Oxford 2011 Freshers Chat Thread

Hello fellow Tynesider!

Well, I'm unsure, if it came down to it, I'd rather row/ play football I think. It's difficult to commit to anything without knowing our workloads and timetables.

Dreaming about playing?! Damn, sounds like you have withdrawal symptoms.

where abouts are you from?

Finally got my OOB thing through. Yay for free money!

Also just set up my email address. Yay for @exeter.ox.ac.uk!

I know what you mean, but being an Arts student I know I'll have time to commit to at least two sports....

I do have withdrawal symptoms. The problem is, I've been out of action for so long that I've probably lost 90% of my hard-earned cardio fitness and my rugby skills have probably deteriorated into nothing, so it'll be a rude awakening when I start playing again and realise that I'm totally crap and can't even make the college team.

(Football I dislike and rowing sounds like far too many early morning sessions. Rugby and a nice warm, indoor sport like fencing will do me fine!)

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Zone 2 on the Metro line, yourself?

I'd be more specific but I'm a privacy nut of sorts

and it's clearly all about @seh.ox.ac.uk

lol, fair enough. I'm more of a zone 1 kind of man. (Heaton)

lol, fair enough. I'm more of a zone 1 kind of man. (Heaton)

Saw you like poker earlier on, oh, it is on.

I'm a bit jealous of Goldsmiths College, UoL who have @gold.ac.uk

Goodbye, sweet student loan...

That is the best one I've seen thus far.


Hell, I'm not crazy, I wouldn't bet more than £20 at a a time, and that would be a special occasion for me.

My chip values are more like 1p, 5p, 10p, and a packet of Maoam for all-in...

Ah, whenever we play we all buy chips for £10 and have a tournament.

I'm not a high roller, promise!

Hmm, it depends if they train regularly though.
And depending on what college you attend, it'll be easier/harder to get into college teams, purely due to numbers (I think Univ has like 1000 undergrads? SEH only has like 500 max.)

Rowing just sounds "proper" if we're at Oxford to be honest, never done it before, but it clearly has to be done You bring up an interesting point with fencing, something I've always wanted to do, but never had the opportunity.

What college are you at?

^ The one for Maths/Computer Science is so confusing though! I think I have Introduction to Pure Mathematics and Functional Programming clashing in my first week. And Maths and Comp Sci isn't properly featured on that list

Edit: That was in response to the link to lecture lists. I'm just too slow

Someone my dad worked with went to Heaton Manor school, and he was some sort of head boy/prefect...he used to tell everyone at work he had once been 'head boy at Heaton', or something, which when said quickly sounds very much like 'head boy at Eton'.