Seinfeld – The Car Reservation… or not

Seinfeld: Season 3, Episode 11

The Alternate Side (4 Dec. 1991)

ELAINE: Well, go, go.

RENTAL CAR AGENT: Can I help you? Name please?

JERRY: Seinfeld. I made a reservation for a mid-size, and she’s a small. I’m kidding around, of course.

RENTAL CAR AGENT: Okay, let’s see here.

JERRY: Sixty-six years old?

ELAINE: Yeah, well, he’s in perfect health. He works out, he’s vibrant. You’d really like him.

JERRY: Why do people always say that? I hate everyone, why would I like him?

ELAINE: What do you think, would you go out with a sixty-six year old woman?

JERRY: Well, I’ll tell you, she would have to be really vibrant. So vibrant, she’d be spinning.

RENTAL CAR AGENT: I’m sorry, we have no mid-size available at the moment.

JERRY: I don’t understand, I made a reservation, do you have my reservation?

RENTAL CAR AGENT: Yes, we do, unfortunately we ran out of cars.

JERRY: But the reservation keeps the car here. That’s why you have the reservation.

RENTAL CAR AGENT: I know why we have reservations.

JERRY: I don’t think you do. If you did, I’d have a car. See, you know how to take the reservation, you just don’t know how to *hold* the reservation and that’s really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just take them.

RENTAL CAR AGENT: Let me, uh, speak with my supervisor.

(The agent goes into an office with a window in the door so she can be seen speaking with someone.)

JERRY: Uh, here we go. The supervisor. You know what she’s saying over there?

ELAINE: What?

JERRY: Hey Marge, you see those two people over there? They think I’m talking to you, so you pretend like you’re talking to me, okay now you start talking.

ELAINE: Oh, you mean like this? So it looks like I’m saying something but I’m not really saying anything at all?

JERRY: Now you say something else and they won’t yell at me ’cause they thought I was checking with you.

ELAINE: Okay, that’s it. I think that’s enough, see you later.

(The agent returns.)

RENTAL CAR AGENT: I’m sorry, my supervisor says there’s nothing we can do.

JERRY: Yeah, it looked as if you were in a real conversation over there.

RENTAL CAR AGENT: But we do have a compact if you would like that.

JERRY: Fine.

RENTAL CAR AGENT: Alright. We have a blue Ford Esc ort for you Mr. Seinfeld. Would you like insurance?

JERRY: Yeah, you better give me the insurance, because I am gonna beat the hell out of this car.

RENTAL CAR AGENT: Please fill this out.

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Mashup photos of crimes and disasters in NYC with modern day

Mashup photos of crimes and disasters in NYC with modern day

New York City then & now: Famous Daily News photos brought back to life:

vintage burning building mashup with present day

NYC Photo mashups of crimes and disasters

Note the budget moving rental truck double parked.

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How to prepare your access & entryway during a move

It may seem simple but this is the best way to prepare your entry access for a move in or a move out. Doors are best left open when actively moving in and out. (Yes you will lose heat in the winter and cold in the summer. But you will save time.1)

  • Prepare a parking area for the moving truck. (see related post)
  • Remember to secure any pets and have young children looked after!
  • Prepare access to the main door, Shovel snow / clear ice in Winter. Turn off automatic sprinklers in Summer. Sweep leaves in Autumn. 2
  • Remove interior and/or exterior welcome floor mats / rugs
  • Place rubber floor mats or carpet mask to protect floors and rugs (PRO mover)
  • Remove any boxes or  furniture that may be in the way
  • Prepare screen door to remain open – remove the pin from the piston and place back so you do not lose it (no need to unscrew any screws. If it sticks close the door to relieve any pressure when you remove or try the pin located at the frame)
  • Prop the screen door open. An old school moving rubber band works well tied to a railing, or lean a dolly against it or heavy door mat. Screen door are usually too high to be held in place by a door chuck.
  • Use a door chuck to hold open the main door.
  • Protect door jamb edges with specially designed pads. (PRO mover)
screen door piston unscrewed

How not to move.  Removing screen door piston

“Professional” movers unscrewed the bracket holding the piston. In the process they stripped the screws. Plus it took longer and caused a damage.

Apartment buildings often have service entrances with doorchucks or hooks to secure doors. For the DIY mover you probably don’t have a moving rubber band or rubber mats. You may buy carpet mask/carpet shield from your local home improvement center, Lowes, or Home Depot to protect that brand new white carpet. If you are really worried about dirt getting tracked in, you can request the company use booties to cover their shoes. This only works if some of the crew stays inside the home with booties on their shoes while the rest of the crew places the furniture and boxes at the entryway. This in inefficient and will add time and cost to the move.

1)I once had a client station their father at the door on a chair to open and close the door to open and close it to keep the air conditioning in at an offload with 5 movers. Kinda ridiculous – like a doorman at Macy’s on Christmas Eve. kinda ridiculous. And it added time and could have caused a damage.

2) I was once on a move in the Fall. There were many leaves outside on the walkway. And as it turned out, dog feces as well. We discovered that out when it was tracked into the home.

 

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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 087 (Small)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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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 mix has been tried before.

History Channel Page: The Great Santini Brothers

NY Post Article Sept 1 2013: ‘The Great Santinis’ are a moving experience

Website listed in clip: M.P. Santini Brothers, Inc. Islip, NY  santinimovers.com

N.B. There is also a Brooklyn based U. Santini usantini.com Correct me if I am wrong but I believe they owners of both companies are geneticaly related. They do operate legally separate companies.

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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 show seems to use dangerous moves and family tension.

Gentle Giant goes Hollywood! In 2005, we were selected to be featured in our own reality TV series, Make Your Move.

Here is a list of reality television shows that feature moving or storage.

  • 2010- Storage Wars on A&E. Popular show now in its fourth season. Bidders compete to win abandoned self storage units that may contain thousands in profits.    IMDB
  • 2011-2011 Deathwish Movers on the Travel Channel. It appears 8 episodes were made of Boston based Deathwish Movers. They appear to be a specialty mover that handle piano and heavy items tradional movers may not handle. They also offer craning / rigging services.    deathwishpiano.com IMDB
  • 2012- Shipping Wars  with the entertainment of illegal unlicensed unskilled “shippers” that transport goods as carriers on Uship.com. (Storage wars incorrectly uses the term shippers for the “companies” carrying the goods ie carriers. The person hiring the carrier is the shipper) IMDB
  • 2013- Container Wars truTV Debued on September 1 2013. Storage wars but takes place in shipping port auctions IMDB

 

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Over the top garages renovations

There has been an increase in garage upgrades the last few years with floor sealing products, storage products and storage systems. These garage makeovers take it to a new level.

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Cameron Frye’s house from the 1986 classic ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ for sale

Famous for the garage scene in ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’

http://www.hlntv.com/slideshow/2013/08/07/ferris-buellers-day-house-sale-1-million-dollars

 

Anyone Anyone … It was for sale in 2009 – 2011 for $2.3 million then taken off the market for renovations. Looks like they left the sign up when google drove by in May 2012


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370 Beech Street

Highland Park, IL 60035

Redfin has great info especially  map features N S E W etc

Current Coldwell Banker Realtor listing: MLS# 08413066

 

 

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“There is a reason why there are various service professionals.”

Great funny article about why “There is a reason why there are various service professionals.”

http://www.gentlegiant.com/blog/index.php/2012/09/from-one-friend-to-another-go-move-yourself/

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“Boxes, where are there boxes?” Seinfeld quote and video


Seinfeld S03 E18 “The Boyfriend” Part 2

“When You’re moving your whole world becomes boxes. That’s all you think about is
boxes. Boxes, where are there boxes? You just wander down the street going in and out
of stores. Are there boxes here? Have you seen any boxes? I mean it’s all you think
about. You can’t even talk to people because you can’t concentrate. Shut up I’m looking
for boxes. Just after a while you become like really into it you can smell them. You walk
into a store. There’s boxes here. Don’t tell me you don’t have boxes. Dammit, I can
SMELL them. I’m like I’m obsessed. I love the smell of cardboard in the morning. You
could be at a funeral. Everyone’s mourning crying around, and your looking at the
casket. That’s a nice box Does anyone know where that guy got that box? When he’s
done with it do you think I could get that? it’s got some nice handles on it. And that’s
what death is really. It’s the last big move of your life. The hearse is like the van. The
pale bearers are your close friends the only ones you could ask to help you with a big
move like that. and the casket is that great perfect box you’ve been waiting for your
whole life The only problem is, once you find it you’re in it.”

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