"Dude, where's my gown?": The Oxford Chat Thread Mk.III

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Also great for battering intruders who insist on raiding your kitchen for food... that and you can throw it at your tutors as you run by and hide because their feedback is really abusive

One or two of mine would have thrown something back.

Reply 2481

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by Fullofsurprises

One or two of mine would have thrown something back.

I don't know what the hell my college tutor would have done if I'd thrown an Exams Reg brick at him. Probably write me a furious email with LOTS OF CAPITALS and copying half the bloody college in :teehee:

Reply 2482

Lucilou101

Original post by nulli tertius

Thursday of noughth week is the traditional day when undergrads come up. At one time freshers didn't come up any earlier.

Original post by Plagioclase

Did you come up to Oxford today? All of the older years seemed to be moving in today.

That's interesting - at Univ, pretty much everyone moves in on Sunday of 0th (in Michaelmas at least).

Reply 2483

TheDefiniteArticle

So very jealous of everyone back at Ox now. :frown:

Reply 2484

nulli tertius

Original post by Lucilou101

That's interesting - at Univ, pretty much everyone moves in on Sunday of 0th (in Michaelmas at least).

That is the thing about Oxford. It gives the impression that what is now has always been.

Reply 2485

colourtheory

Original post by Plagioclase

Did you come up to Oxford today? All of the older years seemed to be moving in today.

I actually moved back at the beginning of September for personal reasons and college are usually really good at letting people move in whenever. Move in dates change depending on the college - the idea is we don't all arrive at the same time in Ox and cause chaos ☺️

Reply 2486

colourtheory

Original post by Fullofsurprises

One or two of mine would have thrown something back.

Hence the hiding!!

Reply 2487

Fullofsurprises

Original post by nulli tertius

That is the thing about Oxford. It gives the impression that what is now has always been.

And will be for ever more. :lol:

Reply 2488

the1akshay

did anybody else see azeem ward last night at camera? it was 10/10

Reply 2489

Fullofsurprises

Curious about something. When I used to zoom in tight over Oxford in Google Maps, it gave a really close zoom-in of (for example) Oxford colleges. Now, on mine, it seems quite limited, the best zoom-in level shows a rather hazy high level image. This is not true of neighbouring towns, Bicester for example shows up in microscopic detail. :confused:

Does anyone else on here get the same effect?

If this is a real thing, what lies behind it I wonder? Have the colleges made a complaint to Google?? :holmes:

Reply 2490

fluteflute

Original post by Fullofsurprises

Does anyone else on here get the same effect?

If this is a real thing, what lies behind it I wonder? Have the colleges made a complaint to Google?? :holmes:

I get a fairly similar thing - I think it's because Google has decided to show the latest photo they have, even if it's not the crispest.

Reply 2491

Fullofsurprises

Original post by fluteflute

I get a fairly similar thing - I think it's because Google has decided to show the latest photo they have, even if it's not the crispest.

Not good.

We demand the right to have close-up imagery Google HQ!

Reply 2492

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Congrats to everyone who matriculated! Hope you didn't manage to break your mortar board or anything!*

*not that I did that, of course :ninja:

Reply 2493

Plagioclase

Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd

Congrats to everyone who matriculated! Hope you didn't manage to break your mortar board or anything!*

I did manage to drop it through the stair-thing we stood on whilst we were having our college picture taken...

Reply 2494

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by Plagioclase

I did manage to drop it through the stair-thing we stood on whilst we were having our college picture taken...

Oops!

Reply 2495

medbh4805

just submitted a *third* maintenance ticket about my radiator breaking (it was fixed for a second time on Friday...)

this is going to be a fun winter

Reply 2496

qwertyuiop1993

Anyone know what the dress code is for Sunday Hall at St John's?

Reply 2497

The_Lonely_Goatherd

Original post by medbh4805

just submitted a *third* maintenance ticket about my radiator breaking (it was fixed for a second time on Friday...)

this is going to be a fun winter

Bloody hell! Are there any other rooms in college going spare with a working radiator? If so, maybe you should go and stand in the Domestic Bursar's office and shout at her/him until s/he gives you a new room? :eek: