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[vaznetti]

I realized just now, as I sat there trying to fill out the insurance valuation, that this is the third time I have moved over the Atlantic, and the fourth time I have moved from one country to another, and yet I have still not realized that the most sensible way to handle this kind of thing is to burn all your possessions and start from scratch in

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[muridae_x]

I have still not realized that the most sensible way to handle this kind of thing is to burn all your possessions and start from scratch in the new country.

If it were me I would mostly be tempted to do this, since I can't get emotional about mere furniture. But then there are the books. I could cull the books, but I couldn't bear to shed them all, so the big, bulky, heavy problem would still be there. And I don't even have that many that are job related.

All the best with that insurance valuation.

[vaznetti]

The books are the reason I don't burn everything -- it would cost more to replace my working library than it does to ship all my furniture and books together -- and it would cost just about as much to ship only the books. It's just nuts!

[muridae_x]

The perils of academia. :-(

My working library is transient by comparison; one of the hazards/advantages of working in IT. If it's more than 5 years old, the version of the software is out of date. If it's more than 10 years old, I'm probably working on an entirely different operating system and application by now.

[ultraviolet9a]

Oh god, I feel for you. It's always just so freaking ARGH (<=i'm so articulate) when one moves.

[vaznetti]

Moving is horrible, isn't it?

[ultraviolet9a]

That, and decluttering/spring cleaning. I love the feeling afterwards, but man, just... oh so much hassle.

[mandysbitch]

I have still not realized that the most sensible way to handle this kind of thing is to burn all your possessions and start from scratch in the new country.

Ah ha ha! Oh, you poor thing. I have a friend who has similar issues. I'll be sure to suggest this.

But you know, fire pretty. *g*

[vaznetti]

So long as your friend doesn't need to have a working academic library, I totally recommend the fire pretty approach. But it would cost more than the move to rebuild the book collection -- and it's not that much cheaper (and much more trouble) just to ship the books.

[cofax7]

Oy, you poor thing!

Hang tight! {{hugs}}

[vaznetti]

Well, in the end it all got done, which is something! Now I just have to find space to put everything when it turns up here...