I called Jack in Ill. the night before my surgery. He said he couldn't talk at the moment because the moving truck was about to flip over on it's side! WHAT? The moving truck had just arrived several hours earlier. It had come by train across the country. Everything had a fine coating of some sort of white powder. The driver left the trailer on Washington street next to our house. About an hour after he left Jack noticed the trailer had an odd look to it. It looked like it was leaning towards the house. On closer look (it was dark) Jack saw that the jacks in the front of the trailer had gone through the street! One had fallen, of course, much deeper into the street and created the very tippy predicament of our fully loaded trailer falling over on its side! One back wheel was off the ground over two feet! Jack called 911. Being a small town this brought the usual "let's watch something" crowd. Fortunately a farmer (yes, you know we love farmers!) came by with three pieces of wood, 4x4, about 12" long. He stacked and placed them under the trailer in just the right spot. That saved the truck from tipping over! I was on the phone to the trucking company (ABF), asking them what they were going to do about this situation. They were great, they took responsibility, they sent a wrecker out from Rockford, it took about two hours to get there. At midnight the trailer was jacked up, pulled into a new spot, plywood was set under the jacks, all was secure. Jack had just about shit his pants by then. No more adventures in moving!!
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