university

i start uni tomorrow-woo! well-freshers week, that is...maths and computing is to be studied in a small, cold town on the east coast of scotland. with mroe pubs per head of population that anywhere else in the UK! 😀 not that i'd care though 🙂

so-erm-yeah, just thought you'd like to know...anyone else going there?

[/b]...anyone else going there?[/b]

Well, not there there, in the sense of the same uni as you, but I'll be found at Imperial starting approximately two weeks from now.

😀

Originally posted by royalchicken
Well, not there there, in the sense of the same uni as you, but I'll be found at Imperial starting approximately two weeks from now.

😀

Originally posted by Osse
Cool! You may have already seen this link...
http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/chess/aboutus.html

In some ways I envy you guys - about to start University, some of you meeting girls for the first time, staying up late (all night, perhaps) talking about 'stuff', putting the world to rights, drinking vast amounts of beer etc. (Wow, that's quite a list...).

I started University in 1987, graduated in 1990, and I must admit had a *whale* of a time.

But then today...no grants, dumbed down qualifications, further education no longer as special as it once was, rat race on graduation, and maybe things ain't what they used to be...?

Originally posted by royalchicken
Right on; thanks. I'd heard they hold an open tournament at the beginning of term, which I may play in, but I doubt my game is on that level. Still, chess is more about level of addiction than level of play...😉

Originally posted by genius
with mroe pubs per head of population that anywhere else in the UK! 😀 not that i'd care though 🙂

Originally posted by latex bishop
I thought that was Waltham Abbey in Essex, maybe that is the most pubs in a aquare mile area - but is certainly used to be in the Guiness book of records for something like that.

Andrew

Originally posted by ivangrice
It appears that *every* town in the UK claims the highest number of pubs per square mile, capita, no. of streets etc.

Evidence that the UK has an alcohol-orientated culture?

No! Everyones leaving! :'(

Originally posted by ivangrice
staying up late (all night, perhaps) talking about 'stuff'

i've found a computer-woo!

and i'm not drinking that much. i mean-i was sober on -erm- monday night. i saw this insane little jazz band! 😀

but apart from that, 3 legged pub-crawls and pub gold are the norm (i got a hole in one at all 9 places! and didn't puke...)

A bit early, no? I don't move in until the 2nd, although I leave the States on Saturday.

the uni's all start at different times-newcastle was a good two weeks ago, for instance.

but it's only freshers week-i don't start studying until monday 🙂