# Northern VA dopers .... crisis help needed :( **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516 "2003-07-28T20:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/41 "2003-07-30T16:18:15Z")
panache: Not sure what Saturday will look like. I’m hoping to have everything hauled out by then. Hoping. ---
**Author:** ![phantomdiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b5e925/32.png) [@phantomdiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantomdiver)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/42 "2003-07-30T17:26:15Z")
Opal, I wish I could help – hey, any friend of iampunha’s and all that – but my back has been acting up and I shouldn’t do what little housework I actually do. And Dwalin is at camp. And my daughters wouldn’t do that for love or money. Sorry. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/43 "2003-07-31T03:14:59Z")
THANK YOU to those who came today. We got a lot done. There is still more to do…Dan is coming back tomorrow evening, and if anyone else wants to come, you’re very, very, very welcome. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/44 "2003-07-31T03:38:31Z")
Next time: twice as much fun! Guaranteed or your money back! ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/45 "2003-08-01T15:04:29Z")
Brief update: We drilled down to the Pre-Cambrian Era and found a _Triumph of the Straight Dope_. ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/46 "2003-08-01T15:29:45Z")
psssst, **Opal** – did anyone ever manage to reach the window again? i know things were starting to block access to it. but last time i looked it was still open. you might want it closed now, with the rain forecasts and all. oh… and check your box o’ buttons. _told_ you i was sneaky. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/47 "2003-08-01T15:40:14Z")
Did you find any of the boxes that I labelled “Opal Smells”? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/48 "2003-08-01T17:06:53Z")
Jingle bells, Opal smells Sparky laid an egg… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/49 "2003-08-01T17:23:36Z")
…Then Torpedo raped everything in sight and peed on my foooooot… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/50 "2003-08-01T17:43:35Z")
He did not! He hasn’t raped anything since we took his special friend…err… teddy bear away! (and he is a stealth pee’er, no one sees him do it, but then it’s magically _there_. No, there will be no getting to the window until the Big Strong Guys come and haul out all of that trash. The trash pile is taller than me, goes from the edge of the sliding glass door to the wall and comes out almost halfway into the room. It’s impressive. What’s good, though, is that almost all of it is in boxes, so it should stack in the truck fairly well. Some cool things… I’ve found boxes of clothes from my pre-fat days, and at least one thing _actually fit_! (I only tried on one thing) You can see it [here](http://tinyurl.com/irbv) and [here](http://tinyurl.com/irc0). Dan was kind enough to play photographer and wait around patiently while I tried on the dress. Hehe! Seriously, though, we didn’t take many breaks. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516/51 "2003-08-01T17:50:53Z")
Notice how she explicitly said “Big Strong Guys”? You know, to differentiate them from, say… me! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-va-dopers-crisis-help-needed/191516.md?page=2)