Comments on: Went out swimming, got hit by a jet-ski. http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/ An American Expatriate - Stepping Up From Down Under Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: A Free Man http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4181 A Free Man Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:49:38 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4181 UPDATE Stuff is here and I am happily in a fresh pair of underwear. Agnes - I'm astounded by the amount of bureaucracy in Oz. I thought it was bad in Britain, but you guys seem to have made it into an art form. Headbang8 - I can only imagine the Japanese attention detail when it comes to packing. Speaking of Byzantine cultures. UPDATE

Stuff is here and I am happily in a fresh pair of underwear.

Agnes - I’m astounded by the amount of bureaucracy in Oz. I thought it was bad in Britain, but you guys seem to have made it into an art form.

Headbang8 - I can only imagine the Japanese attention detail when it comes to packing. Speaking of Byzantine cultures.

]]> By: Busy Dad Mumbles http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4171 Busy Dad Mumbles Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:39:04 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4171 Having moved internationally a number of times i have had similar challenging experiences. When we moved from Indiana to Germany many years ago they stored the stoved that should have been shipped and shipped some of the stuff that should have been stored. Nothing like the Simpsons Removal and Storage disaster your experienced. At the end when we though we were to get a suitcase release it turned out the we had to go buy new things. Can you explain why the wood seagull. Are they worried about bugs on the wood? WoW! Busy Dad Mumbless last blog post..<a href="http://busydadmumbles.blogspot.com/2008/08/update.html" rel="nofollow">Update</a> Having moved internationally a number of times i have had similar challenging experiences. When we moved from Indiana to Germany many years ago they stored the stoved that should have been shipped and shipped some of the stuff that should have been stored.

Nothing like the Simpsons Removal and Storage disaster your experienced.

At the end when we though we were to get a suitcase release it turned out the we had to go buy new things.

Can you explain why the wood seagull. Are they worried about bugs on the wood? WoW!

Busy Dad Mumbless last blog post..Update

]]> By: headbang8 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4152 headbang8 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:20:41 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4152 I've had the opposite experience. Mind you, I've had my worldly goods lovingly dissembled, catalogued, bubble wrapped and hand-packed by movers in Japan. Exquisite. I didn't want to unpack the stuff; the boxes were so beautiful. Mind you, some of the dolts who packed and unpacked my stuff in the USA needed to be instructed how to screw a coffee table together. Now, the seagull. I believe that the problem is that the wood is all natural and earthy and unprocessed. If the wood is cured (like lumber you buy at the hardware store) then it's OK. I was once carrying a brace of cedar sake cups into Oz, and deliberately declared them in the red lane. The customs officer said that they were fine because the wood was obviously dried first. Personally, I would have blown the dough on the irradiation. A glow-in-the-dark atomic seagull on the mantlepiece? Kewl! headbang8s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DeutschlandberElvis/~3/339724211/public-rehearsal.html" rel="nofollow">A public rehearsal</a> I’ve had the opposite experience. Mind you, I’ve had my worldly goods lovingly dissembled, catalogued, bubble wrapped and hand-packed by movers in Japan. Exquisite. I didn’t want to unpack the stuff; the boxes were so beautiful.

Mind you, some of the dolts who packed and unpacked my stuff in the USA needed to be instructed how to screw a coffee table together.

Now, the seagull. I believe that the problem is that the wood is all natural and earthy and unprocessed. If the wood is cured (like lumber you buy at the hardware store) then it’s OK.

I was once carrying a brace of cedar sake cups into Oz, and deliberately declared them in the red lane. The customs officer said that they were fine because the wood was obviously dried first.

Personally, I would have blown the dough on the irradiation. A glow-in-the-dark atomic seagull on the mantlepiece? Kewl!

headbang8s last blog post..A public rehearsal

]]> By: Gypsy http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4137 Gypsy Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:00:48 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4137 That poor seagull. And poor you for being belongingless for so long! Gypsys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Strangedarkgypsygirl/~3/348425986/" rel="nofollow">“He’s a grown up”*</a> That poor seagull.

And poor you for being belongingless for so long!

Gypsys last blog post..“He’s a grown up”*

]]> By: Agnes http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4129 Agnes Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:59:41 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-4129 Oh dear. You have my every sympathy, that is terrible. Makes being without internet for a week seem pretty tame! About the seagull - we've already got enough seagulls here - that's all the explanation needed. $90 to destroy it though - what a pile of shite. Here in Oz we're all about unnecessary fees. As a teacher, I'm required to pay to the Victorian Insititute of Education an annual $65 fee in order to be permitted to do the job that I spend 4 years (and thousands of dollars) training for. If you don't want to be associated with a telephone company any more *cough* TELSTRA *cough* because their service is shithouse, YOU have to pay THEM around $200 for the privelege of not having to pay them any more ever again. My car rego this year set me back over $400. Bank fees - why do I have to pay somebody in order to withdraw and manage my own money? Melbourne's Citylink was built to the tune of millions of dollars that I'm certain have already been paid by hundreds of times over by stupid tolls. And so on...I should stop. I think I sound a little bitter! Agness last blog post..<a href="http://itallstarted.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/poor-jon/" rel="nofollow">Poor Jon</a> Oh dear. You have my every sympathy, that is terrible. Makes being without internet for a week seem pretty tame!
About the seagull - we’ve already got enough seagulls here - that’s all the explanation needed. $90 to destroy it though - what a pile of shite.
Here in Oz we’re all about unnecessary fees. As a teacher, I’m required to pay to the Victorian Insititute of Education an annual $65 fee in order to be permitted to do the job that I spend 4 years (and thousands of dollars) training for. If you don’t want to be associated with a telephone company any more *cough* TELSTRA *cough* because their service is shithouse, YOU have to pay THEM around $200 for the privelege of not having to pay them any more ever again. My car rego this year set me back over $400. Bank fees - why do I have to pay somebody in order to withdraw and manage my own money? Melbourne’s Citylink was built to the tune of millions of dollars that I’m certain have already been paid by hundreds of times over by stupid tolls.
And so on…I should stop. I think I sound a little bitter!

Agness last blog post..Poor Jon

]]> By: A Free Man http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3842 A Free Man Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:52:33 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3842 Arizaphale - I'm desperately hoping that we don't need another overseas shipper. Angel - Thanks for doing your bit. We're already on the Google for Simpsons Removal and Storage. Nathan pedantically explained the wood problem. Dr. O'C - I think it's well established that I'm nicer than you. Nathan - I've got your emerald ash borer right here. Vixen - I think the seagull cost us $5 on sale from Pier One. I'll be OK without it. Ray - Two Guys and a Truck sounds pretty good to me at this point. I'm pretty sure that you could get from Oxford to Adelaide in less than four months by truck. Courtney - I knew there was something wrong with you, I just couldn't figure out what it was. Now I now - a Techie. The worst kind of evil doer. Kathy - the UK is pretty nonchalant about what, or who, comes into their country. Not so the Aussies. Your pony tail palm would have got you in all sorts of trouble. Mike - fortunately, they've relaxed the quarantine thing a bit. Our dog only had to spend a month in nick. Six months would have been too much for us as well. Holly - I think you're going to need to talk about that move, partoicularly the part about the mover getting arrested in Ketchum. CMG - Your chotkies would be OK as long as they weren't organic. Or you were willing to bribe Customs. NATUI - I reckon it would have cost us more to move it within the continental US as well. You're absolutely right about the name - how could we have not seen it! Arizaphale - I’m desperately hoping that we don’t need another overseas shipper.

Angel - Thanks for doing your bit. We’re already on the Google for Simpsons Removal and Storage. Nathan pedantically explained the wood problem.

Dr. O’C - I think it’s well established that I’m nicer than you.

Nathan - I’ve got your emerald ash borer right here.

Vixen - I think the seagull cost us $5 on sale from Pier One. I’ll be OK without it.

Ray - Two Guys and a Truck sounds pretty good to me at this point. I’m pretty sure that you could get from Oxford to Adelaide in less than four months by truck.

Courtney - I knew there was something wrong with you, I just couldn’t figure out what it was. Now I now - a Techie. The worst kind of evil doer.

Kathy - the UK is pretty nonchalant about what, or who, comes into their country. Not so the Aussies. Your pony tail palm would have got you in all sorts of trouble.

Mike - fortunately, they’ve relaxed the quarantine thing a bit. Our dog only had to spend a month in nick. Six months would have been too much for us as well.

Holly - I think you’re going to need to talk about that move, partoicularly the part about the mover getting arrested in Ketchum.

CMG - Your chotkies would be OK as long as they weren’t organic. Or you were willing to bribe Customs.

NATUI - I reckon it would have cost us more to move it within the continental US as well. You’re absolutely right about the name - how could we have not seen it!

]]> By: NATUI http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3841 NATUI Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:06:56 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3841 Oh, and by the way. I need to mention that you should have KNOWN that is was going to be a nightmare to use this company. They aren't called Simpsons Removal and Storage and MOVING, for christssake. They are called Simpsons Removal and Storage. And that is what they did. Remove and store. ;) NATUIs last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAfraidToUseIt/~3/350064472/ww-who-is-walking-whom.html" rel="nofollow">WW: Who Is Walking Whom?</a> Oh, and by the way. I need to mention that you should have KNOWN that is was going to be a nightmare to use this company. They aren’t called Simpsons Removal and Storage and MOVING, for christssake. They are called Simpsons Removal and Storage. And that is what they did. Remove and store. ;)
NATUIs last blog post..WW: Who Is Walking Whom?

]]> By: NATUI http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3840 NATUI Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:58:43 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3840 I never thought I would hear the words "irradiate" and "seagull" in the same sentence unless I was cooking lunch. We had a fairly good experience shipping our worldly goods from Sweden to the US. Though the shitty thing was that the transport cost from Savannah to ATL cost more that the actual shipping from Stockholm to the US. Un-fucking-believable. NATUIs last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NotAfraidToUseIt/~3/350064472/ww-who-is-walking-whom.html" rel="nofollow">WW: Who Is Walking Whom?</a> I never thought I would hear the words “irradiate” and “seagull” in the same sentence unless I was cooking lunch.

We had a fairly good experience shipping our worldly goods from Sweden to the US. Though the shitty thing was that the transport cost from Savannah to ATL cost more that the actual shipping from Stockholm to the US. Un-fucking-believable.

NATUIs last blog post..WW: Who Is Walking Whom?

]]> By: Coal Miner's Granddaughter http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3838 Coal Miner's Granddaughter Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:21:26 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3838 Irradiate the friggin' cheesy-ass seagull? OK, I may visit there someday, but I definitely can't move there now. What the hell would I do with all my chotchkies that currently cover my book cases? Too bad you couldn't run the thing by a local oncology center and get it certified. Coal Miner's Granddaughters last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/coalminersgd/~3/349068349/fears.html" rel="nofollow">Fears</a> Irradiate the friggin’ cheesy-ass seagull?

OK, I may visit there someday, but I definitely can’t move there now. What the hell would I do with all my chotchkies that currently cover my book cases? Too bad you couldn’t run the thing by a local oncology center and get it certified.

Coal Miner’s Granddaughters last blog post..Fears

]]> By: holly* http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3836 holly* Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:20:36 +0000 http://www.afreeman.org/2008/07/29/went-out-swimming-got-hit-by-a-jet-ski/#comment-3836 dude, that sucks. i have to say your junk moving story beat mine. we made a move from san diego, ca to sun valley, id and the shipment was only a week late, they only got lost 3 times, only one of the delivery guys got arrested by the ketchum, id police and they only did about $1000 in damage. all that for a meager $6000. sweet deal. anywho, congrats on the soon to be replenished sock drawers. holly*s last blog post..<a href="http://experiencelifewisely.blogspot.com/2008/07/blackberry-season.html" rel="nofollow">blackberry season.</a> dude, that sucks. i have to say your junk moving story beat mine. we made a move from san diego, ca to sun valley, id and the shipment was only a week late, they only got lost 3 times, only one of the delivery guys got arrested by the ketchum, id police and they only did about $1000 in damage. all that for a meager $6000. sweet deal.

anywho, congrats on the soon to be replenished sock drawers.

holly*s last blog post..blackberry season.

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