Kur Family Moves

Last weekend weekend my Dad, his friend Dick, Mike Koch, Dan and I all headed down to Memphis to help Jon and Beth move back to Michigan. The Kurt family moves have a number of unspoken rules that have become lore over time:

1. All members of the Kurt family must show up to help the others move no matter where in the country they are located. If you don't, you will be shamed to no end for years on end. The collective memory is long and distinctive.
   
2. If you allow the family to help you move, the family has complete freedom to go through your stuff and to comment on the value of what you own and why you are moving it.
3. If we see a box marked fragile, we pronounce it 'frag-i-lay' and act ignorant. We will do this 20 - 30 times in a given move.
   
4. Dan is always in charge, no matter who is moving. Dan always packs the truck. Dan spent a summer working for a moving company and he knows what he's doing. He has always been very good at packing and enjoys it.
   
5. Dan always wears his bandanna, combat boots, back strap and brings his hump straps. Unfortunately for him, and fortunately for us, Kris has thrown away Dan's jean shorts (which he likes to refer to as his 'daisy-dukes').
6. The move where Cathie and I moved from Livonia to South Lyon has grown to be the worst move ever. If you believe the stories, we packed nothing and actually made people walk each item over to the new house.