Southerly: Liveblog: Moving House (Literally)
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Wow! The house we live in has been relocated in this way - easy to tell from looking at the random reframing in the roof space, and the big circular saw cut right up the length of the hallway - but I'm glad I wasn't around for the process. Altogether too stressful.
Hope you have a fun night!
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Looks like someone is making a garden on the site of brick Piko too
that's a Greening the Rubble base and nursery.... also displaying their ingenious standing pallet gardens....
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Good luck and a jinx on the rain gods :)
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Here's hoping everything went beautifully for you & family & St Dalziel & crew!
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3410,
I t warms the heart to see this happening.
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I just gotta say: it is only diabolical circumstances keeping me away from Avonside Drive tonight. I really wish I could have seen this.
I also gotta say that I'm detecting in our learned author's words evidence of some incipient-but-severe man-crushes. It's the old-world charm of actual, real manual competence, plus the earthy humility that tends to go with it; gets me every time too.
Hope the night-time convoy goes well. This is pretty much the coolest thing ever, and I'm extremely happy for you guys.
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I have absolutely got up out of bed to get some writing done, and not to keep watching David on Jen's Twitter feed at all...
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Is the new house near the Dog dosing strip? My frequent sing-alongs on drives from Dunedin demands it so.
Watching the twitter feed is a bit like watching The Wages of Fear (or Sorcerer if you are of a more 80s Synth bent)
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Islander, in reply to
eep watching David on Jen’s Twitter feed at all…
Sometimes – extremely occaisionally – I kick myself for not being on Twitter…
meantime, I keep floating good thoughts out there for the Haywards-
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Islander, in reply to
Is the new house near the Dog dosing strip? My frequent sing-alongs on drives from Dunedin d
That thing was out on the main drag= no.
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Emma Hart, in reply to
The first half of the house has arrived;
http://twitpic.com/9dyged -
Islander, in reply to
Excellente!
And many thanks e Emma!
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@islander = Och.
@Emma = Yay at the movers. Folks here see house moving as an amusingly alien concept.
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Creon Upton, in reply to
David on Jen’s Twitter feed
It's pretty focken exciting, isn't it?
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Islander, in reply to
We'll all probably be up for an hour or so yet, just to see the home has got there - aye, indeedy-
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Bart Janssen, in reply to
just be really selective about who you follow
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It all looks great David and Jen.
So when does the roof go back on? And do you have a big tarp?
Did I read the tweet correct, 80 kph house?
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Are we there yet?
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I liked the fact the light was swinging as the house went past, and the stove seemed to still sit triumphantly in the kitchen like the last appliance standing.
Fingers crossed for no (or not much) rain in Dunsandel. Doesn't Dun mean hill? Can't recall any hills that way. So, I looked it up.
Dun can actually mean:
(v. t.) To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.
(n.) A mound or small hill.
(a.) Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
(n.) One who duns; a dunner.
(v. t. & i.) To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
(n.) An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.I particularly like, "one who duns; a dunner."
One sees how 80K can be spent when the risks are considered of driving off the river bank and hitting powerlines........and potentially resuscitating palpitating passers by.... -
David Haywood, in reply to
I particularly like, “one who duns; a dunner.”
You're too polite to say it outright, Dr Haywood, but your observation of my character over the last 43 years (and your two-year superiority in age) has enabled you to make a spot-on diagnosis. I am indeed “one who duns; a dunner.”
Dunsandel has clearly been my destiny all along...
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An almost factual article in The Press – with a truly great photograph of our house and (some of) my loved ones.
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Islander, in reply to
Bless "The Press"!
And thank you very much, all of you, for what is a hope, beacon , guide & incentive for others in ChChCh- -
Gee,
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Ross Mason, in reply to
When I first saw (further back up post) 80k and house (moving) I immediately put 1 and 1 together and got 3.
I thought... house sailing down SH1 at 80kph. Not the $80k to move.
Heh
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