Help with Furniture Storage

[Bob Schmall]

How much deeper would oceans be if sponges didn't live there?

Bob with thanks to S. Wright

[Patriarch]

Bob Schmall wrote in news:lTvAe.7379$9S1.4063 @tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com:

And just how long are you planning on being gone? This time, that is.

One huge challenge with retirement planning is figuring out the terms...

Patriarch

[Bob Schmall]

About a year...

[Doc]

Bob Schmall wrote in news:DJgAe.2712$Rx4.2621 @tornado.rdc-kc.rr.com:

I just unpacked about four rooms of furniture and other stuff in boxes after four years in storage. (many short term moves) and have had no problems with finishes, joints or any other wood movement problems. I also have many, many...many (sigh) many books and have not had mildew or cracking problems. I also have not had any travelers of the six (or eight) leg varieties, so I guess that my experiences with storage may differ from the other posters. I paid about $70 per month for a 30'X 10" storage bay with a single overhead door. This was in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and yes this stuff went through Ivan and Opal without any water or wind damage.

So, I would suggest looking around and seeing what is available. I realize that things are very different in Wis. as the temps. vary a bit more (Ha!) and thus, so does humidity. But I would suggest that if well packed and surrounded by things that help moderate rapid changes in humidity (like lots of stuff in cardboard boxes such as clothes and books) that this concern can also be overcome. After all, most homes have not been climate controlled for more than say, fifty or sixty years and much of the furniture from that era and before has survived.

Just a thought.

[Leon]

You do realize that a cheap hook up at an RV place will run you about $360 per month? I have a lot of relatives with RV's including my sister and brother in-law that have a large RV with a turbo Cummins pusher. My parents had a smaller one but still pretty large. RVing is expensive. For years my wife and I wanted to travel in our own RV when we retired but after seeing the expense we have decided to continue to take the cheaper route and stay in a hotel. LOL. The difference in fuel costs between a car and an RV just about pays for the hotel room. It costs my sister about $150 in fuel to drive to a destination 250 miles away and back. We can do that in our car for about $37.00.

[Patriarch]

"Leon" wrote in news:2XEAe.470$ [e-mail]:

My neighbor has about $100k invested in their motor home. That seems an awful lot of cash to be able to take your bathroom along with you when you go fishing...

And I don't like fishing all that much. Besides, my wife likes to camp at the Marriott. Preferably at the Courtyard, or better.

When I dream of hitting the road for a while, it generally includes an image of a red convertible, preferably European in origin. ;-)

YMMV, I guess. And your destinations, too.

Patriarch

[Tom Watson]

It might be time to re-read "Travels With Charlie", by Steinbeck.

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[Tom Watson]

I would also suggest Edward Lear's little ditty about, "The Owl And The Pussycat".

Highly instructive, that.

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[Mark & Juanita]

The old college graffitti:

God is dead Neitszche

Nietszche is dead God

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[Mark & Juanita]

... and best of all -- *you* get to clean it out when you get home (or it gets full)

These days, my idea of roughing it is staying at a Motel 6. Unfortunately, the youngster doesn't think like that and thinks camping is cool. So I get to go along with the Pioneers campouts and use a flashlight to find a bathroom that consists of a plastic toilet sitting over a glorified hole in the ground that is food to 60 bazillion flies.

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[Larry Jaques]

I prefer the pussycat in the movie version, thanks. Whatta bod! (No, I don't agree with Ms. Bab's politics and can overlook the schnozz. My eyes never get that high. ;)

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[Bob Schmall]

The original post was about storing our stuff. We have been camping and RVing for 30 years and are aware of the situation. FYI, we've done the math and can afford it, largely because we won't have a house to support.

Bob

[Bob Schmall]

YMMV, and it does vary, but be aware that our second trip may be around the world, with several months in Europe. And I'd like a Corvette. 8-)

Bob

[Bob Schmall]

This one's painful, Tom. We put down our great friend Robbie about a month ago. He was our traveling companion for 11 years.

Bob

[Bob Schmall]

Hehe. Are we off topic yet? Jessica Rabbit is my cartoon ideal.

Bob

[Leon]

OK cool. You are not new to this. It is surprising how many people that do jump in head first and end up not caring for RV'ing for months on end.

[Larry Jaques]

Yeah, eez possible.

"I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way." she breathed.

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[Bob Schmall]

As Cleopatra said to Marc Antony: "I am not prone to argue."

Bob

[Patriarch]

"Leon" wrote in news:v%RAe.608$ [e-mail]:

The thing that would concern _me_ is that I don't know if I could stand that much togetherness, even with the woman I've been married to for over

32 years. One or both of us has always had a space to which we could 'retire', should solitude become an immediate neccesity.

These days, a large dust collection system, and hearing protection, provides a degree of safety in so many ways.

I have heard of woodworkers who take along a mini-lathe, when they go, so they can do some power wittling and firewood customization as needed...

Patriarch

[Larry Jaques]

As they say in France, "If you can't join 'em, lick 'em."

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