Hello From Oregon!

[sablebrush52]

Stage 1 of this horror show of a move is complete. Packing and sorting, what to keep, what to donate, what to give away, and what to dump. Nearly 10 months of weekends of this horrible process, getting rid of 2/3rds of everything. Carefully packing, especially the antique lamps and rare books to withstand a bomb blast, engaging a highly recommended moving company that’s fucked up one thing after another, and letting go of the results.
Had a marvelous send off dinner with close friends, a terrific farewell lunch from the production, dozens of phone calls as I frantically packed the final boxes for the movers.
I packed the van like an Okie fleeing the dust bowl, pots falling on me every time I needed to apply the brakes, dodging brain donor drivers who think lanes are a theoretical concept, tailgating testosterone cases driving trucks they can’t control, and made it here with everything I took intact, and unpacked the contents.
I’m thoroughly fried.
Stage 2 begins when the movers show up.
I will never do this again. If I have to move I’ll stack everything, douse it with gasoline and set it on fire.
Do yourself a favor and go through your “treasures” and cull mercilessly.
In the middle of this final week I was contacted about giving an interview for a documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of Something Wicked This Way Comes, which was a nice break from the shitshow. It’s supposed to be screened in October.

 

[warren99]

Leaving beautiful downtown Burbank for the Beaver State, eh? The Valley Girls are weeping.

 

[TN Jed]

Stage 1 of this horror show of a move is complete. Packing and sorting, what to keep, what to donate, what to give away, and what to dump. Nearly 10 months of weekends of this horrible process, getting rid of 2/3rds of everything. Carefully packing, especially the antique lamps and rare books to withstand a bomb blast, engaging a highly recommended moving company that’s fucked up one thing after another, and letting go of the results.
Had a marvelous send off dinner with close friends, a terrific farewell lunch from the production, dozens of phone calls as I frantically packed the final boxes for the movers.
I packed the van like an Okie fleeing the dust bowl, pots falling on me every time I needed to apply the brakes, dodging brain donor drivers who think lanes are a theoretical concept, tailgating testosterone cases driving trucks they can’t control, and made it here with everything I took intact, and unpacked the contents.
I’m thoroughly fried.
Stage 2 begins when the movers show up.
I will never do this again. If I have to move I’ll stack everything, douse it with gasoline and set it on fire.
Do yourself a favor and go through your “treasures” and cull mercilessly.
In the middle of this final week I was contacted about giving an interview for a documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of Something Wicked This Way Comes, which was a nice break from the shitshow. It’s supposed to be screened in October.

Sounds like you need a smoke my friend! Puff and be glad you're alive and free, but yes moving sucks! Every time I've moved I reminisce on the days of yore with a liquor box full of belongings and $10 in my pocket.

 

[Zero]

With my fair share of moving, I feel your pain. I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or put a bullet in my head. I did laugh, sorry. I'll be on the lookout for the doc. Breath...

 

[nelamvr6]

Welcome!

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I’m glad you got through it so far. I was wondering how you had fared and just saw your post here.

 

[LeafErikson]

Hey man I’m glad you finally made it up here. I’ll have to head over to that side of the rogue valley sometime and have a pipe with you if our schedules ever permit.

 

[rmpeeps]

Congratulations Jesse, so far.
Moving is such a chore.
I’m just glad you added to the migration from CA!
Well done Sir.

 

[isaac]

Welcome to Oregon!! What part of the state are you settling in?

 

[Ahi Ka]

Please put your location in your Profile, as people are forgetful.
Why: It will save time for others as to where you live when you mention local stores, weather, tobacco prices, availability, regulations, location of photos, wildfires, air quality, etc. In many instances that saves time for those who read your posts, and for you in not having to reply to inquiries. .
How:
Under your avatar, (top right, left most of three symbols) you choose "Account Details", which brings up "My Account". "My Location" is halfway down. Whatever you're comfortable with- town, city, county, state. province, etc.

 

[sablebrush52]

Leaving beautiful downtown Burbank for the Beaver State, eh? The Valley Girls are weeping.

Beaver State?
Sounds promising…

 

[sablebrush52]

Welcome to Oregon!! What part of the state are you settling in?

Southern, Ashland.

 

[bullet08]

Last move, two years ago was less than a mile. Same results. Moving is evil.

 

[mingc]

Welcome from Portland, to the part of Oregon that's most like California! Well, northern California.

 

[gamzultovah]

Enquiring minds need to know, who was trusted with moving the pipes and tobacco, you or the moving men? Congratulations on the move. I believe a quieter, more peaceful life is ahead given your new location.

 

[gamzultovah]

Also, when is the first meeting of the Ashland Pipe Club? I’m sure many of us here would be happy to stop by and help you break put away your stuff and then have a pipe together.

 

[sablebrush52]

Enquiring minds need to know, who was trusted with moving the pipes and tobacco, you or the moving men? Congratulations on the move. I believe a quieter, more peaceful life is ahead given your new location.

No fucking way am I letting movers near my pipes and tobaccos. If I ever released my titanic Esoterica holdings onto the secondary market China’s economy would implode.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Sable moving to Oregon? I always knew he was a hipster at heart.

 

[PA Piper Mike]

No fucking way am I letting movers near my pipes and tobaccos. If I ever released my titanic Esoterica holdings onto the secondary market China’s economy would implode.

If that were true, I would soooo strongly suggest it then!

Grandpa, we're studying the downfall of China in class today but nothing really pinpoints the reasons why China collapsed? Was it a great war? A virus? A...

Pipers, my dear boy....it was pipers.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Stage 1 of this horror show of a move is complete. Packing and sorting, what to keep, what to donate, what to give away, and what to dump. Nearly 10 months of weekends of this horrible process, getting rid of 2/3rds of everything. Carefully packing, especially the antique lamps and rare books to withstand a bomb blast, engaging a highly recommended moving company that’s fucked up one thing after another, and letting go of the results.
Had a marvelous send off dinner with close friends, a terrific farewell lunch from the production, dozens of phone calls as I frantically packed the final boxes for the movers.
I packed the van like an Okie fleeing the dust bowl, pots falling on me every time I needed to apply the brakes, dodging brain donor drivers who think lanes are a theoretical concept, tailgating testosterone cases driving trucks they can’t control, and made it here with everything I took intact, and unpacked the contents.
I’m thoroughly fried.
Stage 2 begins when the movers show up.
I will never do this again. If I have to move I’ll stack everything, douse it with gasoline and set it on fire.
Do yourself a favor and go through your “treasures” and cull mercilessly.
In the middle of this final week I was contacted about giving an interview for a documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of Something Wicked This Way Comes, which was a nice break from the shitshow. It’s supposed to be screened in October.

Love that movie, saw it as a twenty something when it came out. My girls ended up loving it as well. Always been a Jason Robards fan. Saw him when I was at a summer institute in the Chicago area in a little play called “Hughie” - cool to see him in an intimate venue on stage.