive." I have to put that in my file of trite metaphors along with "more baloney than an Oscar Mayer warehouse," which I used in my last blog post.

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:48:33 +0000

I knew when I heard you speak we were a bizarre sort of 'like-kind' sort of scary isn't it! (Oh, yeah, you don't know me yet.) When can you and Mrs. Shoreland come over for burgers??

By: Arnette

Arnette — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:15:01 +0000

I'd love to give you a bunch of lovely philosophies and morals of the story and soothing words…butcha know what? I know from experience (last September) that as you sit looking at your gouged walls and bent picture frames, scratched file cabinets and broken crap, that the last thing you need to do is put your fist through your monitor. So John…I'll just say…I feel ya man.

By: ric booth

ric booth — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:14:35 +0000

This post and discussion makes me think of the car insurance commercials their running where the "buddy" asks nonchalantly, "So, what's the insurance on that." while the guys car is getting totally totaled 10 stories down. Such the sympathetic buddies we are.

I have an old couch that my wife would be overjoyed to see something like that happen to it.

By: arlywn

arlywn — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:55:16 +0000

it wont replace this badness….. but baking sugar cookies and frosting them is always so much fun at getting out anger and turning it to fun. Is the landlord going to sue for damages to the second apartment? How did they get gourges in the sofa?

Sadly, no one ever cares as much about your stuff as you do. But, maybe this is a sign that you needed to aquire new memories, and get rid of those 2 peices of furniture? A horrible way to die, but maybe thats natures way of saying its a new place, new memories… new stuff. Maybe.

Or maybe you picked a really bad day to move….

By: John Shore

John Shore — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:19:31 +0000

Hey, all! Thanks for writing! How fun. It's … good to be back. Which I know is a weirdish thing to say. Anyway:

Sam: I do mean "First World" as opposed to Third World.

Grace: But Muppets are fun and cute. These were lazy stoners busting up my stuff. But I do see what you mean–and I like it! I think I DO see people as Muppets! Thanks for helping me understand the perceptions under which I'm already operating.

Skerrib: You're such a sweety. Thanks for all you've said here. I pretty much Joe Tactfully Scare People when it comes to Ye Oldye Controntations, and am doing what I can by way of being recompensed (if that's a word). I'll lose–but I'll try.

Leif: Good one! That's just how it is. Except for us, this particular time, we'll be limping for years. We sure did love that table.

Ric: It's so broken I had them haul it away. I DID save one of the busted leg pieces, though. I'll post it. You'll crack up. It's …. sooooo broken.

By: ric booth

ric booth — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:06:56 +0000

Dang!

But that "and split it like a bad infinitive" part reveals a splintered poet within. I bet with just a couple more moving experiences you would morph into a poet. You know, like how your dining room table morphed into firewood.

How broken is it? Can you take a picture and post it? Some furniture restorer types can do seemingly miraculous work.