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On having the rug pulled out from under one.
Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 24, 2006
I've packed one box. I need a rest.
On having the rug pulled out from under one.
Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 24, 2006
All of the above, thanks. I've had quite enough packing for one evening. 
On having the rug pulled out from under one.
Websailor Posted Jan 24, 2006
Had a senior moment on your other thread. I had forgotten you are off work to pack and move. Trust the 
helped, and here's a 
to go with it.
HOpe you get your boxes packed 
At least it will take your mind off other things. 
Websailor
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zendevil Posted Jan 24, 2006
Don't let the buggers near your computer, make sure the connection is all sorted at the other end so the first thing you do on arrival is plug in & send many emails with your new address.
Take martini & decent glass in hand baggage too. Get fridge switched on in advance for the ice.
The rest will sort itself out, possibly even by the time you move to the next place.
zdt
On having the rug pulled out from under one.
Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 25, 2006
The computer's a laptop, and I'll be setting up dial-up access just as soon as I'm sure the phone line itself is operational. I might be offline for a day or so.
The fridge will have to be installed and plugged in before I can start to make ice... I guess I'll have to rack off to the pub instead.
On having the rug pulled out from under one.
Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 25, 2006
Just for the slightly alarming record - I've packed 20 boxes of books, and I have another 30 feet of shelves to clear. That's on top of the 4 dozen volumes I've already taken to the new place... It probably was time to move to a bigger house, looking at that lot.
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Heleloo - Red Dragon Incarnate Posted Jan 25, 2006
you planning on opening a libray or second hand book shop in the future Ivan?
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Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 25, 2006
It's an option worth considering for my retirement...
On having the rug pulled out from under one.
HonestIago Posted Jan 25, 2006
>>you planning on opening a libray or second hand book shop in the future Ivan?<<
You could call it 'Ivan awful lot of books'
I'll get me coat
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psychocandy-moderation team leader Posted Jan 25, 2006
That was a good one! 
I like it very much!
Hope the move progresses smoothly, and you get some ice made on a timely basis. 
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Snailrind Posted Jan 25, 2006
'Ivan awful lot of books'
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zendevil Posted Jan 25, 2006
'Tis destiny my friend, quite clearly "Ivan awful lot of books" is going to happen, sooner rather than later!
Do you arrange them in any particular way, alphabetical, subject matter, colour, size , date of publishing? Or just throw them higledy-piggledy onto the poor long suffering shelves?
I always find packing my books takes forever 'cos i haul one out & start reading....
zdt
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Websailor Posted Jan 25, 2006
According to my other half IVAN AWFUL lot of books too, but not as many as you. He keeps telling me to get rid of them, but every time I pass on a few to charity shops or whatever, I come back with more.
Quite apart from the fact that I love reading, I just love the *feel* of books.
with the rest of the move.
Websailor
On having the rug pulled out from under one.
Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 25, 2006
Books are essential items, I think - and I agree that the feel of them is part of the attraction. When people say things about e-books or reading books online, I'm tempted to phone for the exorcist.
I keep the shelves organised in a manner that makes sense to me but probably to nobody else. There's the initial fiction/nonfiction divide, with fiction split into classic, literary, detective, and just plain silly (S Milligan and co). Nonfiction is grouped into history (roughly chronological), biography, travel and other minor categories like cookery, science, and, um, embalming and forensics. Then it all gets untidy because I try to make the shelves aesthetically tolerable too...
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Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 25, 2006
Oh, Iago...
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Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 26, 2006
Total number of book-boxes: 25.
Time for a break, while I psych myself up to tackle the kitchen.
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Primeval Mudd (formerly Roymondo) Posted Jan 26, 2006
Crivvens, it'll take you six months to unpack!
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Researcher 564517 Posted Jan 26, 2006
Hello ivan can I ask one question WHY are you ignoring me?
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