Thanks MeFi!

October 20, 2008 7:04 PM

Thanks MeFi for helping me move!

I asked a question on the green a few weeks ago, here. Long story short, I DID take the job and I AM moving and I have NO IDEA WTF I AM DOING, but I'm excited and I know everything will be fine. Just wanted to generally say thanks to you folks for being helpful and taking some of the scare out of my big couple-thousand-mile move.

If any of you folks ever pass through Fort Walton Beach, FL and want to hit up the fishing pier...or whatever it is people do there...let me know!

posted by TomMelee to MetaFilter-Related at 7:04 PM (16 comments total)

Apparently what people in Fort Walton Beach do is get raped. Happily, they rarely get their stuff set on fire.
posted by turgid dahlia at 7:09 PM on October 20, 2008 [1 favorite]

Hey that's great news, let us know when you've actually made the trip!

What the hell is wrong with you, td?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 7:26 PM on October 20, 2008 [6 favorites]

Good to know that in 2003 there were 16 rapes there. That's what I call a significant figure. What?

the town I'm in now is one of those cities where they misreport rape as battery, or wanton endangerment, or whatever, so that you don't have to report it as rape. Apparently that's a common practice. Comforting, no?

I'll be there officially by the end of the first week of November, but won't actually be *moving* until early December. Huzzah!
posted by TomMelee at 7:40 PM on October 20, 2008

That's great TomMelee. I hope the pooches make the trip ok.
posted by special-k at 7:58 PM on October 20, 2008

Let us know what you do with the dogs. We have 2 of similar size and will eventually be moving.
posted by desjardins at 8:26 PM on October 20, 2008

Congratulations!!
posted by spec80 at 8:40 PM on October 20, 2008

What the hell is wrong with you, td?

Hey, I'm just quoting the FBI. They never fib.
posted by turgid dahlia at 9:15 PM on October 20, 2008

16/20,466=0.078%. I like those odds.
posted by Deathalicious at 9:38 PM on October 20, 2008

Need help moving? Word on the street is you just have to ask carsonb!
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:19 PM on October 20, 2008

So... where's the pizza and beer?
posted by Kattullus at 4:52 AM on October 21, 2008

Good luck! Have fun! Make sure you let those doggies have lots of smelling time along the way. It slows long moves down, but when we moved from the west to the east coast (with a stopover in Texas) with the dog, letting him out of the car (double-leashed, cause I was a little hysterical at the thought of losing him along the way) to smell his way around was so much fun because he was *so* excited to be smelling a new place.
posted by crush-onastick at 6:11 AM on October 21, 2008

Thanks MeFi for helping me sit in one place.
posted by StickyCarpet at 8:47 AM on October 21, 2008 [2 favorites]

Thanks MeFi for helping me sit in one place.
posted by StickyCarpet

Eponhy- you know, never mind.
posted by The Whelk at 8:50 AM on October 21, 2008

Congrats Tom! Don't get raped!
posted by allkindsoftime at 10:30 AM on October 21, 2008

Added as list item 999477. "DON'T GET RAPED."
posted by TomMelee at 7:15 PM on October 21, 2008

"RAPIST COMING. DON'T GET RAPED."
posted by puke & cry at 9:48 PM on October 21, 2008