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    How mobile are you?

    Can you get your life into a suitcase and a carry on bag. That's what I'll be doing on Saturday when I hit the plane back to Oz. Its a challenge.
    In the last 4 years I've gone from a five bedroom house packed with stuff to living in a camper for 8 months to two suitcases to LOS to gradually building up some stuff here to going back to to suitcases.
    Mind you, we've just shipped five cubic metres of stuff back to Oz. And back there we have 40 boxes, a Land Rover and a camper trailer stored, so we're not exactly without possessions. Too many, in fact.
    But, back to my question, how mobile are you really? How much do possessions mean to you? Could you walk away from everything?
    What's the one possession you would NEVER surrender?
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    Re: How mobile are you?

    I cashed out in USA, and came over with a carryon and two suitcases. There were some hard choices, lots of great books and expensive sporting gear (kayaks, mountaineering and ski stuff). But ultimately, you go out (of this world) with what you brought in which is only yourself. It is liberating in a way. But I find myself acquiring new stuff here in LOS and I like to buy quality. I just hope that someday I don't have to make a run for the Laos border with a couple thousand baht in my pocket and the revolution tearing up the country.

    I really tried to cull things down to high value, small portable items. For me, the 80 GB Ipod is the ultimate value item. I sold all my CDs and have everything digital. I have a small collection of family photos that are priceless.
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    Re: How mobile are you?

    I'm not very mobile what with a ball and chain and a squid round me ankles.

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    What's the one possession you would NEVER surrender?
    A small wooden port that I made in wood shop class when I was 13 that contains all my keepsakes and treasured mementos of past family and friendships.

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    Re: How mobile are you?

    I'm currently facing the same conundrum. It's one I've faced twice before, and I've tried to organize my life around the idea that I need to stay mobile. The hardest things will be the keepsakes and art that adorn my room. Books I always give away to good new owners before I leave, but there are always a few that I need to keep for sentimental reasons. Clothes can be bought where you go, but there are a few items to always keep.

    I find it very cathartic to give away all my possessions every now and again.
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    Re: How mobile are you?

    I find it cathartic as well...but I'm getting older etc...Realistically (to not give up anything) I'd need a 1/2 container. To do it fast, I could walk with one extra check-in bag.

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    1. But, back to my question, how mobile are you really?

    2. How much do possessions mean to you?

    3. Could you walk away from everything?
    1. Very, if pressed (by the law

    2. Very little in the greater scheme of things.

    3. Yes, if the situation made it necessary.
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    Re: How mobile are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by MikeS View Post
    Can you get your life into a suitcase and a carry on bag. That's what I'll be doing on Saturday when I hit the plane back to Oz. Its a challenge.
    In the last 4 years I've gone from a five bedroom house packed with stuff to living in a camper for 8 months to two suitcases to LOS to gradually building up some stuff here to going back to to suitcases.
    Mind you, we've just shipped five cubic metres of stuff back to Oz. And back there we have 40 boxes, a Land Rover and a camper trailer stored, so we're not exactly without possessions. Too many, in fact.
    But, back to my question, how mobile are you really? How much do possessions mean to you? Could you walk away from everything?
    What's the one possession you would NEVER surrender?
    I don't understand. You've sent a container back to Oz where you already have an SUV and 40 boxes of treasures, and now you can't pack your freakin' underwear and toofbrush in a suitcase and carry on?

    What's the one possession YOU would never surrender?

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    Re: How mobile are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by MikeS View Post
    What's the one possession you would NEVER surrender?

    Sense of humour.

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    Re: How mobile are you?

    my laptop, it feckin does everything for me, well and truly beat up now but invaluable, if I lost that i'd go crazy with my four walls and nothing else.

    I bought a spare ide to usb cable because of course the data is the biggest concern, never back the fecker up mind so........

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    Re: How mobile are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by ben View Post
    I bought a spare ide to usb cable because of course the data is the biggest concern, never back the fecker up mind so........

    Thinking I could stick an internal hard drive in through the USB, I also purchased the same cable. Little was I to know, it needs an external fan too.

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    Re: How mobile are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by dexter View Post
    Thinking I could stick an internal hard drive in through the USB, I also purchased the same cable. Little was I to know, it needs an external fan too.

    Ouch, I used the house fan when it started to slow down due to overheating, I don't even keep it in a case, it's a just incase cable

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    Re: How mobile are you?

    I've a fan at home, a gik too, but couldn't ever imagine them getting up enough steam to cool the hard drive down.

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    My biggest loss when I moved to LOS was my pictures, I had some beautiful pics of dragons and some cloth paintings, they are beautiful

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    Re: How mobile are you?

    Packing down to 20 kilos and 6 kilos hand luggage. It was hard letting the BMW go. Last year I sized down from 2 bed house unfurnished to single room furnished. This is now proving to be more difficult.

    There's nothing I have to hold onto though. Just need me, passport comes in handy.

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    Re: How mobile are you?

    Quote Originally Posted by naboo View Post
    There's nothing I have to hold onto though. .
    No love handles? Ticket cost - your bollocks?

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    No love handles? Ticket cost - your bollocks?
    OK, a couple of love handles, a couple of man boobs and a couple of balls.

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