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Take a door stop, the college flats all have sprung firedoors and moving in can be awkward.

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Take a door stop, the college flats all have sprung firedoors and moving in can be awkward.

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Now I remember; that's what text books are for!

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Originally posted by Real Ale Methodist:
I would also counsel the purchase of one good knife. The sets with a dozen are usually useless, you can get a decent quality one (Ikea do some nice ones) for the price of a pack, and they make cooking so much easier.

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Originally posted by Gracious rebel:
Just thinking - we could have had a mini-shipmeet yesterday when we were all at Nottingham Uni couldn't we? Oh well, maybe another time!!

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(I'm the CU President you see)

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Jengie Jon, the fuse system for the kitchen is in a locked cupboard outside the flat - she has to call maintenance, who have the key, and has done twice today, once while I was there. The fuse system for her room is on the wall and she knows how to reset the system here, so not a problem.

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I'm not sure that my husband would have been very keen on a mini-meet - I'd have to work on him.

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Gracious Rebel - the church we went to was Cornerstone Church - there was a baptism plus evangelistic sermon, the latter lasting 45 minutes. I was a student at Trent nearly 30 years ago, and I went to an Anglican church, St Nic's - but being in the centre of Nottingham, is not nearly so easy to get to from Nottingham University.
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Originally posted by Gracious rebel:
My son is in a fully catered hall of residence (a very nice one at that complete with oak dining room) so he hasn't taken any cooking equipment at all - at the last minute when we packed the car yesterday, my husband added in one mug and one glass and a couple of teaspoons - that's all! Surprised to find a fridge in the room though.

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Fully catered halls doesn't mean fully edible A fridge is a better alternative for milk (especially if you're never up in time for breakfast) and, as a former housemate of mine insisted, keeping one of the two pizzas ordered in an evening for breakfast the next day.

If there's a problem, he'll let you know. If there's a really really big problem (there won't be, but just so you know), the University will let you know. No news = he's having a great time!

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They were shocked that I had got the train (6 hour journey) to uni the first time I'd gone - I think I had two quite large suitcases, so though my aunt met me to take me to my hall, she did so in a taxi rather than their car.

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That was much more normal 'back then'. I had to catch 3 trains and a bus with all my worldly possessions to a place 360 miles away (but then I'd had a gap year where I also had to find my way half way across the country with everything in 2 suitcases, so by then I was an old pro). My parents only visited me once during the 4 years as it was so far away. My two brothers, who were a few years younger, sent trunks in advance on the train - as that had become the norm by then. (Is this still possible? - I never hear of it now.)

Son the elder decided to study in Scotland so there was no way I could take him by car and get back in time for work, so he had to catch the train with rucksack, suitcase and trombone (apparently he parked the trombone in the loo as it was the only available space). So it is still possible to travel this way. Just get a Natwest student account and the young person's railcard comes free, giving significant reductions.

I think some of the difference now is that universities/students/families expect a large number of the students to be self-catering (thus needing duvets, pots and pans, etc.) plus to have a computer and all the paraphernalia that goes with it. None of these items are easy to transport. Another difference is that more mothers have cars, so the children have been used to being ferried around since birth. But if mum's taxi really isn't an option, it is always possible to buy these items in a university town or city when they get there, of course. Always assuming that there is storage provided over the holidays and you don't need to cart it all back again a few months later.

Yes, we were more independent, and did manage to cart our own stuff about, but I did land up in hospital one year for trying to be too clever and lugging too many heavy boxes of books from one student flat to another - on the other side of town. Trying to save money on a taxi, no doubt.

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Maybe us mums are a little more clucky over our offspring than the olden days but I'm glad I've got a daughter who wanted to be far away from home. ...

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Anyway, only a week to go and we're off New Yorkwards to see what she's been up to! A little too far to be landed with taking her dirty laundry home to be washed!

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Miffy, I would think that mousetraps could be purchased in NYC far easier than it would be to bring one across the Pond.

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Seems to me that kids break all the rules these days - the unspoken rule for every event, scrape or accident used to be: "Don't tell your mother!"

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Sometimes it's a case of "Tell your mother what you think is important. True tale:
In their second year my brother and his flatmates were evicted because the landlord hadn't paid the mortgage even though the boys had paid their rent. These great big 6 foot lads weren't concerned about the fact that their clothes, books and notes were mainly still locked in the flat till a time could be arranged to collect everything. No, they were worried that the mouse nesting in their scrap paper box would get cold!

This was actually my brother's main issue when he rang Mum to tell us he was back in halls for a few weeks...

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