Never use professional movers unless you're heavily insured

The Better Half was looking at hiring a truck and doing it himself, but there were various (and rather boring) practical reasons why that wasn't a flyer. And his employers were picking up the tab (and insurance), so how bad could it…

We did it heaps when I was a kid – every 3 or 4 years on average. Dad said that if you haven't used something since you last moved, it's time to chuck it out.…

do you reckon there is a market niche for rental shoes?

Apparently so – I read in a magazine today a "Q and A" with none other than Ms Keira Knightly, who apparently rents the shoes she wears to premieres. And, as befits a Bend it Like Beckham star, prefers…

I have five weddings to go to next year. I am already stocking up on shoes.

We have a wedding to go to at Alberton. They say no stilettos. Not a problem.

treat those friends really well – IMHO you're not allowed to ask someone to help you move more…

1.5Mb of ram (actual core, hand threaded by someone in the 3rd world)

What?! You mean Yorkshire?...

That was the worst part, I had! But because I was living alone it took me a long time to unpack everything.

I feel your pain! Note to self: invite friends to 'Unpacking Party' under the guise of 'House Warming'

(I am probably buying yet another pair of shoes in the next few weeks, incidentally. For a wedding.)

I have five weddings to go to next year. I am already stocking up on shoes.

"Remember when we thought ten gig was unimaginably huge?"

Hah. I remember when we got a Mac LC575 with 500MB of memory, and I thought it was ace, because there was just enough room to install Civilisation II, at a massive 50MB. Better yet, the screen had colour.

The lease…

I suspect they knew you hadn't purchased insurance from this reputable moving company!

That was the worst part, I had! But because I was living alone it took me a long time to unpack everything.

The worst were from a well-known company and they broke all of the glassware I got for my 21st

I suspect they knew you hadn't purchased insurance from this reputable moving company! Apparently its top of the list of things they look at on the moving order, an indication of…

IMHO you're not allowed to ask someone to help you move more than once a decade

Or once a lifetime, if they've helped you carry up a narrow flight of stairs one of those old washing machines that came with a concrete ballast inside. By rights I should have named…

Never use professional movers unless you're heavily insured

Movers can be good, but for some reason the more expensive they are the worse they are. The best movers we ever had were two guys from a cheap firm who moved our whole house lot in two hours. The worst were…

Never use professional movers unless you're heavily insured

We might have considered it, if it hadn't been for friends of ours who did it when they moved a couple of months ago. The movers were six hours late turning up and the whole experience way too stressful.

We have a…

What I don't recommend is moving house at 36 weeks pregnant

Did that once, only good part was i didn't have to lift anything heavy. Downside, the (now) ex-partners 6 mates that turned up to help were only interested in the free beer afterwards. It was all over rover after…

Wait until the movers lose your furniture, the sixteen piece dinner set becomes four hundred pieces...

Never use professional movers unless you're heavily insured – they do not care about your shit, especially if your abode has bad access and your house is full of belongings the size of a…

Rental shoes? think bowling alley -…

I have an original orangey-yellow 1980s 'Women Can Do Anything' shirt

Unable to throw out: my large white t-shirt with over-sized black lettering that says 'GO-GO'.

No fluoro fingerless gloves, but.

I ask because my darling other half has (cough) several pairs of shoes that could form a nice little revenue-stream if they were hired out.

I can understand that some people might go "Eeew" at the prospect of…

Being namechecked in Emma's blog posts is, like, neato. :)

(I am probably buying yet…

I have a drawer full of old t-shirts, none of which still fit – but I can't throw them away – I wonder what a 25 year old HART shirt is worth ....

I just got rid of a bunch, including my 'large breasts aren't everything' t-shirt. With the harshest…

I'm off to plug my kettle into it to see what happens

Be sure to let us know if skynet becomes sentient.

The one benefit of moving at least every two years is the reduced accumulation.

I know someone whose job requires shifting house every nine months or so, and I kind of admire the kind of person who can shove their minimalist (mammalist? porpose-driven?) life in two suitcases and a backpack…

Oh and every now and again Amy decides to clear out my many 100s of t-shirts. Luckily each one has a carefully constructed reason for being kept.

If you're sentimentally attached to them, but not in a will-actually-wear-them kind of way, you could try cutting them up to construct curtains…

Mammal

Yes, but a fishy mammal.

'wait a minute, why do you need to know who my next of kin are?'.

They clearly know about the ninjas...

My partner's call to the power company yesterday involved the phrase 'wait a minute, why do you need to know who my next of kin are?'.

I love that, I need to try that some time – perhaps ask them if there's something wrong with their power that causes them…

Oh and every now and again Amy decides to clear out my many 100s of t-shirts. Luckily each one has a carefully constructed reason for being kept.

If you're sentimentally attached to them, but not in a will-actually-wear-them kind of way, you could try cutting them up to construct curtains…

Interesting turn of phrase that.

At the time of the pregnancy I was married, but not to the child's father. My husband and I officially separated about six months before I got pregnant, and about eight months after my relationship with the child's father started.

It was complicated. Given my…

It's possible our new neighbours are all ninjas, which would, quite frankly, be unbelievably ace.

Would it what.
You'd have the best Neighbourhood Watch committee, that's for sure...

And re "fibre up your driveway" (my that sounds faintly rude), you can check this out to see just how close it…

We did briefly experiment with the concept of a porpoise-driven life, where you do whatever the dolphins tell you, but something seemed a bit fishy

Mammal

It was probably time for an intervention there too, though: I may have more aquilegias than Danielle has pairs of shoes.

There can never be too many pairs of shoes nor too many aquilegias. My favourites, along with irises and roses and herbs. Alas, I have none in my new…

...I got let off lightly by dint of being heavily pregnant to a man who wasn't my husband.

Interesting turn of phrase that.

Did you mean :
a) you were/are an unmarried mother?
b) you were/are married, but not to the father of that fetus? (possibly including father of the…

Oh! This reminds me – I'd better make sure my FIE send me the beta videotape of this!

I am not impressed with the Beeb's shenanigans over the scheduling of QI this year. I had to make do with Stephen 'I'm a national fucking treasure' Fry on Never Mind the…

Well, I was going to suggest a 'Garage Sale 7am Saturday' sign in front of your noisy next-doors

7am is for losers. If you're not knocking on the door at 5.30am, you'll never get the good stuff.

Even better if you're drunk and coming home from the pub rather than…

This will include the day on which Friends in England would otherwise be sending me the QI Children in Need Special.

Oh! This reminds me – I'd better make sure my FIE send me the beta videotape of this!

Basic rules of shifting is rather like PJ O'Rourke's travel rules
1. never run out of whisky
2. never run out of whisky

Sweetie, if you can get into his house then the thing to do is to paint the underside of all his furniture with natural yoghurt. It's a slow but insidious revenge.

If you can't get into his house, you'll just have to fill his car with Space Invader.

This is…