On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:48:23 +0000, Doctor John wrote:

> On 28/02/14 22:32, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> 
>> Getting the pod packed the last day was hectic (they came a day early,
>> and we ended up shipping 7 boxes that we had thought - very wrongly -
>> would fit in the car), but everything got here in one piece.  We had
>> only two items that had minor damage that will require more than
>> tapping with a hammer.
>> 
>> 
> There will be, of course, a couple of items you can't find that will
> turn up some time in 2016.

Well, actually, there was a box with some parts of my desk that vanished 
for a short period of time - because I'd taken them out of the pod and 
put them in the car when we got to the facility.

But as we packed everything and removed everything (or 'oversaw' the 
unloading), everything seems to be accounted for.

Except for a piece of a shoe rack - one of the horizontal bars is 
missing.  I'm not convinced it wasn't missing before we moved, though. ;)

What will be more surprising is finding things that we didn't remember we 
had.

>> What's more, I have an Internet connection that actually performs, too
>> - 30 Mbps down and 6 Mbps up (it's rated for 20/5, but actual tests
>> show it being a little faster).
> 
> That's better than mine in Central London.

The Seattle area is known in the US as one of the better connected cities 
- though with a cable connection, this is about the same as our son gets 
in Salt Lake City.  There's a local-ish group called "condonet" (as I 
recall) that offers - in a limited number of locations (and not ours, 
sadly) speeds of up to 1 gbps.

>> We watched Star Trek IV once we got the home theater all set up.  Not
>> because it's an outstanding movie, but because our apartment number is
>> 1704 (and die-hard Trek fans will understand why that particular movie
>> is significant when it comes to that number). ;)
> 
> Umm, NCC-1704?

Well, yes, but there's something significant about that and the fourth 
Star Trek film.

> So, when's the house-warming and do we get an invitation?

The house-warming is whenever you arrive in Seattle. ;)  You and Stephen 
(at least) are certainly invited.

Jim
-- 
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and 
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw

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