One-way rental truck.
I can happily say I'm never doing that. Not in love with the idea of driving anything bigger than my Jetta over long distances. Not even my Jetta with a trailer. I have maneuverability issues.
Walking I get. But power walking? Why not just run for a shorter time?
Angel ,'Time Bomb'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Apr 21, 2010 2:50:04 pm PDT #24311 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
megan walker - Apr 21, 2010 2:52:23 pm PDT #24312 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
One-way rental truck. We moved from San Antonio to KC that way.
Between the cost of the truck and gas ($1000), plus my time and money on the road, there's no way that would be better than the ($2500) I paid my Mayflowers movers to move me from MD to CA.
bon bon - Apr 21, 2010 2:57:00 pm PDT #24313 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'm still traumatized about how much it cost to have long-distance movers. Never again!
Both my cross-country moves were subsidized. One reason to go for-profit!
Gudanov - Apr 21, 2010 2:57:59 pm PDT #24314 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
We had a $500 moving subsidy for that move and got under it.
Jessica - Apr 21, 2010 3:03:07 pm PDT #24315 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I was fully intending to tip our movers $50 each on account of the stairs, but I downgraded it to $20 when they tried to fleece me (they claimed that the stairs weren't on the work order and said I'd have to pay them extra, in spite of the fact that it said "4th floor walk-up" on EVERY FREAKING PAGE).
quester - Apr 21, 2010 3:05:43 pm PDT #24316 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Has anyone ever worked as a temp for Manpower?
Zenkitty - Apr 21, 2010 3:14:03 pm PDT #24317 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I moved 9 times in 15 years, twice across state lines, and always moved myself, with a Penske truck and a little help from my friends. Except for this last move, when I actually had enough money to hire a moving company. If I ever move again, I'm hiring people.
Sheryl - Apr 21, 2010 3:26:51 pm PDT #24318 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I've only done long-distance moves twice.(By long-distance, I mean from one state to another) The first time was when I was going to grad school, and I was not bringing furniture. (First time renting a place, and I rented a bedroom set) Second time was moving from NC to MD, and I hired movers and a truck for everything but the stuff I needed for the next few days. Last time we moved we hired movers, even though we were only going a couple of miles.
meara - Apr 21, 2010 3:32:19 pm PDT #24319 of 30001
Well, the move ended up being billed at 5.75 hours, which I find a little ridiculous (charging the cost of time to go from the office to me and back!?! Even at 15 min each way that's stupid). But because of the morning vs afternoon mixup I got ten percent off. So, I tipped 50 bucks ($25 each). Which is a little over ten percent after discount or a little under before.
DawnK - Apr 21, 2010 3:34:16 pm PDT #24320 of 30001
giraffe mode
Has anyone ever worked as a temp for Manpower?
quester, not worked for but we do use Manpower at the office when we need 20 or 30 people to help with big distributions. Everyone I've come in contact with has been nice, they show up on time, do the job quite well. I think they don't pay a huge amount but the manager we deal with is very nice and the people seem to enjoy working for them.