lew Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 I've been off the grid for a while.....sold our house in Maryland and bought one in Vermont. Been very busy with inspections, repairs, paperwork, packing....and so on! Shop time has been on hold for a bit.....We will be be moving Aug 21. My first priority will be setting up the wood and tin shop.....although my wife may think otherwise!!! Hope everyone is well and enjoying the Summer!!! Lew OCtoolguy and bobscroll 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 good luck with the move lew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 good luck getting the on the wood and tim shop as first priority. lew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Good luck with the move. Remember to LIFT with your legs and not your back. lew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, oldhudson said: Good luck with the move. Remember to LIFT with your legs and not your back. The plan is to lift with the professional movers that we hired!!!! We are packing boxes but not a teenager anymore!!! Edited July 14, 2018 by lew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 6 hours ago, lew said: I've been off the grid for a while.....sold our house in Maryland and bought one in Vermont. Been very busy with inspections, repairs, paperwork, packing....and so on! Shop time has been on hold for a bit.....We will be be moving Aug 21. My first priority will be setting up the wood and tin shop.....although my wife may think otherwise!!! Hope everyone is well and enjoying the Summer!!! Lew Thanks for the update Lew, I hope it all goes as well as it can for you. We are all anxious to see your place, your shop and of course, your scroll work. lew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 2 hours ago, octoolguy said: Thanks for the update Lew, I hope it all goes as well as it can for you. We are all anxious to see your place, your shop and of course, your scroll work. Thanks!! I can't wait to get the shop up and running! I'll post some pics of the house....it's a pre civil war brick home in a small village in the foothills of the mountains. Thanks for the nice thoughts!! OCtoolguy and WayneMahler 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Good luck Lew. Moving is always a pain in the butt. lew and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 I moved 3 years ago, what a pain in the butt, I told my wife that the next move out of here is feet first, RJ lew and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Congratulations and good luck with the move. Marg lew and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordamir Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 Lew- I hope your move goes well. Mine has been very slow/ Moved in mid December from the Chesnee about 20 miles to Spartanburg , SC At 75 its not as easy for my wife and I as it was when 50, Got house just about just about settled little more and we will be finished. However my shop is moved but a real mess. We were careful to get everything in the shop,but wouln"t you know it yesterday I found a box with my woodworking planes in the house! Guess I will have everything set after I get power to it and can get it settled. Good luck on getting yours settled. Dave lew and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayneMahler Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 I would be scared to death about moving everything. Mainly my shop and all it's components. Has to be an exciting time yet stressful. Best of all to you ! OCtoolguy and lew 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 Thanks everyone for the nice thoughts! Very stressful and physically demanding time! Just looking forward to setting up the shop and getting started again!!! Lew OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 AS you may know, we moved a year ago this month from Oregon to Arizona. It was a long move, luckily my son and grandson helped a lot. They picked up a Uhaul truck, helped load it and drove it to Arizona. We sold almost all our furniture before the move and a lot of shop tools to make sure we could get everything into our U haul. Professional movers wanted over $10,000 to do the job. New furniture was less then it would have cost us to hire a mover. We ended up way ahead going that way. Good luck on your move..Getting old sure has it's drawbacks, even though it beats the alternative Dick heppnerguy lew and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 hour ago, heppnerguy said: AS you may know, we moved a year ago this month from Oregon to Arizona. It was a long move, luckily my son and grandson helped a lot. They picked up a Uhaul truck, helped load it and drove it to Arizona. We sold almost all our furniture before the move and a lot of shop tools to make sure we could get everything into our U haul. Professional movers wanted over $10,000 to do the job. New furniture was less then it would have cost us to hire a mover. We ended up way ahead going that way. Good luck on your move..Getting old sure has it's drawbacks, even though it beats the alternative Dick heppnerguy Dick, back in 07 I retired from the tool business. We knew at that time that without and income, we wouldn't be able to keep our house in So.Cal. The property taxes alone would have been out of the question. Anyway, we already had a big 5th wheel trailer and a CC dually pickup so we sold everything. I mean everything, and hit the road in search of that "perfect place" to retire to. Long story short, we found many places that were wonderful. For about 6 months out of the year. We ended up coming back to So. Cal. and found a great mobile home community a mile from the beach. It's not perfect but the weather is. There are many times in life that a person must make sacrifices in order to continue on. This was one of those times. We hate the politics, the crowds and the high cost of living. But the weather is unbeatable. Especially for us at our age. We are now closer to 80 than we are to 70 so comfort is all important. And, my wife is very happy as am I. Sure, I'd love to have my big old 3 car garage back but I'm very fortunate to have what I have now. When you are happy, nothing else matters. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. heppnerguy and lew 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted July 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 On 7/20/2018 at 7:47 PM, octoolguy said: Dick, back in 07 I retired from the tool business. We knew at that time that without and income, we wouldn't be able to keep our house in So.Cal. The property taxes alone would have been out of the question. Anyway, we already had a big 5th wheel trailer and a CC dually pickup so we sold everything. I mean everything, and hit the road in search of that "perfect place" to retire to. Long story short, we found many places that were wonderful. For about 6 months out of the year. We ended up coming back to So. Cal. and found a great mobile home community a mile from the beach. It's not perfect but the weather is. There are many times in life that a person must make sacrifices in order to continue on. This was one of those times. We hate the politics, the crowds and the high cost of living. But the weather is unbeatable. Especially for us at our age. We are now closer to 80 than we are to 70 so comfort is all important. And, my wife is very happy as am I. Sure, I'd love to have my big old 3 car garage back but I'm very fortunate to have what I have now. When you are happy, nothing else matters. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Great story!! Especially the part about when you are happy, nothing else matters..I couldn't agree more and glad to hear it works for you!! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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