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>Another reason why our species disgusts me, someone is happy about a >good thing in her life, and someone has to try to ruin it by stating >their imprudent horse shit. > >Anyway, ditto; congrats to the person with her new home, hope all the >best and God bless. > >Rich > >-- >"Dum Spiro, Spero." > >As long as I breath, I hope. > >Cicero (Ancient Rome) > > > > > >ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤ °`°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø > ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·.¸. ><((((º> ·´¯`·. , .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> > >Let there be fish!!! > me too ! I care ! I sent a post as soon as I read the good news, and it disappeared into cyberspace... so here goes again !! Whoopie, I am so glad you are moving in Tues. Your kitchen is beautiful I am sure. Rosie Well I know I am replying to Richards post , but all ready deleted the others... Rosie |
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> Siobhan Perricone wrote:
> > > > We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! > > > > We did a walk through with the contractor yesterday and it turns out the > > blower for my down draft fan for my cooktop is too big, so we have to get > > the 8 inch one, but that's ok, should be able to go pick one up at the > > appliance store. > > > > My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. We > > keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic it is. I > > need to get my husband to upload the photos we took yesterday. ![]() > > > > We're not going to do Thanksgiving on Thursday because we'll still be dying > > from unpacking and one of our friends has to work (she works at a > > restaurant that does a buffet on that day) and the other is probably going > > home to spend it with his mom. So we'll probably do ours Friday or Saturday > > instead, and go food shopping on Thursday to stock up. We've been "eating > > down" for the last month and a half to reduce the amount of food we're > > moving. But that means that I'm going to have a mostly empty pantry (I HAVE > > A PANTRY!!! It's six by twelve with three rows of shelves (for now I can > > put in more later if I want)). > > > > The Bosch oven we bought is BEEEEYOOOOTIFUL! I can't use my down draft yet, > > but my cooktop should be functional. > > > > I'm so excited. ![]() > > > > -- > > Siobhan Perricone Sounds fabulous and I'm so jealous. Elaine |
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In article >, Siobhan
Perricone > wrote: > We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! (snip) > My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. > We keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic it > is. I need to get my husband to upload the photos we took yesterday. snip) > The Bosch oven we bought is BEEEEYOOOOTIFUL! I can't use my down > draft yet, but my cooktop should be functional. > I'm so excited. ![]() Mazel Tov! Enjoy your new digs, Siobhan. -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!. "Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power." -Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn. |
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In article >, Siobhan
Perricone > wrote: > We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! (snip) > My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. > We keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic it > is. I need to get my husband to upload the photos we took yesterday. snip) > The Bosch oven we bought is BEEEEYOOOOTIFUL! I can't use my down > draft yet, but my cooktop should be functional. > I'm so excited. ![]() Mazel Tov! Enjoy your new digs, Siobhan. -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!. "Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power." -Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn. |
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In article >,
(Patscga) wrote: After Siobhan concluded: > >I'm so excited. ![]() > Honestly! Do you really think anybody cares? > Pat Well, yeah--lots of us are happy for Siobhan on the completion of building her new home. Look at it this way: It actually has something to do with food and cooking!! Here, have a piece: * Exported from MasterCook Mac * Chocolate Orgasm Recipe By : posted to r.f.c. 11-21-04 by Barb Schaller Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Desserts Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 1 package Duncan Hines Chocolate Cake Mix 2 packages instant chocolate pudding 1 large tub of Cool Whip 3 Heath or Skor candy bars -- (or 4) Chocolate chips (or shaved chocolate) Kahlua (to taste....<g>..) Prepare cake according to package directions. Allow to cool. When cake is fully cooled, take a fork and pierce cake liberally. Pour Kahlua over top of cake 'a la Julia Child', allowing to soak in (be careful not to drown the cake). Prepare instant pudding according to directions, chill. Chill candy bars. In a trifle bowl, crumble about half of the cake/Kahlua mixture (chunks should be about the size of golf balls, but no larger than tennis balls). Remove 1 (or 2) candy bars from refigerator, and give them several good raps on the counter (to break them up). Sprinkle over cake in trifle bowl. Spoon half of pudding mixture on top of candy bars in trifle bowl, followed by half of the Cool Whip. Repeat with another layer of cake, then candy bar(s), then pudding, and finally Cool Whip. Top with chocolate chips (or, my preference - shaved chocolate). Chill for a few hours (about 4 hours seems right, but it usually doesn't take that long for it to be "noticed" in the fridge). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Per serving (excluding unknown items): 0 Calories; 0g Fat (0% calories from fat); 0g Protein; 0g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 0mg Sodium NOTES : (Patrick Rosenheim), November 1996, r.f.c. _____ -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 10-22-04; Popovers!. "Peace will come when the power of love overcomes the love of power." -Jimi Hendrix, and Lt. Joe Corcoran, Retired; St. Paul PD, Homicide Divn. |
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Wayne Boatwright
> >(Patscga) wrote: > >>>I'm so excited. ![]() >>> >> >> Honestly! Do you really think anybody cares? Pat > >If you don't care in the least and find it annoying that she posted this, >then you're probably just jealous. That's what I said in my earlier post (JEALOUS) but somehow I didn't see it get posted. I'm sure the kitchen is gorgeous, lets see lots more pictures. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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Wayne Boatwright
> >(Patscga) wrote: > >>>I'm so excited. ![]() >>> >> >> Honestly! Do you really think anybody cares? Pat > >If you don't care in the least and find it annoying that she posted this, >then you're probably just jealous. That's what I said in my earlier post (JEALOUS) but somehow I didn't see it get posted. I'm sure the kitchen is gorgeous, lets see lots more pictures. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:01:55 GMT, The Joneses
> wrote: > Siobhan Perricone wrote: > > > My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. We > > keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic it is. I > > need to get my husband to upload the photos we took yesterday. ![]() > > So what dish/meal are you going to "christen" your kitchen with? Champagne, left by the seller's broker, is the traditional christening. > Going to spill a little wine on the tiles like they smash wine > bottles on ships? Perhaps more than that... > Sounds like fun in any case and I am jealous Not jealous... envy or covet - which would be another evil of course, but I'm headed in that direction too so I'm not saying it as a put down. > of your pantry already. Like others have commented, it has almost the almost the same square footage of some bedrooms. She built the house, so she dictated what she wanted! We should all be so lucky. sf Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:01:55 GMT, The Joneses
> wrote: > Siobhan Perricone wrote: > > > My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. We > > keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic it is. I > > need to get my husband to upload the photos we took yesterday. ![]() > > So what dish/meal are you going to "christen" your kitchen with? Champagne, left by the seller's broker, is the traditional christening. > Going to spill a little wine on the tiles like they smash wine > bottles on ships? Perhaps more than that... > Sounds like fun in any case and I am jealous Not jealous... envy or covet - which would be another evil of course, but I'm headed in that direction too so I'm not saying it as a put down. > of your pantry already. Like others have commented, it has almost the almost the same square footage of some bedrooms. She built the house, so she dictated what she wanted! We should all be so lucky. sf Practice safe eating - always use condiments |
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Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:38:32 -0500, Siobhan Perricone > > wrote: > >> We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! > > Congratulations, Siobhan! Having recently moved myself, allow me to > counsel you on one thing: when the packers are packing the boxes, mark > on the outside where you'll want the box placed in the new house, not > where in the old house the box was packed. It can save your sanity > when box after box comes in and the movers want to know where you want > this, lady? > > Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd Indeed! But make sure you are around to supervise the movers! I had all my boxes labelled for the rooms they should go in. But I had the misfortune of having had to rush my suddenly very ill dog to the vet the morning of moving day. When I got to my new apartment, my phone wasn't working. (Turned out the prior tenants had hard-wired an alarm into the phone system but didn't tell anyone). So I went to the office to use their phone to check on my dog and call the phone company to beg for repair that evening; I was terrified my dog would die. While I was gone, my ever-helpful older brother Paul told the movers just to stack all the remaining boxes in the front bedroom. GRRRRR. Took me *ages* just to find towels, soap and shampoo that night! Of course that box was buried underneath boxes of hardback books. Jill |
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Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 08:38:32 -0500, Siobhan Perricone > > wrote: > >> We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! > > Congratulations, Siobhan! Having recently moved myself, allow me to > counsel you on one thing: when the packers are packing the boxes, mark > on the outside where you'll want the box placed in the new house, not > where in the old house the box was packed. It can save your sanity > when box after box comes in and the movers want to know where you want > this, lady? > > Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd Indeed! But make sure you are around to supervise the movers! I had all my boxes labelled for the rooms they should go in. But I had the misfortune of having had to rush my suddenly very ill dog to the vet the morning of moving day. When I got to my new apartment, my phone wasn't working. (Turned out the prior tenants had hard-wired an alarm into the phone system but didn't tell anyone). So I went to the office to use their phone to check on my dog and call the phone company to beg for repair that evening; I was terrified my dog would die. While I was gone, my ever-helpful older brother Paul told the movers just to stack all the remaining boxes in the front bedroom. GRRRRR. Took me *ages* just to find towels, soap and shampoo that night! Of course that box was buried underneath boxes of hardback books. Jill |
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Patscga wrote:
>> We did a walk through with the contractor yesterday and it turns out >> the blower for my down draft fan for my cooktop is too big, so we >> have to get the 8 inch one, but that's ok, should be able to go pick >> one up at the appliance store. >> >> My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. >> We keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic >> it is. I need to get my husband to upload the photos we took >> yesterday. ![]() >> (snippage) >> I'm so excited. ![]() >> > > Honestly! Do you really think anybody cares? > > > Pat You are obviously an idiot. Many of us have known Siobhan for years and know how excited she is about having this house built. If you don't care, skip the post but don't get assinine about it. Jill |
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Siobhan Perricone wrote:
> We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! > > We did a walk through with the contractor yesterday and it turns out > the blower for my down draft fan for my cooktop is too big, so we > have to get the 8 inch one, but that's ok, should be able to go pick > one up at the appliance store. > > My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. > We keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic it > is. I need to get my husband to upload the photos we took yesterday. > ![]() > > We're not going to do Thanksgiving on Thursday because we'll still be > dying from unpacking and one of our friends has to work (she works at > a restaurant that does a buffet on that day) and the other is > probably going home to spend it with his mom. So we'll probably do > ours Friday or Saturday instead, and go food shopping on Thursday to > stock up. We've been "eating down" for the last month and a half to > reduce the amount of food we're moving. But that means that I'm going > to have a mostly empty pantry (I HAVE A PANTRY!!! It's six by twelve > with three rows of shelves (for now I can put in more later if I > want)). > > The Bosch oven we bought is BEEEEYOOOOTIFUL! I can't use my down > draft yet, but my cooktop should be functional. > > I'm so excited. ![]() Congratulations, Siobahn! Long time coming, I know! Jill |
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Siobhan Perricone wrote:
> We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! > > We did a walk through with the contractor yesterday and it turns out > the blower for my down draft fan for my cooktop is too big, so we > have to get the 8 inch one, but that's ok, should be able to go pick > one up at the appliance store. > > My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. > We keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic it > is. I need to get my husband to upload the photos we took yesterday. > ![]() > > We're not going to do Thanksgiving on Thursday because we'll still be > dying from unpacking and one of our friends has to work (she works at > a restaurant that does a buffet on that day) and the other is > probably going home to spend it with his mom. So we'll probably do > ours Friday or Saturday instead, and go food shopping on Thursday to > stock up. We've been "eating down" for the last month and a half to > reduce the amount of food we're moving. But that means that I'm going > to have a mostly empty pantry (I HAVE A PANTRY!!! It's six by twelve > with three rows of shelves (for now I can put in more later if I > want)). > > The Bosch oven we bought is BEEEEYOOOOTIFUL! I can't use my down > draft yet, but my cooktop should be functional. > > I'm so excited. ![]() Congratulations, Siobahn! Long time coming, I know! Jill |
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Siobhan Perricone wrote:
> We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! > > We did a walk through with the contractor yesterday and it turns out > the blower for my down draft fan for my cooktop is too big, so we > have to get the 8 inch one, but that's ok, should be able to go pick > one up at the appliance store. > > My kitchen looks spectacular. Actually, the whole house looks great. > We keep wanting to drag people to it so they can see how fantastic it > is. I need to get my husband to upload the photos we took yesterday. > ![]() > > We're not going to do Thanksgiving on Thursday because we'll still be > dying from unpacking and one of our friends has to work (she works at > a restaurant that does a buffet on that day) and the other is > probably going home to spend it with his mom. So we'll probably do > ours Friday or Saturday instead, and go food shopping on Thursday to > stock up. We've been "eating down" for the last month and a half to > reduce the amount of food we're moving. But that means that I'm going > to have a mostly empty pantry (I HAVE A PANTRY!!! It's six by twelve > with three rows of shelves (for now I can put in more later if I > want)). > > The Bosch oven we bought is BEEEEYOOOOTIFUL! I can't use my down > draft yet, but my cooktop should be functional. > > I'm so excited. ![]() Congratulations, Siobahn! Long time coming, I know! Jill |
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> "jmcquown"
> >>TerryBurd wrote: >>>Siobhan Perricone wrote: >>> >>> We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! >> >> Congratulations, Siobhan! Having recently moved myself, allow me to >> counsel you on one thing: when the packers are packing the boxes, > >While I was gone, my ever-helpful older brother Paul told the movers just to >stack all the remaining boxes in the front bedroom. GRRRRR. Took me *ages* >just to find towels, soap and shampoo that night! Of course that box was >buried underneath boxes of hardback books. Experienced movers kinda develop x-ray vision, they can fairly accurately tell what's inside 90% of the cartons, especially when it's books. If nothing else movers know not to place lighter cartons under heavy heavy (certainly not on the hand truck, definitely not in the van), after so many moves it becomes sorta an involuntary reflex... seems a little incomprehensible they'd stack boxes of heavy books on top of a relatively light box, especially since by the third box of books the towel box would begin to collapse. Granted it's manual labor but movers just ain't that dumb. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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> "jmcquown"
> >>TerryBurd wrote: >>>Siobhan Perricone wrote: >>> >>> We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! >> >> Congratulations, Siobhan! Having recently moved myself, allow me to >> counsel you on one thing: when the packers are packing the boxes, > >While I was gone, my ever-helpful older brother Paul told the movers just to >stack all the remaining boxes in the front bedroom. GRRRRR. Took me *ages* >just to find towels, soap and shampoo that night! Of course that box was >buried underneath boxes of hardback books. Experienced movers kinda develop x-ray vision, they can fairly accurately tell what's inside 90% of the cartons, especially when it's books. If nothing else movers know not to place lighter cartons under heavy heavy (certainly not on the hand truck, definitely not in the van), after so many moves it becomes sorta an involuntary reflex... seems a little incomprehensible they'd stack boxes of heavy books on top of a relatively light box, especially since by the third box of books the towel box would begin to collapse. Granted it's manual labor but movers just ain't that dumb. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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> "jmcquown"
> >>TerryBurd wrote: >>>Siobhan Perricone wrote: >>> >>> We're moving into the new house on Tuesday. TWO DAYS! AAAIIIEEEEEE! >> >> Congratulations, Siobhan! Having recently moved myself, allow me to >> counsel you on one thing: when the packers are packing the boxes, > >While I was gone, my ever-helpful older brother Paul told the movers just to >stack all the remaining boxes in the front bedroom. GRRRRR. Took me *ages* >just to find towels, soap and shampoo that night! Of course that box was >buried underneath boxes of hardback books. Experienced movers kinda develop x-ray vision, they can fairly accurately tell what's inside 90% of the cartons, especially when it's books. If nothing else movers know not to place lighter cartons under heavy heavy (certainly not on the hand truck, definitely not in the van), after so many moves it becomes sorta an involuntary reflex... seems a little incomprehensible they'd stack boxes of heavy books on top of a relatively light box, especially since by the third box of books the towel box would begin to collapse. Granted it's manual labor but movers just ain't that dumb. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:23:04 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote: >While I was gone, my ever-helpful older brother Paul told the movers just to >stack all the remaining boxes in the front bedroom. GRRRRR. Took me *ages* >just to find towels, soap and shampoo that night! Of course that box was >buried underneath boxes of hardback books. That's why I always pack one box with just those very essentials, and hand carry it to the new place. I make sure I have in that box, all the stuff I might want for a few days, til I have unpacked some of the other boxes. I included toilet paper, paper towels, some silverware, a few dishes, a pot and a pan and a few utensils for cooking. I do the same with traveling about. I have one box that has toilet paper, blackout curtains ( I am a night worker), a pot and a pan so that I can cook, and a few other sundries that I know I will want the first day or so. This box comes out first when I get to the new apartment. Christine |
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:23:04 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote: >While I was gone, my ever-helpful older brother Paul told the movers just to >stack all the remaining boxes in the front bedroom. GRRRRR. Took me *ages* >just to find towels, soap and shampoo that night! Of course that box was >buried underneath boxes of hardback books. That's why I always pack one box with just those very essentials, and hand carry it to the new place. I make sure I have in that box, all the stuff I might want for a few days, til I have unpacked some of the other boxes. I included toilet paper, paper towels, some silverware, a few dishes, a pot and a pan and a few utensils for cooking. I do the same with traveling about. I have one box that has toilet paper, blackout curtains ( I am a night worker), a pot and a pan so that I can cook, and a few other sundries that I know I will want the first day or so. This box comes out first when I get to the new apartment. Christine |
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![]() "Christine Dabney" > wrote in message ... > On 22 Nov 2004 16:19:49 GMT, (PENMART01) wrote: > >>Granted it's manual >>labor but movers just ain't that dumb. > > You must not have had some of the movers I have had. ![]() > moved a lot in my life, so I have seen all types. > > Christine ============= Yep, same here. Hired the same company the last two times - first time perfect but the last time was the pits! Most of the kitchen stuff they stacked on the floor in front of (against) the cabinets... but didn't put anything on the counter tops (how did they expect me to open the cabinets to put stuff inside?)... then (and this is what sent me through the roof!) they stacked boxes on top of my dining room table - WITHOUT a pad or tablecloth on top!!! I have hundreds of scratches all over the table!!! I filed a complaint form about that and other scratched/broken items... 2 months after I filed the complaint they called and sent 2 letters both saying they'd be in touch with me in 5 days.... Hmmmm, maybe they meant 50 days. Arrgghhh! Cyndi |
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![]() "Christine Dabney" > wrote in message ... > On 22 Nov 2004 16:19:49 GMT, (PENMART01) wrote: > >>Granted it's manual >>labor but movers just ain't that dumb. > > You must not have had some of the movers I have had. ![]() > moved a lot in my life, so I have seen all types. > > Christine ============= Yep, same here. Hired the same company the last two times - first time perfect but the last time was the pits! Most of the kitchen stuff they stacked on the floor in front of (against) the cabinets... but didn't put anything on the counter tops (how did they expect me to open the cabinets to put stuff inside?)... then (and this is what sent me through the roof!) they stacked boxes on top of my dining room table - WITHOUT a pad or tablecloth on top!!! I have hundreds of scratches all over the table!!! I filed a complaint form about that and other scratched/broken items... 2 months after I filed the complaint they called and sent 2 letters both saying they'd be in touch with me in 5 days.... Hmmmm, maybe they meant 50 days. Arrgghhh! Cyndi |
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>"Rick & Cyndi" writes:
>> >"Christine Dabney" wrote: >>>(PENMART01) wrote: >>> >>>Granted it's manual >>>labor but movers just ain't that dumb. >> >> You must not have had some of the movers I have had. ![]() >> moved a lot in my life, so I have seen all types. > >Yep, same here. Hired the same company the last two times - first time >perfect but the last time was the pits! Most of the kitchen stuff they >stacked on the floor in front of (against) the cabinets... but didn't put >anything on the counter tops (how did they expect me to open the cabinets to >put stuff inside?)... then (and this is what sent me through the roof!) they >stacked boxes on top of my dining room table - WITHOUT a pad or tablecloth >on top!!! Yoose obviously engaged a couple of winos off the curb (your unemployed brothers), rented a u-haul, and got 'zactly what you deserved... 'cause I know with absolute certainty that if yoose try to pawn off your fercocktah storys otherwise you're lying. Professional movers would never stack cartons on a dining table, in fact they'd have removed the table legs to move it. duh And professional movers wouldn't place cartons on counter tops, or on top of anything else... all items get placed on the floor wherever you point. I've moved more times than I have fingers and toes and the most ever got damaged was once a cup cracked. My last move was just a year and a half ago, http://www.molloybros.com/mainpage.htmdid a perfect job. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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>"Rick & Cyndi" writes:
>> >"Christine Dabney" wrote: >>>(PENMART01) wrote: >>> >>>Granted it's manual >>>labor but movers just ain't that dumb. >> >> You must not have had some of the movers I have had. ![]() >> moved a lot in my life, so I have seen all types. > >Yep, same here. Hired the same company the last two times - first time >perfect but the last time was the pits! Most of the kitchen stuff they >stacked on the floor in front of (against) the cabinets... but didn't put >anything on the counter tops (how did they expect me to open the cabinets to >put stuff inside?)... then (and this is what sent me through the roof!) they >stacked boxes on top of my dining room table - WITHOUT a pad or tablecloth >on top!!! Yoose obviously engaged a couple of winos off the curb (your unemployed brothers), rented a u-haul, and got 'zactly what you deserved... 'cause I know with absolute certainty that if yoose try to pawn off your fercocktah storys otherwise you're lying. Professional movers would never stack cartons on a dining table, in fact they'd have removed the table legs to move it. duh And professional movers wouldn't place cartons on counter tops, or on top of anything else... all items get placed on the floor wherever you point. I've moved more times than I have fingers and toes and the most ever got damaged was once a cup cracked. My last move was just a year and a half ago, http://www.molloybros.com/mainpage.htmdid a perfect job. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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On 22 Nov 2004 22:21:52 GMT, (PENMART01) wrote:
>Yoose obviously engaged a couple of winos off the curb (your unemployed >brothers), rented a u-haul, and got 'zactly what you deserved... 'cause I know >with absolute certainty that if yoose try to pawn off your fercocktah storys >otherwise you're lying. Professional movers would never stack cartons on a >dining table, in fact they'd have removed the table legs to move it. duh And >professional movers wouldn't place cartons on counter tops, or on top of >anything else... all items get placed on the floor wherever you point. I've >moved more times than I have fingers and toes and the most ever got damaged was >once a cup cracked. My last move was just a year and a half ago, >http://www.molloybros.com/mainpage.htmdid a perfect job. I am glad you have had such positive experiences. Mine were all professional movers, some of them very big cross country movers. I cannot physically move stuff on my own, and I don't like to use my friends to move, as it is a good way to lose friends. I have had excellent movers and some really duds, that made me wonder how they got a job with such reputable companies, and how they continued working with such companies. I have had furniture damaged because of some of them. Christine > > >---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- > ********* >"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." >Sheldon >```````````` |
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On 22 Nov 2004 22:21:52 GMT, (PENMART01) wrote:
>Yoose obviously engaged a couple of winos off the curb (your unemployed >brothers), rented a u-haul, and got 'zactly what you deserved... 'cause I know >with absolute certainty that if yoose try to pawn off your fercocktah storys >otherwise you're lying. Professional movers would never stack cartons on a >dining table, in fact they'd have removed the table legs to move it. duh And >professional movers wouldn't place cartons on counter tops, or on top of >anything else... all items get placed on the floor wherever you point. I've >moved more times than I have fingers and toes and the most ever got damaged was >once a cup cracked. My last move was just a year and a half ago, >http://www.molloybros.com/mainpage.htmdid a perfect job. I am glad you have had such positive experiences. Mine were all professional movers, some of them very big cross country movers. I cannot physically move stuff on my own, and I don't like to use my friends to move, as it is a good way to lose friends. I have had excellent movers and some really duds, that made me wonder how they got a job with such reputable companies, and how they continued working with such companies. I have had furniture damaged because of some of them. Christine > > >---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- > ********* >"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." >Sheldon >```````````` |
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![]() "PENMART01" > wrote in message ... > >"Rick & Cyndi" writes: >>> >>"Christine Dabney" wrote: >>>>(PENMART01) wrote: >>>> >>>>Granted it's manual >>>>labor but movers just ain't that dumb. >>> >>> You must not have had some of the movers I have had. ![]() >>> moved a lot in my life, so I have seen all types. >> >>Yep, same here. Hired the same company the last two times - first time >>perfect but the last time was the pits! Most of the kitchen stuff they >>stacked on the floor in front of (against) the cabinets... but didn't put >>anything on the counter tops (how did they expect me to open the cabinets >>to >>put stuff inside?)... then (and this is what sent me through the roof!) >>they >>stacked boxes on top of my dining room table - WITHOUT a pad or tablecloth >>on top!!! > > Yoose obviously engaged a couple of winos off the curb (your unemployed > brothers), rented a u-haul, and got 'zactly what you deserved... 'cause I > know > with absolute certainty that if yoose try to pawn off your fercocktah > storys > otherwise you're lying. Professional movers would never stack cartons on > a > dining table, in fact they'd have removed the table legs to move it. duh > And > professional movers wouldn't place cartons on counter tops, or on top of > anything else... all items get placed on the floor wherever you point. > I've > moved more times than I have fingers and toes and the most ever got > damaged was > once a cup cracked. My last move was just a year and a half ago, > http://www.molloybros.com/mainpage.htmdid a perfect job. > > > ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- > ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- > ********* > "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." > Sheldon ================= Nope. Hired a Paul Arpin company - and the driver hired his own 'helpers'. They moved the trestle in and attached it to the table and then stacked boxes on it unprotected. I too have moved *dozens* of times (you may recall that I was in the Air Force) and this is the second time that I've incurred damages. The first time was almost 4 years ago and it involved chipping a piece of wood from a chair leg. This time though... holy schmolies. It was awful. They seemed confused at simple questions... and obviously made horrible decisions as far as taking care of our items. They weren't even sure if they had any runner carpets to protect the floors... and as previously stated - were too ignorant to know not to stack boxes on a table - much less an unprotected table. Even professionals hire idiots sometimes. Rumor had it that they were relatives... Cyndi |
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:12:37 GMT, "Rick & Cyndi"
> wrote: >I too have moved *dozens* of times (you may recall that I was in the Air >Force) and this is the second time that I've incurred damages. The first >time was almost 4 years ago and it involved chipping a piece of wood from a >chair leg. This time though... holy schmolies. It was awful. They seemed >confused at simple questions... and obviously made horrible decisions as far >as taking care of our items. They weren't even sure if they had any runner >carpets to protect the floors... and as previously stated - were too >ignorant to know not to stack boxes on a table - much less an unprotected >table. > >Even professionals hire idiots sometimes. Rumor had it that they were >relatives... High five, Cindi, as I'm an Air Force brat (and former corporate wife) who has moved more times than I care to recall. We used to have a saying in the AF: Every 4 moves is like a fire (as far as your possesions are concerned). Every move was made with a professional mover and every move had something cherished wrecked or damaged. One exception was a certain dining room table and chairs my parents bought that was blond , ugly, had claw feet on a pedestal, but was Early Marriage Furniture. Every move we made, that table and chairs made it through without a scratch. My parents kept praying that it would be destroyed in one of the moves so they could put in a claim and buy new. For 32 years, that table and chairs made it through in pefect shape. Until they were transferred to Tinker AFB in Okla. City. Dad saw that table come off the truck (again without a scratch), picked it up and threw it across the garage. Said he'd eat off the floor rather than look at that dining room table in his house again. OB food: well, it *was* a dining room table. Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner." -- Duncan Hines To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox" |
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:12:37 GMT, "Rick & Cyndi"
> wrote: >I too have moved *dozens* of times (you may recall that I was in the Air >Force) and this is the second time that I've incurred damages. The first >time was almost 4 years ago and it involved chipping a piece of wood from a >chair leg. This time though... holy schmolies. It was awful. They seemed >confused at simple questions... and obviously made horrible decisions as far >as taking care of our items. They weren't even sure if they had any runner >carpets to protect the floors... and as previously stated - were too >ignorant to know not to stack boxes on a table - much less an unprotected >table. > >Even professionals hire idiots sometimes. Rumor had it that they were >relatives... High five, Cindi, as I'm an Air Force brat (and former corporate wife) who has moved more times than I care to recall. We used to have a saying in the AF: Every 4 moves is like a fire (as far as your possesions are concerned). Every move was made with a professional mover and every move had something cherished wrecked or damaged. One exception was a certain dining room table and chairs my parents bought that was blond , ugly, had claw feet on a pedestal, but was Early Marriage Furniture. Every move we made, that table and chairs made it through without a scratch. My parents kept praying that it would be destroyed in one of the moves so they could put in a claim and buy new. For 32 years, that table and chairs made it through in pefect shape. Until they were transferred to Tinker AFB in Okla. City. Dad saw that table come off the truck (again without a scratch), picked it up and threw it across the garage. Said he'd eat off the floor rather than look at that dining room table in his house again. OB food: well, it *was* a dining room table. Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA "If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner." -- Duncan Hines To reply, replace "spaminator" with "cox" |
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>, Cindy Fuller > wrote: > In article >, > (PENMART01) wrote: > > snippage > > > Experienced movers kinda develop x-ray vision, they can fairly accurately > > tell > > what's inside 90% of the cartons, especially when it's books. If nothing > > else > > movers know not to place lighter cartons under heavy heavy (certainly not > > on > > the hand truck, definitely not in the van), after so many moves it becomes > > sorta an involuntary reflex... seems a little incomprehensible they'd stack > > boxes of heavy books on top of a relatively light box, especially since by > > the > > third box of books the towel box would begin to collapse. Granted it's > > manual > > labor but movers just ain't that dumb. > > > > > > I wish I had your trust in others, Sheldon. On our move here, the > movers shrinkwrapped the futon and a box spring and tied them to the > back of the van. Both were soaking wet and unusable upon arrival. The > moving co. bought us a new bed, along with fixing the oil pan on SO's VW > and replacing the espresso machine. Every experience I've had with professional moving companies (Atlas, Allied, United) has resulted in serious damage to multiple items, and hundreds of dollars in claims. My guess is that the companies often underbid each other aggressively to get contracts, send out undertrained/underpaid crews that work very fast and sloppy, and just assume that a certain percentage of customers will file big claims. Those expenses are built into their business model. Federal regulations on interstate moving companies have been scaled back in recent years, and consumer horror stories are quite common. This is a nasty industry. ObFood: we gave our moving crew some tasty snacks, and big tips, and they still trashed our stuff. -- Julian Vrieslander |
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>, Cindy Fuller > wrote: > In article >, > (PENMART01) wrote: > > snippage > > > Experienced movers kinda develop x-ray vision, they can fairly accurately > > tell > > what's inside 90% of the cartons, especially when it's books. If nothing > > else > > movers know not to place lighter cartons under heavy heavy (certainly not > > on > > the hand truck, definitely not in the van), after so many moves it becomes > > sorta an involuntary reflex... seems a little incomprehensible they'd stack > > boxes of heavy books on top of a relatively light box, especially since by > > the > > third box of books the towel box would begin to collapse. Granted it's > > manual > > labor but movers just ain't that dumb. > > > > > > I wish I had your trust in others, Sheldon. On our move here, the > movers shrinkwrapped the futon and a box spring and tied them to the > back of the van. Both were soaking wet and unusable upon arrival. The > moving co. bought us a new bed, along with fixing the oil pan on SO's VW > and replacing the espresso machine. Every experience I've had with professional moving companies (Atlas, Allied, United) has resulted in serious damage to multiple items, and hundreds of dollars in claims. My guess is that the companies often underbid each other aggressively to get contracts, send out undertrained/underpaid crews that work very fast and sloppy, and just assume that a certain percentage of customers will file big claims. Those expenses are built into their business model. Federal regulations on interstate moving companies have been scaled back in recent years, and consumer horror stories are quite common. This is a nasty industry. ObFood: we gave our moving crew some tasty snacks, and big tips, and they still trashed our stuff. -- Julian Vrieslander |
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Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:23:04 -0600, "jmcquown" > > wrote: > >> While I was gone, my ever-helpful older brother Paul told the movers >> just to stack all the remaining boxes in the front bedroom. GRRRRR. >> Took me *ages* just to find towels, soap and shampoo that night! Of >> course that box was buried underneath boxes of hardback books. > > That's why I always pack one box with just those very essentials, and > hand carry it to the new place. I make sure I have in that box, all > the stuff I might want for a few days, til I have unpacked some of the > other boxes. I included toilet paper, paper towels, some silverware, > a few dishes, a pot and a pan and a few utensils for cooking. > > Christine I was lucky; they put the kitchen stuff in the kitchen before Paul told them to stack the rest of the stuff in my (now) office. And the apartment manager routinely gave out toilet paper and paper towels to new residents on moving day ![]() Jill |
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>Cindy Fuller writes:
> >>(PENMART01) wrote: >> >> Experienced movers kinda develop x-ray vision, they can fairly accurately >tell >> what's inside 90% of the cartons, especially when it's books. If nothing >else >> movers know not to place lighter cartons under heavy heavy (certainly not >on >> the hand truck, definitely not in the van), after so many moves it becomes >> sorta an involuntary reflex... seems a little incomprehensible they'd stack >> boxes of heavy books on top of a relatively light box, especially since by >the >> third box of books the towel box would begin to collapse. Granted it's >manual >> labor but movers just ain't that dumb. > >I wish I had your trust in others, Sheldon. On our move here, the >movers shrinkwrapped the futon and a box spring and tied them to the >back of the van. Your drug addict brother ain't any kind of mover... tied em to the back of the van...Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . . ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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>Cindy Fuller writes:
> >>(PENMART01) wrote: >> >> Experienced movers kinda develop x-ray vision, they can fairly accurately >tell >> what's inside 90% of the cartons, especially when it's books. If nothing >else >> movers know not to place lighter cartons under heavy heavy (certainly not >on >> the hand truck, definitely not in the van), after so many moves it becomes >> sorta an involuntary reflex... seems a little incomprehensible they'd stack >> boxes of heavy books on top of a relatively light box, especially since by >the >> third box of books the towel box would begin to collapse. Granted it's >manual >> labor but movers just ain't that dumb. > >I wish I had your trust in others, Sheldon. On our move here, the >movers shrinkwrapped the futon and a box spring and tied them to the >back of the van. Your drug addict brother ain't any kind of mover... tied em to the back of the van...Ahahahahahahahahahahaha. . . . ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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