one week until we move

[ulysses]

Y'all are still coming to help, right? Be here at 8am, sharp.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Uhm yeah, I hurt my back.

Plus my grandmother's sick.

And I'm sick too.

Good luck though!!

[GOPisEvil]

2. Good idea asking the DUers for help.

Two DUers helped me move out of my apartment, and two other DUers helped me move into my house.

I'd be there if I were close by. Bribery works. Pizza and beer. :D

[ulysses]

3. yeah, but everyone started backing out

(see Vash) when they found out about the piano...

[GOPisEvil]

6. Yikes! Piano?

My advice is to move it first. Every thing else will be simple by comparison.

[ulysses]

7. the plan is to get it on the truck first.

Of course, then it comes off last...

[GOPisEvil]

8. Are there stairs at the new house?

You might invest in a couple of furniture dollies. I bet you can rent them.

[ulysses]

9. oh yes.

Three finished floors. The piano needs to go on the main level, which is the second from ground level.

[GOPisEvil]

11. My back hurts just thinking about that.

I think I'd have to hire that job out.

[ulysses]

13. so does mine.

The front steps make a nifty right-angle turn halfway up, too. Fortunately, that staircase is about 4 feet wide with a good sized landing at the turn.

[ulysses]

16. happy birthday, btw!

:toast:

[GOPisEvil]

17. Oh, thanks.

#37. :beer:

[ulysses]

19. oh, that's right.

You're about six months *older* than I am, not younger. :7

[WatchWhatISay]

10. No, the first thing on the truck should be an iced keg of beer

Then after the truck is loaded and finally unloaded, that will be the last thing out, as a reward.

[ulysses]

12. heh!

There will be beer, most certainly, but we learned the hard way years ago to have it at arm's length from the assembled throng. :D

[purr]

4. Good luck!

I'm doing an addition in the next few months and I gotta move for a few days while they cut the entrances out.

How big is the piano? I need to get mine tuned - thanks for the reminder :)

[ulysses]

5. just a standard upright.

Not huge, but still heavy as shit. When we moved in nine years ago, we were able to catty-corner the truck to the front porch and move the beast straight off the truck to the front door. Now, we have a porch rail and a picket fence that will require that we muscle the little darling down six steps, through a 90 degree turn and a gate, and up the truck ramp.

You're coming, right?

[Kenneth ken]

14. good luck on your move

too bad about the piano, though I helped a friend of mine move a couple years ago, and they had an upright piano too. He was wise and had lots of friends to help; I don't know how tough the piano was, I was wiser and found something more manageable to be carrying during those "windows of opportunity"

ps - I'm never sharp at 8 AM

:)

[ulysses]

15. thanks.

I was wiser and found something more manageable to be carrying during those "windows of opportunity"

You're one of *those*, are you? You don't have to be sharp, then. :D

[Kenneth ken]

18. yep

left that to his son, son's friends and nephews. It's great to have a group of 18-20 somethings who haven't done a lot of moving, and think of it as an opportunity to show what manly-men they are. :7