Only The Valiant Podcast

[Elveen]

I've got a bit of a change coming up in my life, I am going to relocate to Southern California and start a new job in July.

congrats on the new job! good luck with the move, moving SUCKS.

Yes. But he's moving to So Cal. So that's a WIN!

You're going to lock him in your basement with the VEI guys aren't you? At this point, you should probably get a license to run a kennel or something.

I can't comment about that, but I am stoked that Doc will be down here. It will be much easier for him to work with me now that he will be down here already.

[lorddunlow]

I've got a bit of a change coming up in my life, I am going to relocate to Southern California and start a new job in July.

congrats on the new job! good luck with the move, moving SUCKS.

Yes. But he's moving to So Cal. So that's a WIN!

You're going to lock him in your basement with the VEI guys aren't you? At this point, you should probably get a license to run a kennel or something.

I can't comment about that, but I am stoked that Doc will be down here. It will be much easier for him to work with me now that he will be down here already.

You do realize the US outlawed slavery a long time ago, right?

[MarkRoseHFX]

I've got a bit of a change coming up in my life, I am going to relocate to Southern California and start a new job in July.

congrats on the new job! good luck with the move, moving SUCKS.

Yes. But he's moving to So Cal. So that's a WIN!

i'm of course referring to the process of moving not the destination

[MarkRoseHFX]

I've got a bit of a change coming up in my life, I am going to relocate to Southern California and start a new job in July.

congrats on the new job! good luck with the move, moving SUCKS.

There needs to be something more extreme than QFT.

If I can avoid ever moving, ever again, I will do so.

i'm the same way. esp after my last move. the gf and I moved in together about 5 years ago and it POURED down raining that day. that resulted in everybody who was going to help us backing out (the *SQUEES*) and us having a soaked and miserable day.

[Dallow Spicer1]

I've got a bit of a change coming up in my life, I am going to relocate to Southern California and start a new job in July.

congrats on the new job! good luck with the move, moving SUCKS.

Good luck on the new job Sean, I hear California is rife with water pipes above electrical conduits...they need you fella

[Dr. Solar]

I've got a bit of a change coming up in my life, I am going to relocate to Southern California and start a new job in July.

congrats on the new job! good luck with the move, moving SUCKS.

Good luck on the new job Sean, I hear California is rife with water pipes above electrical conduits...they need you fella

That is NOT up to code!

Thanks folks. I'm really excited about this new job.

[lorddunlow]

I have moved 3 times in my life. Only 3, but I never wish to repeat the process ever again.

Move #1 - 18yrs old, going to college. Had only one room of crap to move, plus some furniture my family gave me. Moved 45 minutes away from where I grew up into a tiny trailer into a crappy trailer park. Trailers and trailer parks are not fun places to live. The moving process resulted in my dad breaking lots of my stuff and us having words - really haven't had the best relationship since that day, although it's better now than it was.

Move #2 - Moved from crappy trailer to nice smaller house literally 3 miles down the road from the trailer. I hadn't accumulated too much stuff, and we took almost everything in small loads in my car. Had to have my dad move some furniture in his truck. He refused to tie anything down since it was short distance, and as such broke my computer desk into a million pieces all over the road.

Move #3 - Move from Huntington, WV to Memphis, TN (500 miles - 9hr drive in good conditions). My employer in TN paid for the move, so I thought it would be simple. Hired a company to do a complete pack-move-unpack. I apparently hired a scam company that had been shut down under other names (discovered this mid-move). Absolute disaster. They were scheduled to come on one day, but didn't show. I called and complained. They said the driver was delayed by one day and would be there the next morning. Two "movers" showed up around noon who were not bonded/licensed; they told my wife they were told it was an unload only with no unpacking - when it was supposed to be the packing and loading - and that they had never moved anyone before. The driver didn't show until 4:30PM the next day. I told the driver I didn't think he could pack and move my entire house before it got dark, but he started anyway. He had no boxes, no packing material, nothing. He said his truck couldn't get in my driveway so I would be charged for him renting a U-Haul. I argued to no avail. He came back about 2 hours later with some supplies and a U-Haul. They started throwing everything in boxes - mixing rooms, not labeling anything. We had a broken deep fryer full of oil that we repeatedly said, "we're throwing that out, don't pack it" It disappeared. Asked about it. They said, "we must have packed it, oh well." They ran out of boxes half way through, but refused to get more boxes. They just started throwing items in trash cans and taping loose articles to each other and throwing them in the U-Haul.

Didn't show up to new house for 3 days. I called to complain every day of this intervening time. Reports online said that this company just steals your stuff most often. Very nervous 3 days. My wife was also pregnant at this time.

My wife and her father had to drive down to meet the delivery truck, as I was still working. The truck showed up late and they refused to unload anything until they were paid in full. (There were tons of stories online about this company in which people refused to pay, and the company put all of their stuff into storage until they paid the moving fees and storage costs, and had been fighting for months to get their stuff.) They hauled all of the furniture into the rooms my wife told them to. They broke my computer desk (see a trend?) moving it up the stairs, tearing holes in the walls of a brand new house in the process. They scratched the hardwood floor. Last pieces of furniture were our bedroom pieces. My wife said they seemed to sneak them in while she was busy assessing something they damaged. She said they covered all the pieces with blankets and sheets that they actually took out of boxes. She became suspicious as they also started furiously dumping everything left in the truck into the garage instead of asking where we wanted the boxes. One of them was an oil-soaked box that had soaked several other boxes. We found the deep fryer! Other contents of the box with the deep fryer - framed prints from the living room My wife confronted the driver and asked for the check back because of all of the damage. He stated he left while the others were unpacking to go deposit the check, and that it was already deposited. They pretty much ran off after that.

Why did they cover the bedroom furniture? Every single piece of solid wood furniture was broken in a major way. I don't think I could do that much damage if I tried. After weeks of going through boxes, trash cans, tape mounds of our stuff, and taking pictures, cataloging (we got insurance on the move - although they tried to reject every claim) about 90% of everything we owned was lost or broken. Luckily, we rented a U-Haul trailer to move irreplaceable items, so all sentimental items (except one, which I still lament to this day: a signed Cats - the musical - poster framed with our tickets and playbills from the first trip my wife and I took as a couple) were intact and safe.

We finally got everything in order (2 months later), but I still have a mess in the garage (3 years later) that I can never muster up enough willpower to clean.

If I'm ever forced to move again, I plan on selling the house as-is with all contents. I'll rent another U-Haul trailer and put the sentimental stuff in there, then the next owners can do what they want with my stuff. It'll just be easier that way. I don't see me ever moving though. I love my current house. I love my community. I have planted roots.

[Dr. Solar]

Thank you, Lord Dunlow, to adding to all the little pieces of anxiety and concern I already have for this move

I've got a lot of stuff to move, that's for sure. I think I am gonna rent a uhaul and just do it all myself, with maybe a little elbow grease from a friend or two.

[lorddunlow]

Thank you, Lord Dunlow, to adding to all the little pieces of anxiety and concern I already have for this move

I've got a lot of stuff to move, that's for sure. I think I am gonna rent a uhaul and just do it all myself, with maybe a little elbow grease from a friend or two.

Not meant to add anxiety at all. Think of it as a cautionary tale. If possible I would use my own labor or that of friends only. Never letting another moving company touch my stuff. It was much more work going through the mess, hassling the insurance, buying all new stuff, and the sheer stress. It would have been easier/less stressful to move it ourselves. Good luck with your move.

[Elveen]

Thank you, Lord Dunlow, to adding to all the little pieces of anxiety and concern I already have for this move

I've got a lot of stuff to move, that's for sure. I think I am gonna rent a uhaul and just do it all myself, with maybe a little elbow grease from a friend or two.

[drmirage]

Moving is exciting!

If I weren't in the industry that I am in, I'd move up to Nor Cal.

Just a different vibe up North.

My family just prefers cooler weather I guess.

Been in LA too long

[Dr. Solar]

Thank you, Lord Dunlow, to adding to all the little pieces of anxiety and concern I already have for this move

I've got a lot of stuff to move, that's for sure. I think I am gonna rent a uhaul and just do it all myself, with maybe a little elbow grease from a friend or two.

Be careful what you say!

Though, that may be very, very welcome.

[Elveen]

Thank you, Lord Dunlow, to adding to all the little pieces of anxiety and concern I already have for this move

I've got a lot of stuff to move, that's for sure. I think I am gonna rent a uhaul and just do it all myself, with maybe a little elbow grease from a friend or two.

Be careful what you say!

Though, that may be very, very welcome.

If you need help moving, and I can give it, then you have it.

[hawkeyeps]

Thank you, Lord Dunlow, to adding to all the little pieces of anxiety and concern I already have for this move

I've got a lot of stuff to move, that's for sure. I think I am gonna rent a uhaul and just do it all myself, with maybe a little elbow grease from a friend or two.

Be careful what you say!

Though, that may be very, very welcome.

If you need help moving, and I can give it, then you have it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvvJ7MYaK8o

[Elveen]

[Dr. Solar]

Thank you, Lord Dunlow, to adding to all the little pieces of anxiety and concern I already have for this move

I've got a lot of stuff to move, that's for sure. I think I am gonna rent a uhaul and just do it all myself, with maybe a little elbow grease from a friend or two.

Be careful what you say!

Though, that may be very, very welcome.

If you need help moving, and I can give it, then you have it.

Thanks buddy. I may need to take you up on that.

[Jace]

Gotta totally agree about the moving sucks thing. I once moved 5 times in 3 months. NEVER want to go through that again. I will be moving to Phoenix sometime later this year though. Anyway having lived in Nor-cal and So-cal I must say I prefer Northern to Southern. However, they both have positives and negatives. The new job seems to have you pretty excited though Sean so best of luck to you. I currently live in Central Cali so I could conceivably help out with the move as well if you need the help. My son will be here for SDCC for the month of July so he could help out too.

[Chiclo]

You do realize the US outlawed slavery a long time ago, right?

There is an exception in the 13th Amendment that makes slavery in some cases legal. It would involve the person bound to slavery being convicted of a crime, though. I think it is in there to make sure it is legal to hold prisoners in prison and to allow them to work.

[Dr. Solar]

Gotta totally agree about the moving sucks thing. I once moved 5 times in 3 months. NEVER want to go through that again. I will be moving to Phoenix sometime later this year though. Anyway having lived in Nor-cal and So-cal I must say I prefer Northern to Southern. However, they both have positives and negatives. The new job seems to have you pretty excited though Sean so best of luck to you. I currently live in Central Cali so I could conceivably help out with the move as well if you need the help. My son will be here for SDCC for the month of July so he could help out too.

Moving to SoCal was a "con" as I was going through the pros and cons.

There are a LOT of good things about moving to SoCal, I have a lot of good friends there, some good friends I don't get to see as often as I'd like, and my family is down there. Those are all good things, though I really love it here in San Frantastic, I'm settled, and I have great friends.

The job was good enough to overcome my desire to stay in NorCal though.

Thanks for the offer of help, I'm hoping that with my local network of friends up here, and my family down there, I'll be able to get the help I'll need with the packing and unpacking.

[mkb28]

Hello Sean and Christian:

First of all, congrats on the new job, Sean! If you need to lighten up on any VH1 books, please let me know!

I wanted to tell you both how much I have enjoyed the latest OTV podcast on selling comics at conventions. I have only been to one large convention and several smaller ones and I would love to walk up to one of your organized booths to shop and converse. Elveen's first rule of "being nice" works in all facets of life. As a Financial Planner and a former Police Officer, treating people with respect and kindness goes a long way.

I have traded books with Elveen in the past and I can tell you that he practices what he preaches. He went out of his way to make sure I was happy with my trade and the books that I received, and you know what, I will probably buy/trade from him again!

Great work, guys!

Michael
mkb28

[depluto]

So did Chiclo's finishing move ever get a name?

[Chiclo]

So did Chiclo's finishing move ever get a name?

We have not recorded since. I hope to hear some listener feedback soon.

[depluto]

I vote for the Studmuffin. Or the Jokekiller.

[hawkeyeps]

So did Chiclo's finishing move ever get a name?

We have not recorded since. I hope to hear some listener feedback soon.

The Jack Stud.

[Chiclo]

The Studfinder?