On the move

Sheldonrs · 09-24-2007, 10:56 AM

I am moving (yet again) to a new place next week. Not a big move, just from Scottsdale to Phoenix in AZ. And it got me to thinking of how many times I have moved in my almost 47 years.
The count is now at 24! I must have REALLY loved wandering in the desert for 40 years in a past life.
Anybody top that count? Anybody still living in the same house they were born in?

Shawnee123 · 09-24-2007, 11:03 AM

I figured out the other day that I have moved nine times since I moved to this town right out of college. 9 times in almost 20 years...so I can't beat your record, but it still seems a lot. I didn't count growing up or through college; we moved while I was young until I was in first grade because my dad's job took us around a bit.

theotherguy · 09-24-2007, 11:05 AM

I have moved much more than I realized. I just counted it up and I have moved 13 times! Without counting, I would have guessed much lower.

bluecuracao · 09-24-2007, 11:05 AM

I've got one up on you, Sheldon--25 times. But that includes a few back-and-forth moves between the Southwest and the East Coast.

Clodfobble · 09-24-2007, 11:10 AM

A total of four houses between two parents growing up... Then on my own, I've lived in 8 places since 1998, not counting the summer I stayed with my parents again after freshman year (WHOA big mistake,) or the boyfriends' houses that for all intents and purposes I lived in, I just never paid rent on.

But the house we just bought, we intend to stay in for the long term foreseeable future.

barefoot serpent · 09-24-2007, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

I must have REALLY loved wondering in the desert for 40 years in a past life.

Go down Moses!

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After being away for 40 years, Moses sees a strange site in the desert, a bush on fire, but the fire does not consume the bush. When Moses investigates more closely, he encounters God, speaking to him through the bush. God has a mission for Moses. Moses is to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and take them to Canaan, the land God had promised their ancestor Abraham.

do you wander while you wonder?

Sheldonrs · 09-24-2007, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

Go down Moses!

do you wander while you wonder?

I don't know what you mean. You must have read my post wrong. I would never make such a silly mistake as typing wondering instead of wandering.

And yse, I always wonder as I wander.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-24-2007, 06:15 PM

Only about a dozen times for me, since fleeing the nest.

Hope this is a good move for you Sheldon.

Sheldonrs · 09-24-2007, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Only about a dozen times for me, since fleeing the nest.

Hope this is a good move for you Sheldon.

Thanks Bruce. I think it will be. It's a lot closer to work.
And it's closer to the gym that I've been paying for and not going to.

Elspode · 09-24-2007, 08:47 PM

That will certainly make it more convenient and affordable to not go from here on out.

Flint · 09-24-2007, 08:50 PM

I work at the hospital I was born in, so I guess I haven't gone far. . . . I think the inward journey is where it's at.

09-24-2007, 10:56 AM	#1
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	On the move I am moving (yet again) to a new place next week. Not a big move, just from Scottsdale to Phoenix in AZ. And it got me to thinking of how many times I have moved in my almost 47 years. The count is now at 24! I must have REALLY loved wandering in the desert for 40 years in a past life. Anybody top that count? Anybody still living in the same house they were born in? __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you. Last edited by Sheldonrs; 09-24-2007 at 11:26 AM.

09-24-2007, 11:03 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I figured out the other day that I have moved nine times since I moved to this town right out of college. 9 times in almost 20 years...so I can't beat your record, but it still seems a lot. I didn't count growing up or through college; we moved while I was young until I was in first grade because my dad's job took us around a bit. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-24-2007, 08:47 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	That will certainly make it more convenient and affordable to not go from here on out. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-24-2007, 08:50 PM	#11
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I work at the hospital I was born in, so I guess I haven't gone far. . . . I think the inward journey is where it's at. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-24-2007, 11:05 AM	#3
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	I have moved much more than I realized. I just counted it up and I have moved 13 times! Without counting, I would have guessed much lower.

09-24-2007, 11:05 AM	#4
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	I've got one up on you, Sheldon--25 times. But that includes a few back-and-forth moves between the Southwest and the East Coast.

09-24-2007, 11:10 AM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	A total of four houses between two parents growing up... Then on my own, I've lived in 8 places since 1998, not counting the summer I stayed with my parents again after freshman year (WHOA big mistake,) or the boyfriends' houses that for all intents and purposes I lived in, I just never paid rent on. But the house we just bought, we intend to stay in for the long term foreseeable future.

09-24-2007, 06:15 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Only about a dozen times for me, since fleeing the nest. Hope this is a good move for you Sheldon.

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