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Anyone got any checklists for moving?

Checklists for 2 weeks before the move, then 1 week, 3 days, The Day, that sort of thing.

MM

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MM
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Tell me, before Usenet existed, did you ever think *anything* through yourself?

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Grunff

Nah, he asked other people in person, the insults on Usenet are easier to deal with though !...

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:::Jerry::::

Try the one at

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There are loads of other ones around, though.

Reply to
JM

Enter removals checklist into Google and then take your pick.

Reply to
robert

'bout frikking time /someone/ said that :o)

RT

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R Taylor

I knew someone would say it in the end.

When I undertake something I haven't done before, I do as much research as possible. Then, and only then, do I ask specific questions about the bits I haven't managed to fully understand. In my experience, and certainly with the Internet, you can find out most things about most stuff yourself.

Al

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Al Reynolds

Of course not.

I asked on CIX.

Reply to
Andy Dingley

I've been saying it for years

And now it's the people who can't be arsed to google

(pot, kettle, black here on two occasions - being terminally lazy)

Reply to
raden

It's funny you should say this, Grumff, because I was going to ask whether you had any tips on cleaning carpets? I have these carpets, you see, which appear to have got dirty, probably through use, and therefore I need a way to remove the dirt effectively and make them look like brand new. After all, I don't want the new owners walking in on Completion Day, muttering under their breath how some people cannot even be arsed to ask on Usenet how things ought to be done. Well, you'll want to help, I know you will. Feel free to start a new thread if you think this one doesn't cover it effectively.

See ya later!

MM

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MM

You may like to assist Grunff in aiding me with my latest request (see above) for the best methods of cleaning a carpet, albeit a LO-COST carpet. Probably, if I hadn't been such a tightwad and had bought some expensive carpet with Scotchguard or Irishwatch or something, then I would not now be needing to ask. Leave a message here for Grunff to get back to us, okay?

MM

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MM

I can't work out whether you're trying to be funny or not.

Al

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Al Reynolds

Obviously, Al, you have a social conscience, which, again obviously, is more than could be said of me. You want to exhaust all avenues of research first before burdening all of us here, which is a very admirable trait. I do wish I could be more like you, but we're given the cards we've been dealt and that's it, I'm afraid. Actually, when this house move is over I am thinking of starting a group for those like me for whom research is a closed book and who would rather just ask a policeman. I mean, if you have ever wondered where the flippin' heck the library *really* is, but didn't dare enquire, you'll know where I'm coming from. Nowhere near the library, in fact.

MM

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MM

No, but by definition you have access to the Internet.

Several people on here have given you free and friendly advice over the last few weeks, but Grunff was merely making a reasonable request: Why waste bandwidth on here asking questions that you could find out the answers to yourself with only a modicum of effort?

You may argue that since people give you the information here, why bother doing it yourself? Well: (i) this is a DIY newsgroup (ii) eventually people will get bored with you and not respond

Of course, it's possible we've all been the unwitting victims of a particularly imaginative troll over the last few weeks - if that is the case then I'd like to congratulate you on a job well done.

Have a fun day, Al

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Al Reynolds

No, I can't either!

But for MM, the way I'd do it is by hiring a wet carpet cleaner (any tool hire shop). They do a very good job of cleaning carpets.

Reply to
Grunff

I don't know whether to be embarrassed or offended over this. I was surprised at first, but now I am puzzled. Because the concept of DIY usually involves work around the house, and a good part of that work must be in order to put one's property into the best condition for selling, then buying another property to move into. Therefore, it would seem to me that DIY is synonymous with all those makeover or house buying proggies on the telly (Beeney, Allsop, Maurice, Spencer et al).

In any case, I don't really see why you find it so offensive or intrusive to be asked a question! You appear to be making a meal out of a very simple little enquiry, though it would have been much easier and quicker either to just not respond at all, if the question did not interest you, or provide any relevant information if it did.

I can't get inside your head to try to understand why you take such umbrage just because I post frequently. Others post even more frequently, but they are not slagged off and criticised for it! Why pick on me? I'm practically a pensioner. I think it's most unfair, that's all.

MM

Reply to
MM

Thanks, Grunff!

MM

Reply to
MM

No-one is arguing with the fact that your questions are relevant.

Don't worry, that'll probably be what happens.

Okay, imagine there are three types of post: (a) New thread posts where you are asking a question. (b) Posts in which you reply to your own threads. (c) Replies to other people's queries. Newsgroups work best when there is a balance between the three.

If you look more closely at the people who post regularly, they tend to have a much higher proportion of category (c) posts.

This isn't the main issue though. The main thing is that some of the enquiries you have made could have been answered in very little time through simple use of google and google groups. In the same way as it is irritating when several people post the same question over and over again (because the answer is readily available), it is also irritating when one person posts lots of questions for which answers are readily available.

Age makes no difference on the Internet. As you state above, I can ignore your posts if I am not interested. Perhaps you would be better off ignoring mine?

Al

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Al Reynolds

"MM" wrote | I mean, if you have ever wondered where the flippin' heck | the library *really* is, but didn't dare enquire, you'll | know where I'm coming from. Nowhere near the library, in fact.

If you want to know where the library is, start at the fruiterer's and follow the trail of banana skins and slightly-surprised-sounding 'ooks'.

Owain

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Owain

"Grunff" wrote | >>>MM wrote: | >>It's funny you should say this, Grumff, because I was going | >>to ask whether you had any tips on cleaning carpets? | But for MM, the way I'd do it is by hiring a wet carpet cleaner | (any tool hire shop). They do a very good job of cleaning carpets.

Even better is to hire a wet and dry carpet cleaner. Then you can use it to clean dry carpets without having to throw buckets of water over them.

It's even easier just to take the lightbulbs out and board up all the windows. Then the new people won't be able to see the dirt.

Owain

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Owain

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