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Moving Guide Simple guidelines to prepare for a move Planning ahead WILL MAKE MOVING LESS HECTIC PACKING SUPPLIES • Tissue paper and unprinted newsprint (newspaper ink can soil and even damage some items) • Two-inch plastic packaging tape (to assemble and close cartons) • Masking tape • Utility knife • Permanent markers Boxes • 1.5 cubic foot boxes (book box). Use for heavy or dense items including books, records, shoes, canned goods, kitchen canisters, small appli ances and hand or power tools. • 3 cubic foot boxes. General purpose size. Good for lamp shades, pots and pans, kitchen utensils, etc. • 4.5 and 6 cubic foot boxes. For large, light-weight items such as pillows and bedding. Do not overload. • Dishpacks specially de signed with cell dividers for transporting dishes, glasses, bowls and other kitchenware. Also good for lamps, small pictures, knick knacks, light appliances. PLANNER • Take inventory. Decide what to move, what not to move. • Schedule a moving sale for items you won’t move. Do nate other items to charitable organizations. • Make arrangements to dis continue: ■ EWEB/SUB ■ Garbage collection ■ Local and long distance phone service • Mail change-of-address cards to: ■Post Office ■ Social Security Office ■ Insurance companies ■ Credit cards ■ Magazines ■ Mail-order accounts • Defrost refrigerator and freezer and allow thorough air-drying to prevent mildew. Arrange for disposal of frozen foods (sell, give away or eat). Clean oven. • If you are moving home, have your car serviced and have proof of insurance in car. • Remember to pack a box of the basics you’ll need on move-in day (tools, paper products, all-purpose household cleaners, etc.). Be sure to have it loaded last so that it will be first off at your new home. PACKING Persona! computers • Back up software and data files. • Pack the hard drive. • Insert cardboard or an old disk into disk drive(s). • Unhook all cables and pow er cords. • Use static-free packing mate rials. • Remove printer ink car tridges. CD players/VCRs • Never transport CD players with CDs in them, or VCRs with tapes left inside. • Pack CDs or VCR tapes in separate small cartons suit able for books. Source: “Moving You in a New Direction, ” North Amer ican Relocation Services. Roommates Continued from Page 7C base comparisons, Story herself con ducts interviews designed to further screen applicants. “Sometimes, when people sit here and talk to me, it’s like a confessional. I hear a lot more than I want to. But I feel like I am a pretty good judge of charac ter. I don’t want someone who is a liar or a thief. And I do turn people away, al though not very often.” 1 .'.1,1. She said if there’s any advice that she would give above all else to those seek ing a roommate, it is to “meet potential roommates in a public place, like a cof fee shop or something. This cuts down on the intimidation factor that can arise from having a stranger in your apart ment or house, or from being a stranger in someone else’s place. Meeting in public is a great way to start. ” While there is no doubt that re sources such as this can be extremely helpful, use caution. They can some times lead to roommates that you might not have to had paid cash to meet. Rife found that out the hard way. “One of my roommates I had, I paid a place to find for me. I paid $35 dollars, i and later on I saw her same advertise ment for free on a bulletin board. 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