(OT) How many times have you moved?

[minipol]

And moving in a sense of changing homes, not getting up from a game of SEIV to get a beer http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

I will be moving again some 50K's (31 miles) from where i'm living now. House is already sold, new house bought and by the end of the month i'm moving in. My wife and I are busy painting the whole place. It happens to be the house i grew up in (and so the town i grew up in). I'm not sad to leave the town here. Never liked it but we bought a house here because my wife worked here and we couldn't afford a second car so we had to move to a town close to her work or mine.

So first i moved from my home to a place i rented with my wife (was my GF back then). Then from there to the house we bought (in the same town). And now from this house to the new one.
That makes 3 moves in 5 years. Bought 2 houses. (Of course only 1 that i keep, i don't have money for 2 houses http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )
And i hope i don't have to move for the time to come. I'm no big fan of painting.

I'm just worried about my internet connection. I hope this gets set up very soon because i'll go nuts without the internet.

[tesco samoa]

ireland ( 4 times )
Canada ( 7 times )
USA ( 2 times )

[pathfinder]

US: 25-30 times

Germany: 2 times inside Germany in 3 years (Thanks to Unca Sam)

[Suicide Junkie]

Once when I was too young to rememeber...
Once when I was barely old enough to remember...
And twice to the same rented place for university co-op terms before going back home...

[dbt1949]

Altho I am very old(over 50) I have moved only 11 times in my life(not counting the military)
four times in southern California,
twice in New Orleans,
twice in Knasas City,Kansas
four times in northwestern Arkansas.
I don't plan to ever move again either! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[gravey101]

England to NY about 10 years ago
NY to Des Moines (wife med school)
Des Moines to Milwaukee (wife residency)
Milwaukee to Knoxville, Tn in 2 weeks time.
I hate moving and am sick of it. This wont be the Last move as we are moving into (parents owned) rental property for a year, but it will be the Last state-to-state move.
I hate painting too :-)

[Erax]

Twice as a kid.
Twice as a teenager.
Three times during college.
Five times after college.

Total, 12 times so far.

[Rojero]

Lets see:
College 4 times (montreal canada and New York USA)
Child to teen years 6 times Phillippines, Guam, California, 3 times in brooklyn NY
Army Life: ugh too many times...
Thank god i dont have to move now hehe

[Will]

As a kid, bounced around Southern California quite a bit, probably about 10 moves in five years. Then moved to Pennsylvania, and bounced around two more times there before settling down for twelve years, and my Last move was to LA for college... so approximately 14 moves in 19 years.

After college, or even during, who knows how many moves. And I'm not counting moving from dorms/apartments, they're all pretty much the same anyway. Studying for a semester at the University of Edinburgh is currently one option... The next decade or so, I won't exactly be settling in one place for to long, I think.

[Ragnarok]

I've moved twice I believe. Once when I was too young to remember. Then moved from that place down to my current place 4 years ago. Its only 5 miles from my old place. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[minipol]

wow, some insane numbers here!!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif
Here in Belgium most people don't move that much probably because Belgium is small (+-190 miles across).

[narf poit chez BOOM]

two, maybe three times. only once that i remember.

[Baron Grazic]

4 times as a kid - always moving futher into the country in Victoria, Australia
Moved out of home to Melbourne.
Moved to Sydney CBD.
Moved to London, and lived in the middle of the Monopoly Board.
Built a new house in Melbourne.
Last Xmas, moved into a house I designed and built on the weekends.

[minipol]

I admire people who have the patience and the skills to build there own home. I would get too impatient to do this.

Painting small surfaces gets me upset already. As a result, this weekend my wife Banned me from painting the windows. I used too much paint on the small windows and now on some pieces of wood you can see traces of paint running down.
It just went to slow for me so i applied my own "painting" method. Guess the misses wasn't impressed http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Loser]

Once as a small child (San Antonio, TX to Colorado Springs, CO) (1).

I moved from my parent's house to an apartment with my first roommates (2). Then out of that apartment and into another (3). Then from that apartment into a rental house (4). Then from that rental house into another (5). Then recently from that rental house into my own house (6).

That's all.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by minipol:
And moving in a sense of changing homes, not getting up from a game of SEIV to get a beer http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Darn, and I was so set on giving detailed statistics on how many times I move during sex (a dwindling graph that somehow mimics my growth in age... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif )

Otherwise...since I spent 20 years in the army, I figure I have a pretty good rating on moves AND distance.

BTW, our cat became a world traveler, too, racking up nearly 30,000 miles traveled!

[minipol]

Originally posted by oleg:

I HATE moving !!!<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You wouldn't say so judging by that LOOOOOOOONG list http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[minipol]

Originally posted by Slynky:
BTW, our cat became a world traveler, too, racking up nearly 30,000 miles traveled!<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And she never got lost somewhere? Cool. I'm watching reruns of "Airport" on TV and it's amazing that luggage arrives at the correct place if you see what happens sometimes.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by minipol:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Slynky:
BTW, our cat became a world traveler, too, racking up nearly 30,000 miles traveled!<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">And she never got lost somewhere? Cool. I'm watching reruns of "Airport" on TV and it's amazing that luggage arrives at the correct place if you see what happens sometimes.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, these days, you can take pets inside but in THOSE days, you had to let pets travel in cargo. "Rat" (Rattan) was the greatest cat we ever owned (or that owned us). Even though Siamese cats have reputations as being a bit ornery, Rat was like a dog...if you sat down, he was on your lap...if you layed down, he was on your chest.

I got him as a gift for my wife in Augsburg, Germany, but it seemed he took a real liking to me.

(OK, enough about a cat... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif )

[trooper]

I've moved four times in five years. I'll probably move again next year, in my own flat this time. As I leave in one of the most pleasant places on earth, I'll stay in the neigbourhood, this time !

[oleg]

I think I can beat you all if not in numbers than in total mileage http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

"Local" Russia : Samara - Moscow - Pushchino (small town in Moscow region)
Russia-USA-Russia-USA : Pushchino - Seattle (as student) - back to Pushchino - back to Seattle http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
"Local" USA : Seattle - Austin (TX)
USA - UK : Austin - Manchester.

I HATE moving !!!

Oh, and I moved few times inside towns - 3 times in Seattle and two times in Austin. But that does not count.

[ June 16, 2003, 12:28: Message edited by: oleg ]

[Cyrien]

24 yrs of life
several times when too young to remember then from US North Carolina somewere to Madrid Spain
Spain to El Paso Tx US.
El Paso to Los Angeles back to El Paso to San Diego to El Paso to San Francisco to El Paso to San Antonio to El Paso and that is the current location (I like it here).

[TerranC]

8 times in Korea
1 Inter-continental Move
3 in Calgary
Moved from the West to the East
and once in Montreal.

All in all, 14 times.

[minipol]

I'm really amazed but the distance some people travel here. wow. makes my 31 odd miles seem like a candy trip http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Baron Grazic]

Distance doesn't mean anything these days. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
A flight from Australia to the US is only 8-12 hours, which just happens to be the same amount of time that it takes to drive from Melbourne to Sydney, a distance of only 1000KM (600 miles???). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by minipol:


I use Metric Converter (http://vaibhavweb.tripod.com/) to do these kind of conVersions. It's a very small and handy app. It converts speed, acceleration, volume,... To much to mention.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Or you could do it the old way as for every mile you go you travel 1.6 KM. So just take 1000KM and devide that by 1.6. It came out with 625 miles which is not 100% accurate according to your calculations but it was close. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Stone Mill]

Good luck minipol... I just dug my heels in as well. It feels like I struck gold - but - goodness gracious, the work never stops. I hope you have some favors to call friends on- to help out with some of the bigger projects.

Take your time. From what I hear the house will take you about 2 years to get it where you like it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Taera]

i've moved twice back in Ukraine, then i moved to israel. There we moved twice and then we moved to Canada. Now we're here.

[minipol]

Originally posted by Stone Mill:
Good luck minipol... I just dug my heels in as well. It feels like I struck gold - but - goodness gracious, the work never stops. I hope you have some favors to call friends on- to help out with some of the bigger projects.

Take your time. From what I hear the house will take you about 2 years to get it where you like it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hehehe good one. Yeah something like that. We are doing it in steps but we are going to live in it even while it's not finished. I'm so happy i can move that i even would have been happen if i moved to a cave (as long as it has internet connection :-)

We had some friends over to paint but there are reprecussions in doing so. If 10 people come over to help this will probably mean you will need to help those 10 people somewhere in the future too and since i don't like painting to begin with, i took the easy way out: i painted everything myself http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif It doesn't look to bad although an experienced painter might laugh at my "accomplishmlents" but "i did it my way"

So, how many years are you going to be painting ? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[oleg]

Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
Distance doesn't mean anything these days. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
A flight from Australia to the US is only 8-12 hours, which just happens to be the same amount of time that it takes to drive from Melbourne to Sydney, a distance of only 1000KM (600 miles???). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">For travel, but not for moving the household ! You can rent a truck, load your stuff, drive to Sydney and unpack, all in 2-3 days and a cost of ~ $100. Now, move to US for example http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[minipol]

True but i'm not used to such distances. Like i said, belgium is a very small country.

Oh yeah 1000 km = 621.371192237334 miles http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I use Metric Converter (http://vaibhavweb.tripod.com/) to do these kind of conVersions. It's a very small and handy app. It converts speed, acceleration, volume,... To much to mention.

[Stone Mill]

Just finished painting... except for touch-ups. Who knows when I'll get to them? Probably after the shoe molding.

We lived in here amongst boxes for quite a bit. A few of them still serve as furniture. So funny: we got a Tiffany's vase as a special present... and we'll probably put it on a cardboard box... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Baron Grazic]

Originally posted by Oleg:
Distance doesn't mean anything these days. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
For travel, but not for moving the household ! You can rent a truck, load your stuff, drive to Sydney and unpack, all in 2-3 days and a cost of ~ $100. Now, move to US for example [Smile]
My family has done the big move, from London to Melbourne, Via LA airport. I was surprised they allowed us on the plane with the amount of Coats, Bags & electrical goods (2 laptops, 2 Walkmans, 2 mobiles, Portable Sterio) that we were carrying. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Of course it helped having an International Pilot as a friend, who was bringing us bags for months... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Originally posted by Stone Mill:
Just finished painting... except for touch-ups. Who knows when I'll get to them?
Chances are you will never get to them, because you always find another job that needs to be done first. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

[minipol]

Baron, if you have a friend that's pilot, does that mean he introduces you to the lovely cabinet personel http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

[Baron Grazic]

I claim ignorance in your question, especially if my wife is lurking. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif
Seriously we have never actually been on the same flight...

[mottlee]

Hmmmm 45 yrs, not counting the moves in the mil....lets see.....around 25 to 28 times http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif (still hate doing it too)

[minipol]

Well today, i was supposed to go and join the selection for the all star team we are having next saturday here in Belgium where the flemish federation plays the walloon federation (American Football).
Because of all the work, i missed this Last practice and i will not get selected for the game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif If i would have gone, i would have been selected because of my good season and good practice. Now i get nothing. It's sad.
This new house better be good or else ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[minipol]

Ha! I finally moved. Today the moving company started at 7 AM loading stuff, finished at 12.30 PM (only took them 5.30 h!!). I just finished reinstalling the closets (spelling?), bed and so on and it's only 4 PM!
I'll be playing SEIV again tonight. Woohoo.

I also had a job interview today. What a hectic day. The move and the job interview went well!
The company where i went looks very interesting AND they have a lot of vacation. 39.5 days. Can you imagine that. That's three nine point five http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

And as you see, my cable modem and internet are also connected again. Woohoo, bring on the neked internet ladies.

* ms minipol comes over to the computer *

Ehm, it's only a joke dear. What? That bikini model on my desktop? That was installed by a hacker, yeah, thats it, it's a hackers fault http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
You look nice honey
* minipol quickly puts some space between him and the misses * (read runs like hell)

[mottlee]

LOL RUN! MIN. RUN! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif
39.5 days a year every year???? is that to incluid PTO (Personal Time Off)?

[Kamog]

Every time I move, it gets harder because I've accumulated more stuff each time. When I first moved out from Mom and Dad's house, all of my possessions fit in the car, and only one trip was necessary. I had my clothes, books, a small table, and a chair. That was it. I moved three times since then. The first time, I needed a few car trips. The second time, I needed several car trips and a van. The third time, I needed a truck. I suspect that the next time, I might need a couple of trips with a truck...

[minipol]

Originally posted by mottlee:
39.5 days a year every year???? is that to incluid PTO (Personal Time Off)?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 39.5 days is vacation you automatically get because the factory closes for a couple of weeks during the summer and then you still have some days left that you can choose when to take.

The people form the recruitment agency interviewing me where themselves surprised by the amount of vacation people have there. I have 20 days so this would mean i would get double the vacation!
Wow.

[minipol]

Originally posted by Kamog:
I suspect that the next time, I might need a couple of trips with a truck...<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It was our third time and we needed a truck and some 16 carloads before everything was moved.

[mottlee]

Originally posted by minipol:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by mottlee:
39.5 days a year every year???? is that to incluid PTO (Personal Time Off)?<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The 39.5 days is vacation you automatically get because the factory closes for a couple of weeks during the summer and then you still have some days left that you can choose when to take.

The people form the recruitment agency interviewing me where themselves surprised by the amount of vacation people have there. I have 20 days so this would mean i would get double the vacation!
Wow.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dang and I thought 2 weeks was good!