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petdave -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 6:15:34 AM)

i honestly don't know what i'd do if i were in that situation... i think my head would explode.
We moved last year... i filled a 25' moving truck four times, plus at least a half-dozen trips in my pickup truck, and more other car trips than i could count. i'm only 30, and have more furniture than my parents.
And when i moved to the area in '98, i took only as much stuff as i could fit in the bed of a pickup truck, and still felt like a vagrant (albeit one with strange priorities... two computers set up on an upended moving box)


Best of luck!

...dave



MistressDiane -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 7:45:35 AM)

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ORIGINAL: MizSuz

I was a navy brat, so I grew up moving (domestically and/ or over seas) every two to three years.  Once I became an adult (at 16) I moved a number of times either locally or to other states.  Sometimes with what I could fit in my car.

In 97 I moved to New England from NW Florida.  I brought what I could fit in a two door acura integra.  I left a 1600sqft 3 br house complete with gas grill and wrought iron lawn furniture.  I moved with 500.00 cash and a prayer.  I only knew one person in the area and I didn't stay with him for very long, just a few weeks.  In the decade since coming here I've moved perhaps half a dozen times.  When I first got here I moved into a one room studio over someone's garage.  In October of 2005 I bought a 3300 sqft house and had to hire movers to move me into it.

I can totally relate to being tired of starting over.  As you get older it gets more difficult, too.  I still get wanderlust and when I'm fantasizing about winning a lottery I never play I think the first thing I'd do is travel.  Much like a previous poster, I would prefer to travel and have a home base to come back to, or multiple homes so I didn't have to travel so far to get back.  But that's fantasy for me at the moment.

When I was a juvenile delinquent I was notorious for hitting the highway with my thumb and a small pack.  I would not want to do that again at this stage of my life.




I was a navy brat too and moving was just a part of our life but once I became an adult I wanted nothing more than to put down roots. Shit happens though and I've left my whole life behind and homes full of belongings more times than I care to admit or remember. Yes, things are replaceble but there are some things that still cause an ache in my heart to know I had to leave them behind.
I sincerely hope I never have to go through that again.



LotusSong -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 8:36:41 AM)

I'd get a storage area.. then ship what I couldn't carry back to the states.. if it was truly something I could not leave behind.
 
I've moved 12 times in my life.  Each time I did a purge.  If I didn't use something in 1 year.. I probably was never going to need it. 



MasterKalif -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 8:42:23 AM)

well Stephann.....its too bad you are leaving Chile...I am in Santiago right now visiting....all I cn say that you need to add to your list, depending where in the US you will go, bring some big jackets and leave your shorts and t-shirts here....take something like pictures to remind you of the summer here.

In terms of "uprooting" it can be a fun experience although a pain in the ass sometimes. I have been moving sine the age of 9, never staying in a place longer than 3 years...except lately I have been in the US for 9 yrs but still travel constantly....I think that it is easier if your folks or other family members let you keep big stuff or important stuff (family heirlooms, etc) at their place and carry only what is necessary.

I remember all those years moving, luckily we had movers pack the stuff and put it on a truck...we used to move with all our furniture, some broke over the years but insurance paid us....and if I forgot something in a furniture, tough luck, I would not see it in another 3 months at the new house. Now in my adult years, I have acquired more and more furniture and things, making it tougher to move (tha pain of moving large furniture) and before I could fill a van with a roomate....now I can fill a large truck just on my own....last time I rented the largest truck...and it was a funny story as I thought that it would be automatic (since we were in the US, silly me)  and had to remember my shift driving lessons quickly...somehow I managed to stall the truck (Im talking the largest available at U-Haul), got stuck making a turn....yet by the end of the day I was an expert and did it without too many problems...needless to say after that, I can drive anything. LOL good memories [:D]



caitlyn -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 8:55:51 AM)

When I was thirteen, I moved from a shelter in California, to San Antonio, with what I was wearing and a little under three dollars.



Tontita -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 9:04:54 AM)

Well. i moved a lot my young college years and now i am back to my birthplace after 30 years of living in the US. Twenty of those in the same city. Now i am in the Caribbean. This last move i only brougth the essentials and bedroom furniture. I left most of my clothes, most books; had a garage sale for friends only (gave everything away). It is a good feeling to let go of things and i realize i don't have to acquire much...clearing out.
Suerte!
tontita



pahunkboy -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 9:36:44 AM)

i want to move to Utopia.



KatyLied -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 9:46:58 AM)

I left my marriage with everything I could put in the back of a pickup truck.  At first I did miss not having some of my stuff, but afterall, it's just stuff, I got over it.  



Mercnbeth -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 9:54:39 AM)

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...Anyone else had to go through it?


more times than this slave cares to count!!  it can be very emotional, especially if there are ties to things you can't bring with you.  this slave rarely misses any of the stuff she had to leave behind and cherishes the small box that has made it through the years.
at present, this slave owns nothing...and wouldn't trade that for any material posession in existence.



BabyNyla -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 10:41:04 AM)

I spent around three years living in Japan.  I accumulated so much stuff when I was there.  I left the majority of it there when I returned to the US.  The person replacing me wold be from the US as well, so I had a feeling they would love my books, magazines, and videos, since we lived in a remote area and it's hard to get English things.  What I wanted to bring home was packed into my suitcase as best I could, but I was 50 lbs over weight at the airport ... which would have cost me between $500 and $600 in charges.  Luckily, I cry very well on command and the poor lil Japanese woman at the counter felt either very sorry for me or was worried my large american water buffalo self (read some dave berry does japan to unerstand this humor) could easily hurt her out of stress.



pahunkboy -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 11:30:48 AM)

I guy has to have tools right? so there are the tools.

Im a teck-head. I have to have my gadjets, right?

Im a curious mind- so I have to have books, tapes, files, a copy, fax -scanner.

I been thru a handfull of litigations. So i cant throw those papers out. ?

It takes a while to build a household from scratch- which can be costly. so i have to keep the items needed to run a home, right?

I had done a bunch of paintings- modern acrylic, so I cant part with those...or the morrors I collect- some of which are expensive.

then there is my wood working hobby...some of the expensive peices of cherry wood, walnut cant be left behind, right?

then there is car stuff. fluids, a few tools, a battery charger.

A household of 1 can fill a uhaul.  i hear when the sherrif evicts you- he puts your stuff on teh curb. ? perhaps he can place it in the uhual - i could use the help since my back is wrecked.



Devilslilsister -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 12:24:20 PM)

i've moved alot in my life.  When i was 4, everything that was brought fit in a car.  when i was 5 it was car loads  - as it was just to another city..... at 7..... i sure as hell dont remember...... at 14....... i dont remember either.  LOL

When i was 14 1/2 and was sent from Cali to DC it was just what i had in my suitcase...... and 6 months later when i moved to Hong Kong..... it was my suitcase.......

When i moved out of my mothers place in Hong Kong at 15 it was just my suit case....... when i moved back to the US at 16...... it was a whole shipment of stuff...... plus a dog = ) 

At 19 i moved from DC to N. Orlando and i had a uhaul truck.....  funny i lost alot of stuff on that move.......  but then i moved from from Eustis to Umatilla to Mt Dora all in about 3 months.  Moving to Mt Dora i sort of just walked away from all my crap as i had previously lost my temper and taken a base ball bat to pretty much all i owned.

After that i moved back to DC and i hitch hiked with 2 guys (and my dog!) so we didnt bring much..... Right to my mothers house....... and then one of em was deported back to england and the other one moved into an apartment with me......  and then about a year later i was living alone and moved down to miami to be closer to family... and i had a uhaul.......and 2 years later i moved up to orlando........

Stuff COMES and GOES.  i get stuff, i lose stuff, i get more stuff, i lose more stuff............ its all just stuff.

tho i am abit pissy about my ashtrays... i had them collected from all over the world (i travel alot).  But still, it is just stuff.  More important things

edited to Add - through all of this i always kept a shoe box to keep "memories" in.. and over the years its grown and now its a large box



pahunkboy -> RE: The things you own... (1/31/2007 1:33:24 PM)

Dev wrote:
Stuff COMES and GOES.  i get stuff, i lose stuff, i get more stuff, i lose more stuff............ its all just stuff\

Precisely. It isnt like the 1800s when rags were collected to make quilt blankets.  In a way= too much stuff imprissions a person. if anything- it can be hard to locate the item you know your own, somewhere. ild say it has gotten worse in the past 20 yrs= as so many cheap imports, and westerners are very mobile.

I can remeber when a am-fm radio was a big thing. then a walkman, then a boombox.   45s- to LPs to 8-tracks- to cassettes to CDs to god knows what. I stopped at cassettes.

I had 5 computers in my place- I am not high income. my tv is decent.
tvs can be obtained cheaply.

I recall= a buddy in the 90s got all new stuff when lightening hit. today it isnt worth a renters policy for electronics. the guy is actually worried as to how he is going to replace the wood consil to his tv set!!!!!  remmebr when stereos were as big as a couch? 



LTRsubNW -> RE: The things you own... (2/1/2007 12:17:45 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Stephann

In a few months, I'll be going back to the US. When I go, I'll only be taking what I can put on the plane i.e. literally carry.  Looks like it'll be a guitar and amp, a disassembled computer minus monitor, some clothes, a few photos, and some knick-knacks.

Seems I've done this a few times in the past ten years or so.  Anyone else had to go through it?

Stephan



I used to go through that all the time, whether to take advantage of increased values in real estate I'd purchased, life changes such as a divorce or any number of similar things.

Now, being old enough not to find that exciting any longer, if I find I'm inclined to sell a property I live in, I simply keep all my stuff there, tell the new owners I don't eat much and that I have no intention of moving.



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