Damn refurbishment!

lucyinthesky · Post by **lucyinthesky** » Tue May 01, 2007 12:21 pm

Richard Ruck wrote: Back in the '70s, for example, a careful stylus inspection took place before records could be borrowed.

I heard about that. if they were so well looked after and protected then they should have been worth selling, or maybe keeping in the spirit of tradition and such.

Hannoir · Post by **Hannoir** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:36 pm

Universities are entirely single rooms now - doubles used to be the norm now apparently, and as a result there is less communal space. As a result, instances of depression have gone up among university students because single rooms are just so isolating...however they attract people to uni so are built.

Birmingham Uni doesnt put girls on the ground floor either for safety reasons. Auckland uni avoiding it where possible too.....

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:52 pm

Exeter probably has around 100 double rooms left...

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:39 pm

Great Plum wrote:Exeter probably has around 100 double rooms left...

The mind boggles !!

Great Plum · Post by **Great Plum** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:05 pm

I din't quite mean double did I?

although 2 halls do have double beds!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:07 pm

Many have double rooms for mature students. Husband and I had one when he was a postgrad. We had a little studio flat in fact. Very nice too. And half price as he was a student warden which meant he spent one night in 10 in the front office in case anyone on campus needed anything. In 2 years no-one ever did.

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Wed May 02, 2007 6:01 pm

My son was one of the first occupants of a completely new students' hall in St Andrews, overlooking the R&A Golf Course. It was completely equipped with double beds - supposedly for the holiday letting market. Patrick was allocated a double occupancy room yes 2 double beds for 2 lads. (They were perpendicular to each other!)

I have never understood who would want to rent that room.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:32 am

A family?

Angela Woodford · Post by **Angela Woodford** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:55 am

englishangel wrote:A family?

I'd imagined a slightly more "unusual" menage....

Munch

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:26 am

Have you SEEN the height of modern teens, and the size of their feet? They need big beds.

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:18 am

Angela Woodford wrote:
englishangel wrote:A family?
I'd imagined a slightly more "unusual" menage....

Munch

Hmmmmmm ????

lucyinthesky · Post by **lucyinthesky** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:15 pm

englishangel wrote:Have you SEEN the height of modern teens, and the size of their feet? They need big beds.

the host school gave us 5' beds on the music tour to calcutta... and you couldn't hang off the end otherwise you'd come out from under the mosquito net.

Angela Woodford · Post by **Angela Woodford** » Thu May 03, 2007 7:28 pm

J.R. wrote:
Angela Woodford wrote:
englishangel wrote:A family?
I'd imagined a slightly more "unusual" menage....

Munch
Hmmmmmm ????

Just teasing you, JR!

Munch