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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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lostinrates wrote: »My room was either 75 or 100 I can't remember now. We had the single rooms with wet rooms that are more common now, but we're still a bit of a novelty then, but no choice, all but a very few doubles were reserved for non he students.chewmylegoff wrote: »i paid £85pw for catered halls in my first year, in 2000, and then i think about £60-70pw for my house in 2nd year (a horrible dive in leyton) and £105pw to live in the corridor of a one bedroom flat in camden that i shared in the third year!
Which UCL halls were you in? I was in Ifor Evans, in Camden, and I think it was £100 or so a week, in 1996-7. And it was a bit grotty, too - a whole corridor shared a large communal bathroom, with 3 baths / showers and 3 toilet cubicles between 14 of us.
It was theoretcially catered, but utterly disgusting grub. I don't do breakfast, and the dinner was very nasty and at 6pm, so I didn't get back for it that often.
OH was in Ramsey Hall, the huge one just off Tottenham Court Road. They allocated people according to surname, so all OH's mates from halls (including the one who came ski-ing with us) have surnames beginning with M, N or O.
Mate who came ski-ing with us had the coolest possible cold weather gear - all marked "British Antarctic Survey" from his post-doc work....much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
neverdespairgirl wrote: »Which UCL halls were you in? I was in Ifor Evans, in Camden, and I think it was £100 or so a week, in 1996-7. And it was a bit grotty, too - a whole corridor shared a large communal bathroom, with 3 baths / showers and 3 toilet cubicles between 14 of us.
It was theoretcially catered, but utterly disgusting grub. I don't do breakfast, and the dinner was very nasty and at 6pm, so I didn't get back for it that often.
OH was in Ramsey Hall, the huge one just off Tottenham Court Road. They allocated people according to surname, so all OH's mates from halls (including the one who came ski-ing with us) have surnames beginning with M, N or O.
Mate who came ski-ing with us had the coolest possible cold weather gear - all marked "British Antarctic Survey" from his post-doc work.
i was in ramsay as well, although it was catered i think i ate about 10 meals in total in there!0 -
PasturesNew wrote: »That was bl00dy cheap. In 1977 I had a bf who rented a single box room in a tiny terraced house in my village, it was about 6'x8' tops. Room and use of the kitchen (not the living room) - and he paid £15/week.
Obviously he wasn't a student - I never knew any of those .... in fact, he couldn't even read or write (which he managed to hide for many months).
That was just the going rate for a single bedroom on the open market in our village.
In the mid-late 70s at the union bar pints of lager were 24p, more like 30p in proper pubs.
A pie supper was about 33p.
I shared buying and cooking and we spent £3 each on food (made our own pizzas and cheesecakes, as no freezers.
Halls catered were about £190 per term
Friends stayed in a short-term let for £3 each (-a 2-story tenement flat-yes they did exist) but no chance for extension as they were due for demolition (and there's no squatters rights up there).
Lived in a very compact city and everything was nearby.
Bought cigarettes individually - anyone remember NSM?
Made own beer and wine.
Still couldn't figure out how anyone could afford the summer Inter-rail card!
Could only afford camping holidays on the med -enjoyed it though!There is no honour to be had in not knowing a thing that can be known - Danny Baker0 -
I seem to remember my full grant was 2100pa and my halls were definitely a fair bit less than that - 3 termly payments of maybe 400 quid?-but then the terms were only 8 weeks long.
Couple of hours this weekend trying to connect up the network cable the builders had installed (isn't everyone's house cat 6 cabled?) Eventually found the reason it wasn't working was because they had randomly wired the wall plates rather than following the clear wiring diagrams so 8 of those for me to rewire and of course they have cut the tails off very short
I think....0 -
I'll assume that's sarcastic.... (isn't everyone's house cat 6 cabled?) ...
I didn't even know they were onto CAT6. I've never even worked in a business that was CAT5 cabled..... never mind known anybody/been in a house that has it. Seen cabling going in a couple of times on Grand Designs though.0 -
Your assuming that the tank will be empty, I don't get through a tank in 2 weeks, so that may not be so.
In any case, going to sainsbury's probably means a coffee in the adjoining M&S, so that is the £2 spent.
It is a lovely Sainsburys though that one. They stock the new Gok Wan range.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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vivatifosi wrote: »It is a lovely Sainsburys though that one. They stock the new Gok Wan range.
Is he that loathsome patronising !!!! on Channel 4?...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
Dunno, but he's a mincing weirdo who gets people to take off their clothes then he keeps touching them up ..... and his aim is to get them naked. Right freak!neverdespairgirl wrote: »Is he that loathsome patronising !!!! on Channel 4?0 -
lostinrates wrote: »He says thank you Lydia
:). He says he looks better when he's at his summer weight. His words not mine. He looks pretty good to me, but it's funny, because he's not what I would have described as my type, yet now I can,t imagine someone more lovely looking. Love does that to people 
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The strongest impression I got of him, having only met him once, was that he seemed to me to be a thoroughly nice bloke, very easy to get along with, interesting to talk to, and loves his wife to bits. You've chosen well there - but then so has he. Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
You need to borrow someone else's computer. I wouldn't run microsoft safety scanner, personally. Neither would I worry too much - changing your banking passwords is just a precaution.
Because I'm not familiar with the particular virus, I would go here http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/forum22.html and ask for their help.
I think what they will probably do is get you to run a program that checks for rootkits first, then a program called combo fix, then another program called malwarebytes, and an antivirus.Depending on how aggressive the program is, they may ask you to run a program called rkill.
So... you shouldn't worry, the problem is fixable for sure.
(Don't use a USB stick, use a CR-ROM not a CD-rw, since this is a exe infecter)
The people at bleeping computer are amazing. They've told me to run all sorts of things to get rid of the virus, and are now advising me on some disk errors too. Thank you soooo much for recommending them - I'd never heard of them before. :ADo you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0
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