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Thread: AS: Universities - Watch out here they come!!
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Pheonix
Twisted fire starter
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One thing that would have been really useful in halls was earplug... Essential when your room is opposite the JCR and can't go to bed till the discos have finished whether you like it or not.
Halls were such random days...
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Miffy
Ship's elephant
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Offspring e-mailed yesterday to say she'd spotted a mouse run out from under her roomate's bed and head straight for the kitchen area! I'm now wondering if a trap comes under prohibited items for cabin baggage.
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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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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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Ah yes, mice in university lodgings...... It's a race to see if you can use up the flour from the top of the packet faster than the mouse can eat it from the bottom. (Avoiding the extra protein of mouse droppings, of course.)
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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Gracious rebel
Rainbow warrior
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Today we had the second phone call home since offspring left for Uni in September. Sadly it was bad news - he's had his bike stolen. (yes the new bike we bought him and assembled for him outside the hall of residence on arrivals day).
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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quote: Originally posted by Campbellite: Miffy, I would think that mousetraps could be purchased in NYC far easier than it would be to bring one across the Pond.
Second that, plus taking someone to the store where they can buy them, means next time they should only email you with the news "We've caught the mouse!"
Jengie
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Celtic Knotweed
Shipmate
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quote: Chorister said: 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!"
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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Miffy
Ship's elephant
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Sorry to hear about your son's bike, GR. As for the mouse, Ms Miff's got less than two months left out there, anyway, so we're not panicking.
A rat, now, that'd be something else...
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Jengie jon
Semper Reformanda
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No just block up all the escape routes and let it die of starvation! That's what we did. We heard rustling was suspicious something was getting in so blocked the hole. Unfortunately for said rat it was "in" at the time and we did not have much food it could eat lying around. We had a lot of tinned food, some fresh veg in the fridge and the bread was kept in the bread bin. So it starved.
Only problem was it hid under the kitchen units while it starved and boy did its decomposing body smell. My friend who decided something must be done, waited until the only male of the household was out of the way (imagine Lance Corporal Jack Jones helping out) and I was busy. She opened up the space under the units found the body and cleaned the whole kitchen with bleach. All kudos to her.
Jengie [ 06. November 2007, 18:24: Message edited by: Jengie Jon ]
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