09-16-2012, 12:55 PM | #46 |
still says videotape
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Sorry dude, don't let it eat you up. You'll figure it out.
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09-16-2012, 12:56 PM | #47 |
Werepandas - lurking in your shadows
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Not joking - consider buying a used camper (they can go really cheap) and move into a state park or other campgrounds. Rates are discounted during the winter. In fact, the Army Corps of Engineers hires campground hosts. Many campgrounds have wifi.
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09-16-2012, 04:31 PM | #48 |
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It's not that bad yet. I just have to work at it and the time to actually call places is not nigh. I'm aiming for a Nov. 1 move-in date but it's strange -- with the short sale, I don't have to leave the house until the bank actually decides to accept it. This averages three months and so I could play chicken and wait until Dec. 1 to get out. But with limited choices overall, with a dog, with a turtle, with bad credit but a good co-signer, it gets scary.
I'm getting really good at searches though, and I've worked out a few ways to tell which Craigslist entries are scammers. (they take actual realtor listings for the pictures and addresses, and then try to get you to wire them deposit money) What's also scary is all the shit in my crawl space which I have to throw away somehow. Wow, I probably have to contract for a dumpster to get that done. Shit. |
09-16-2012, 04:35 PM | #49 |
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I wish I could do something tangible to help you.
I feel your anxiety Toad. Hugs.
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09-16-2012, 04:50 PM | #50 | |
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09-16-2012, 04:54 PM | #51 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
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Freecycle is awesome, and sad, but awesome.
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09-16-2012, 05:24 PM | #52 |
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It's mostly dead weight. Huge computer monitor from 1999. My old waterbed. Paperwork from pre-2003. Water-damaged VHS tapes. Christmas decorations that two women abandoned. That sort of thing.
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09-16-2012, 05:34 PM | #53 |
I hear them call the tide
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people will take it
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09-16-2012, 05:35 PM | #54 |
I hear them call the tide
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especially if you put it on the curb with a sign that says "not free, please do not take, waiting for pick-up"
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09-16-2012, 07:01 PM | #55 | |
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09-16-2012, 07:18 PM | #56 |
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It's only the frame of the waterbed
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09-16-2012, 07:39 PM | #57 |
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Right, so you just line it with heavy duty trashbags and fill it with water. The water will conform to bed shape. You'll have to sleep sitting up. And sandbags, you might want those.
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09-17-2012, 08:41 AM | #58 |
Makes some feel uncomfortable
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Just burn the paperwork.
Styrofoam peanuts!
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09-17-2012, 08:46 AM | #59 | |
Makes some feel uncomfortable
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We just moved Mom out of her house and had to do the same thing, but is was 2 households of "stuff" accumulated over 60 years. There was a house in the area that always had something on the front lawn with a handmade "for sale" sign on it. Mom knocked on their door and told them they could have anything they wanted from her house, for free, if they took it all. They took it all.
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09-17-2012, 08:46 AM | #60 |
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Styrofoam peanuts + H20 + sand + sunlight ===> NEW life on earth
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