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Brian Talley
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| Posted: 03 April 2005 at 9:42am | IP Logged | 1
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So when do we start sending house warming gifts??
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Andy Smith
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| Posted: 04 April 2005 at 6:35am | IP Logged | 2
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Congrat's on getting the new house JB. It looks great! Having just went
through a move myself I know how much of a pain it can be. I wish you
the best when you make it!
andy
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 04 April 2005 at 7:58pm | IP Logged | 3
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If all goes according to "plan" this move should be less stress inducing than it might seem it should be at first blush. I'm thinking PODS. . .
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Mark McKay
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| Posted: 04 April 2005 at 9:10pm | IP Logged | 4
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PODS are great - we used them for a big remodel we did. I 'd
reccommend them for sure.
The place we used was "Door to Door," which was less
expensive than PODS, and is also nationwide, I think.
-Mark
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Jim Miscedra
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| Posted: 05 April 2005 at 11:42am | IP Logged | 5
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"PODS" is one of those things, that the first time you see it, you scream out "Why didn't I think of that!"
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Wilson Mui
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| Posted: 05 April 2005 at 12:01pm | IP Logged | 6
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What are PODS?
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Brian Talley
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| Posted: 05 April 2005 at 12:12pm | IP Logged | 7
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PODS..Portable On Demand Storage
www.podsusa.com
Basically, a container is delivered to your residence, you load it at your leisure, and when you are ready it is picked up and moved to your new residence where you then unload it.
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Marc Foxx
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| Posted: 05 April 2005 at 12:20pm | IP Logged | 8
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Brian Talley wrote:
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PODS..Portable On Demand Storage
www.podsusa.com
Basically, a container is delivered to your residence, you load it at your leisure, and when you are ready it is picked up and moved to your new residence where you then unload it.
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Or, you do like my neighbor and load it up and leave it in your driveway for the forseeable future!
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John Byrne
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Fifty Bags of Garbage!
And that's just so far! Combination of 10 years of slovenliness and eight hours of ruthlessness! I should put 'em on eBay, one at a time! "Random Bags of John Byrne's Garbage!"
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James Stewart
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| Posted: 11 April 2005 at 7:48am | IP Logged | 10
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Hey you never know. Theres a free daily newspaper in Glasgow.and to prove you can sell anything on E-bay a guy put the papers on it, and sold them for like £60. i kid you not. Whats that saying ....
"One mans junk is another mans treasure"
PS Congrats on yor new house JB.
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Joe Hollon
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Can someone remind me the significance of the GNU-556
liscense plate that JB uses in his work? I did a search for it and
only got one hit (this thread) which didn't explain it. A link to an
explanation would be just as good.
Thanks!
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John Byrne
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It is a tribute -- albeit a misremembered one -- to the British musical comedy team Flanders and Swann. In the preamble to one of their songs, Michael Flanders told of how he was inspired to write it by the license plate of a car that was parked in front of his house for many month. I remembered this as GNU-556, but I think now it may have been 556-GNU, or perhaps even a whole different set of numbers.Here's the song -- and remember that gnu is pronounced gah-noo thru-out, and all the other g- words have the "gah" sound.
A year ago last thursday, I was strolling in the zoo
When I met a man who thought he knew the lot
He was laying down the law about the habbits of
baboons
And the number of quills a porcupine has got
So I asked him "What's that creature's name?" and
he answered "That's a helk!"
And I'd have gone on thinking that was true
If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to
shame,
And remarked—"I ain't a helk—I'm a gnu!
I'm a gnu—I'm a gnu
The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo
I'm a gnu—how do you do?
You really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who
I'm a gnu—spelt G - N - U
I'm not a camel or a kangaroo
So let me introduce, I'm neither man nor moose
Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!"
I had taken furnished lodgings down at
Rustington-on-sea
Whence I travelled on to Aston-under-lyne
On the second night I stayed there I was wakened
from a dream
Which I'll tell you all about some other time
Among the hunting trophies on the wall above my
bed
Stuffed and mounted was a face I thought I knew
A bison? An oakpi? Could it be a hearty beast?
Then I seem to hear a voice—"I'm a gnu!
I'm a gnu—a-g-nother gnu
I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you
I'm a gnu—how do you do?
You really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who
I'm a gnu—spelt G - N - U
Call me bison or okapi and I'll sue
Nor am I in the least like that dreadful hearty beast
Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!
G-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!
G-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!"
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