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Moving is a big deal.  Actually, I think most will agree moving sucks.  Back in college, sometimes I’d move 4-6 times in a year depending on where I was living during a particular semester or during the sizzling Arizona summers, so I grew to really not like it. The last time I had to move was into my current home in 2004. Back then my friend (and if someone volunteers to help you move, they either truly are a friend, or they like things that suck, like moving…), the RustedRobot helped me “pack one truckload.” It actually took 3, so my calculation abilities regarding the fillage of cubic footage isn’t too good, but Jeff as a friend is…

Right now I’m jetting back from a conference in DC, but I reserved a moving truck a couple weeks ago using the world wide web, so everything will simply go according to plan, right? Well, no, not right. The little “call within 24 hours of your scheduled pickup” is kinda important, because regardless of credit card and confirmation numbers, there’s no guarantee Budget or U-Haul-Ass will actually have a truck for you. As one associate put it, “Yeah, the internet thing isn’t connected into our inventory system.” I see… So, for the past 3 days, I’ve been contacting truck rental places the old fashioned way to ensure I have a freakin’ truck today. Oh, and it’s not for me. I’m helping a friend move 3 new beds, 220 cubic square feet of “someday dream summer house” stuff from her mom’s basement, a grill, some stuff she bought off Craigslist somewhere in Westborough, and a unicorn. Yeah, we’re gonna look like Jed Clampett and Grann… uh, Ellie-Mae havin’ ourselves a convoy down to the Cape tomorrow.

That’s thanks to Bill and Jamie over at Baro Enterprise in Townsend, MA. Now Bill was a great help, but he laughed at the oddest times during our conversation. Specifically:

  • When I told him I was landing in Logan at 2:45, but could be in Townsend by 4:00 on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend.
  • When he read “driving to Falmouth, MA on Saturday (see “Memorial Day weekend” above) on my internet submission.

Fortunately, Bill hooked me up with a 15 footah this morning, but they close at 4, and as I mentioned earlier I’m 33,000 feet above Pennsylvania, so my 5’ 4” friend is going to go pick up the rig with a girlfriend and drive it to the grill location in Lunenburg. Oh, how I wish I could see that…

So…

  • A truck when I need it: $128.10
  • Insurance: $23/day (get it… your auto ins. won’t cover a commercial truck)
  • Helping live her dream… Well, you know…