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Category Archives: Potpourri
Long Island City is LIC – A name guide for future residents
Long Island City (abbreviated LIC) is in the NYC Borough of Queens. On the East River at LIC’s western edge is the famous gantry sign proclaiming LONG ISLAND. Queens and Brooklyn are part of the island called Long Island. Long Island City is … Continue reading
New “Tech” Mattress Companies disrupting the sleep industry
As movers know it sometimes is impossible to get a mattress (or more likely boxspring) into a small hallway, stairway, or small elevator. And if you want to move “just” a mattress and boxspring you are looking at a 2 … Continue reading
Tetris turns Thirty
Loading a moving truck is very much like the game of Tetris, Except the pieces are all different and you a re playing in 3D. Tetris turned 30 in June 2014 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris
Various methods on how to thaw / unfreeze a frozen water pipe.
With the recent extreme cold weather in the Northeast, you are probably now past preventing a pipe from freezing and are hopefully looking for a solution to get the water running again rather than a plumber to fix a burst … Continue reading
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Tagged frozen water pipe, how to heat a water pipe, thaw frozen pipe., unfreeze pipe
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City knocked down wrong house, and then knocked down another wrong house
Oops and then Oops again. City Of Fort Worth Demolished Wrong Home For A Second Time
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One more thing to worry about when you are moving.
There is so much going on when you are moving. Packing, choosing a mover, lawyers, closings. And apparently in Romania, you need to worry about gangs tailgating your moving truck. And then proceed ala James Bond style open the rear … Continue reading
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Tagged moving gang robbery attempt, moving theft, stealing movers
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Make a four poster cat bed from a junk piece of furniture
Change your perspective and flip over a common piece of furniture to make this cat bed: cat bed from a junk piece of furniture http://www.kinassauer.com/blogs/blog/6832416-here-kitty-kitty-cat-bed-junk-project
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Tagged cat bed, green, repurposing furniture, upcycling
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New NY Moving Company Reality TV Show on the History Channel
Riding on top of an elevator, movers in the back of a moving, moving truck and of course falling pianos. Multi-generational Italian family antics and questionable moving practices might make an interesting reality TV drama. The moving, storage and reality … Continue reading
Moving and Storage Reality TV shows
Reality TV featuring movers or storage has been attempted a few times before. Quality moving companies make boring TV. However illegal unlicensed unskilled companies are far more entertaining as well as fake staged storage units. The latest reality moving company TV … Continue reading
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Tagged moving tc show, reality moving tv, reality shipping tv show, reality tv, reality tv storage shows
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