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NellyLock

Savvy_Sue wrote:

BTW, my DH was at uni with a chap who used to POST his dirty washing home every week, and get the clean stuff posted back to him! If anyone wants to be really supportive of their offspring ...

hahaha...now why did i never think of that haha classic! just be as supportive as you want, whilst he appretiates it...if you start getting comments from him stopping you then take heed and stand back a bit to fail a bit himself!

every person finds uni different and behaves different and its kinda wrong to say what WILL/WONT be needed! one key example is i had a offpeak mobile contract for ringing home/girlfriend and i phoned home most nites...not cause i NEEDED to but just to say hi, whereas a few of my friends thought this was ODD and prob thought i was a "mummys boy" etc...screw them, the call lasted normally about 2 mins but it went down well...pack what you thihnk they need...if they dont need it make sure to bring it back ASAP so it doesnt build up for the end!

Bennifred

Talking about washing.....my boy wears only black :rolleyes: and the bedding he's taking with him is also just plain black, with the reasoning that should by any fluke he decides to do any washing, it can all be bunged in together with no ill effects! (yeah, like that's going to happen :rotfl: )

jr666

A cheese slicer? I usually just use a knife to slice my cheese?

nearlyrich

I have been helping my daughter get her stuff together for uni, she has never left home before. I asked her to start a list of things she uses regularly and look around for stuff she thinks she will need to buy before she goes or when she gets there. I thnk sitting in a flat on your own with no home comforts would be quite lonely and if it makes me a bad parent to make it more comfortable then so be it. She will be responsible for packing it though, I haven't packed her holiday clothes for years either.

I took my son for an essentials shop each term last year, I only spent about £100 in total, less than I would have spend on extra food if he had been at home.
I didn't get asked for any cash at all over the amount I had agreed to support him, and he has learned a lot about being independant in the last year.

All of the stuff he took last year he has taken again this time.

My tip if you need stuff is try Instore you can get 20% off if you spend £10 with a voucher from a brochure they have in the shop. There are some good bargains to start with but the 20% makes it better.

Savvy_Sue

jr666 wrote:

A cheese slicer? I usually just use a knife to slice my cheese?

I'm sure most people do. So does my DH. But my son and I like the cheese slicer. And as he eats a lot of cheese, he'd like a cheese slicer! It cuts even and economical slices of a uniform size.

Sad thing is, I can't find one of the right kind! Mine came from Denmark, but I used to have one from the Bettaware catalogue. I know you can get them over here, because I've been able to get the replacement wires.

He's going to SO enjoy a trip to the kitchen shop ...

Savvy_Sue

I have also remembered one of my fellow students who rarely made an appearance at lectures, but when he did he was invariably wearing his slippers. And yes, he did smoke a pipe. He also had a deerstalker!

OK, this is a number of years ago, but is eccentricity no longer allowed at university?

sockospice

When I got to uni for the first time, my fellow students scared me with how little they knew about household basics. There was the girl who didn't know how to use a tin opener, another who tried to put a metal saucepan in the microwave...

gizmoleeds

sockospice wrote:

another who tried to put a metal saucepan in the microwave...

Is plastic alright? - cos my sister says it isn't but I think it is

Rikki

gizmoleeds wrote:

Is plastic alright? - cos my sister says it isn't but I think it is

There are special microwaveable plastic containers designed for this

Savvy_Sue

gizmoleeds wrote:

Is plastic alright? - cos my sister says it isn't but I think it is

Rikki wrote:

There are special microwaveable plastic containers designed for this

You can put just about anything except metal into the microwave: doesn't have to be a 'special' plastic although anything too thin and flimsy will be very difficult to handle afterwards. But china is fine also.

Gizmo's sister may be getting panicky about clingfilm: there are some sorts which are supposed to give off nasty chemicals if you put them in the microwave, and instructions sometimes say to cover with clingfilm. You can get clingfilm which doesn't give off nasty chemicals these days.