moving day

[low_delta]

My friends Bill and Linda are moving, so Cyn and I helped them yesterday. It was one of those three truckloads, all day kind of moves. The good part was that we didn't have to move the entire household. The bad part was that we still had three truckloads. (I think it was a sixteen foot truck.) There were six of us guys moving the heavy stuff.

Bill is a cabinet maker and he makes his own furniture. He makes big furniture. And heavy furniture. Most of it is both. It took four of us to carry the center section of his entertainment center, and it barely went in the door. He had to disassemble his armoire to get it up the stairs. Linda's daughter's bed will have to be put in pieces to get it upstairs. Three loads of this stuff.

Let's see. Three-section entertainment center. Couch. Toy box. three foot in diameter antique pulley wheel coffee table. Three beds. Three armoires. Two dressers. Two desks. Washer. Dryer. Freezer.

There was snow on the ground. My feet were soaked all day. The ground and floors were slippery. The kids, dogs and cat weren't in the way much.

Then there was a lot of clothing, bedding and such. And kitchen stuff, but the ladies took care of most of that.

The second load went slowly because we were all tired. My back was getting progressively worse. The third load was just extremely difficult, due to the fact that my arms were barely functioning. My back wasn't bothering me anymore, but my arms could hardly lift.

They took us out to dinner afterwards. It was welcomed.

Then Cyn and I went out to see The Nob Hill Boys, a bluegrass band. Understandably, we only stayed for the first set. I wanted to stay past eleven, but my feet hurt.

Comments

[cherie.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a back-breaker. Ouch. Hope you're feeling okay today. Pretty good friend you are.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm not doing too badly. I'll have to be careful with my back for a bit, and I'm a bit stiff across the fronts of the shoulders, but that's about the extent of my aches.

[banana.livejournal.com]

"Pulley wheel coffee table"? Sounds interesting.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

It was from an old water powered mill. The thing is three feet in diameter and a foot and a half long (you can do the conversions, right?). It's hollow but the wall is a good three inches thick. It has a piece of glass laying across it for a top. Most guys think it is cool, but his girlfriend sighs and accepts it as part of the compromise of living together.

[banana.livejournal.com]

Don't worry - I haven't gone metric.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

See, I never can tell which country is on what system. Especially England.

[banana.livejournal.com]

We have both, but shopkeepers can be prosecuted for not showing metric measures.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

So what's the official word? Dual?

[banana.livejournal.com]

Officially metric, because of the European Union, but most people use pounds, inches, etc.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I was always under the impression that we were the only ones who weren't metric. I should have known, though, because of certain units of measurement that always have the "UK" abbreviation attached. Duh.

[banana.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that plenty of Commonwealth countries (read: "former colonies") still use imperial.

I'm puzzled how the US has the same measures, but some of them are different sizes: gallons, for example.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Or are you just talking about you?