Moving the piano - couldn't be hard could it?

[rsser]

The missus' fine old German-made upright had to move just a few rooms.

It's on castors. Just needed lifting maybe 15mm to get over the kitchen floortile edge to go from the front to the back of the house.

I laid some lengths of chipboard on the kitchen tiles to protect them.

And then thought to test my lifting capacity.

Bent the knees, back straight, lift. Er, what? Lift again. Nothing. Not a mm. Walk around the piano. No snags. Look under it. Nothing. 3rd try with feeling this time! Nix, zero, nada.

Bugger me. I work out down the gym and have plenty of strength. Defeated by this.

We got the piano movers in then. One big bloke lifted an end and his mate put a dolly under it and it was all over in 5 mins.

[NCArcher]

Bugger Ern

I hate it when age creeps up on you like that. Although being an old piano, that old growth timber is much more dense than the new stuff. I'm sure you could bench press a new piano. Easy

[rsser]

LOL.

Yeah, bring it on.

Next week

Spect there might be more old growth steel in the piano than I'd thought.

[Mulgabill]

Don't worry Ern!
Next week it could be the 12 seater Red Gum dining-room table

[artme]

I've got a body like that Ern. Refuses to do what its told!

[rsser]

And ain't it a surprise and a pain when you go to do what you've always done and get a zero result

As someone said, old age isn't for weaklings. It's darn hard work adjusting.

[Sturdee]

Ern, you need one of those Easy Lifters, the one they advertise on telly with the line " I did it all by myself, Amazing"

I got one a while ago from Big W and they are very handy lifting things.


Peter.

[rsser]

Thanks for the tip Peter.

Yeah, I've got a half-baked dolly and with a lathe I would've just got a crow bar under it and slipped the dolly in.

But this was on a polished wood floor and the piano needed kid-glove treatment. The front is mostly covered in stunning probably walnut veneer and there was no room for cock-ups. Anyway, the missus paid for the professionals and blood pressure stayed low all round

[Bushmiller]

I liked Ronnie Corbett's take when asked how he was coping with old age.

He said, "Put it this way. When I bend down to do up my shoe laces, I think what else could I do while I'm down here?"

He was around eighty at the time.

I know how you felt Ern .

Regards
Paul

[doug3030]

The missus' fine old German-made upright had to move just a few rooms.

It's on castors. Just needed lifting maybe 15mm to get over the kitchen floortile edge to go from the front to the back of the house.

I laid some lengths of chipboard on the kitchen tiles to protect them.

....

We got the piano movers in then. One big bloke lifted an end and his mate put a dolly under it and it was all over in 5 mins.

I remember this song from a loooooong time ago.



"Right," said Rsser,"Both of us together
One on each end and steady as we go."
Tried to shift it, couldn't even lift it
We was getting nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea and


"Right," said Rsser, "Give a shout for NCArcher."
Up comes NCArcher from the floor below.
After strainin', heavin' and complainin'
We was getting nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea.


And NCArcher had a think, and he thought we ought to take off all the handles
And the things wot held the candles.
But it did no good, well I never thought it would
"All right," said Rsser, "Have to take the feet off
To get them feet off wouldn't take a mo."


Took its feet off, even took the seat off
Should have got us somewhere but no!
So Artme said, "Let's have a cuppa tea."
And we said, "right-o."


"Right," said Rsser, "Have to take the door off
Need more space to shift the so-and-so."
Had bad twinges taking off the hinges
And it got us nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea and


"Right," said Rsser, " Have to take the wall down,
That there wall is gonna have to go."
Took the wall down, even with it all down
We was getting nowhere
And so we had a cuppa tea.


And NCArcher had a think, and he said, "Look, Rsser,
I get a sort of feelin'
If we remove the ceilin'
With a rope or two we could drop the blighter through."


"All right," said Rsser, climbing up a ladder
With his crowbar gave a mighty blow.
Was he in trouble, half a ton of rubble landed on the top of his dome.
So NCArcher and Artme had another cuppa tea
And then we went home.


Doug

[Bushmiller]

I remember this song from a loooooong time ago.


Doug

. With apologies to Bernard Cribbins?

Regards
Paul

[rsser]

My usual GP specialises in geriatric medicine.

So we've been yarning about what else I can look forward to

He says the skin gets thinner and less elastic as you age.

And darnit, during the last session of some HSS bevel reshaping on an AlOx grind wheel, the damn sparks drew blood.

This is getting ridiculous.

I'm a 30 year old trapped in a 59 y.o. body!

[Bushmiller]

My usual GP specialises in geriatric medicine.

So we've been yarning about what else I can look forward to

He says the skin gets thinner and less elastic as you age.

And darnit, during the last session of some HSS bevel reshaping on an AlOx grind wheel, the damn sparks drew blood.

This is getting ridiculous.

I'm a 30 year old trapped in a 59 y.o. body!

Ern

The rot sets in when you start to think old. There are quite a few activities I no longer contemplate, but deliberately try others that are possible if not exactly up to fit thirty year old standards. Yes, I am considered to be in denial and my favourite bird is the ostrich; Why do you ask?

Regards
Paul

[jimbur]

My usual GP specialises in geriatric medicine.

So we've been yarning about what else I can look forward to

He says the skin gets thinner and less elastic as you age.

And darnit, during the last session of some HSS bevel reshaping on an AlOx grind wheel, the damn sparks drew blood.

This is getting ridiculous.

I'm a 30 year old trapped in a 59 y.o. body!

Jeez you young blokes Only realised I was getting older when the doc said I was pretty fit and then added for someone your age.

[rsser]

LOL. Hope you didn't pay the bill. Or was that session bulk-billed for a 'pensioner'?

Hate that terminology.

Officially it applies to me. Despite the fact that it's all superannuation from me and my employers.

Earned, paid for.