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Official bitch about daily life in UL

Mossin · 2008-10-13 19:58:05

I decided to start a thread in which people come along and say whatever they want to about their day in UL. Whether it be good, bad, indifferent, something that is going on that you attended, a ****ty lecture, an impossible assignment...just come to this thread and let everyone know how your day was. Post as little or as…

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#5462 05-09-2014 2:26pm
wnolan1992

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It's a crapshoot really. I've had ones starting in Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and even Week 8 in one case. :pac:

Only way to know for sure for your module is to email the lecturer and ask.

As a rule of thumb, I go to tutorials and labs in week 1 if they're before the first lecture of the module. It's not the best system in the world, but hey, I live on campus so I can be back in bed by 9:10 if turns out the 9am lab isn't on. :P

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#5463 05-09-2014 5:25pm
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FG061 is the concert hall right?

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#5464 05-09-2014 5:39pm
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shano_88 wrote: »

FG061 is the concert hall right?

yep

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#5465 08-09-2014 10:34am
Aragneer

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Anyone know anywhere else around campus or by Plassey that I can take ten euro out on my card/

OR

Anyone know if the pharmacy there accepts cards for prescriptions?

Tonsillitis on week one...Yay.

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#5466 08-09-2014 11:14am
Smartly Dressed

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Aragneer wrote: »

Anyone know anywhere else around campus or by Plassey that I can take ten euro out on my card/

OR

Anyone know if the pharmacy there accepts cards for prescriptions?

Tonsillitis on week one...Yay.

The Bank of Ireland ATM outside eurospar lets you withdraw €10 notes.

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#5467 08-09-2014 11:43am
Aragneer

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That's great, thank you I shall go now!

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#5468 08-09-2014 12:58pm
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My friends car was stolen from Cois Ghruda yesterday....if anybody spots black mazda mx3 saloon cruising about will you let me know, see thread below...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057285990

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#5469 08-09-2014 3:45pm
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FionnK86 wrote: »

My friends car was stolen from Cois Ghruda yesterday....if anybody spots black mazda mx3 saloon cruising about will you let me know, see thread below...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057285990

Hope the car returns.

There was two Gardai called to Cois Ghruda just before 2 pm today so hopefully their going to do something about the incident.

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#5470 08-09-2014 4:37pm
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Is it always so hot in lectures or was it just today? I was practically melting

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#5471 08-09-2014 4:42pm
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onethreefive wrote: »

Is it always so hot in lectures or was it just today? I was practically melting

Don't complain :cool:

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#5472 08-09-2014 5:16pm
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onethreefive wrote: »

Is it always so hot in lectures or was it just today? I was practically melting

Unless you're in the lecture hall in the PESS building pre renovation, you know naught about temperatures in lectures! :pac:

Give it a week or two and you'll be wearing a coat though, this weather ain't gonna last...

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#5473 08-09-2014 5:26pm
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Anyone been in Schrodinger yet? They've apparently renovated the inside, labs and all. It was an incredibly scary building to be in last year during that storm, especially on the top floor

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#5474 08-09-2014 5:31pm
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iLaura wrote: »

Anyone been in Schrodinger yet? They've apparently renovated the inside, labs and all. It was an incredibly scary building to be in last year during that storm, especially on the top floor

Was in the canteen that time when part of the tree broke off. Was scary for some :pac:

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#5475 08-09-2014 5:43pm
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I was in Schrodinger briefly today. Seemed alright, but I wasn't sure the place actually still existed until I ended up inside....

One of my lectures was cancelled (or something) today and I ended up going around with a different lecturer to try and find it. Three rooms around the main building and a few dead computers later, she finds yer man's number online and calls it. No answer. The schedules hadn't been changed, and nobody seemed to have stuck around where I was supposed to be, despite the fact that it was only about 15mins into the hour. (I'd been at a meeting thingy.) I'm not sure if the class all moved somewhere else because of room capacity, the lecturer said it wasn't possible, a place that large would never be available.

The next lecture started off well, but about ten minutes in the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate, very, very, slowly. All hundred or so of us. My ears are ringing now from having to stay in there with the noise, and pretty much no learning got done.

Does this stuff happen often?

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#5476 08-09-2014 6:18pm
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Aceandstuff wrote: »

I was in Schrodinger briefly today. Seemed alright, but I wasn't sure the place actually still existed until I ended up inside....

One of my lectures was cancelled (or something) today and I ended up going around with a different lecturer to try and find it. Three rooms around the main building and a few dead computers later, she finds yer man's number online and calls it. No answer. The schedules hadn't been changed, and nobody seemed to have stuck around where I was supposed to be, despite the fact that it was only about 15mins into the hour. (I'd been at a meeting thingy.) I'm not sure if the class all moved somewhere else because of room capacity, the lecturer said it wasn't possible, a place that large would never be available.

The next lecture started off well, but about ten minutes in the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate, very, very, slowly. All hundred or so of us. My ears are ringing now from having to stay in there with the noise, and pretty much no learning got done.

Does this stuff happen often?

I've never heard of stuff like that happening before, at least it never had for me. The only time I was in the main building when the alarm was off we were in Red Raisins and could all just leave normally.

On another note, after one day and cycling in and out of UL twice I'm already fit to KILL the people who walk in the cycle lanes. Fair enough if you're in it for a minute while passing people out, but walking in the middle of the lane or you and your friends taking up the whole lane? Fit to run someone over -.- it only really happens by the flagpoles and coming up to Groody roundabout but its super annoying! -.-

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#5477 08-09-2014 11:21pm
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iLaura wrote: »

On another note, after one day and cycling in and out of UL twice I'm already fit to KILL the people who walk in the cycle lanes. Fair enough if you're in it for a minute while passing people out, but walking in the middle of the lane or you and your friends taking up the whole lane? Fit to run someone over -.- it only really happens by the flagpoles and coming up to Groody roundabout but its super annoying! -.-

Shout loudly at them when coming up behind to "GET OUT OF THE BIKE LANE" usually works for me. That or using my bell on the commuter (yep, it's a road-legal bike).

On a more serious note, sometimes it's well worthwhile to have a polite chat with the lane-walker as you pass on the bike to point out to them that they may get hit by a bike in that lane, some pedestrians aren't aware of the distinction, and maybe having it pointed out will make them think twice..

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#5478 09-09-2014 8:12am
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They should paint that lane orange and make it a proper bike lane, i'd say building and estates have spent money on far more unnecessary things.

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#5479 09-09-2014 11:40am
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Anyone's ID and password keep getting wiped clean whenever they type it in? Need to get into the Post CoOp form and can't :rolleyes:

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#5480 09-09-2014 12:28pm
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Have complained for over a week now about the upstairs shower in our Plassey house not working and have they done anything about it? Nope, have they balls.

They wrote it down as an emergency but nobody has been around (and I've been home all the time)... Ridiculous.

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#5481 09-09-2014 3:20pm
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I'm told the market is doing cornish pasties today and I'm not in UL and this is an outrage and the pasties are filled with cat meat no-one gets to eat pasties if I can't this is an outrage

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#5482 10-09-2014 11:05pm
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Might be getting old but the noise levels from the Courtyard are ridiculous. Can't sleep!!!!

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#5483 13-09-2014 12:07pm
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I wanna echo that on the bloody people in the bike lanes... i dont have time to be telling them all common sense like.

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#5484 13-09-2014 1:18pm
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And can I say that the next time a cyclist hits me when I'm on the FOOTPATH and the bike lane is clear, I will shoulder charge them into the bike lane.

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#5485 13-09-2014 1:58pm
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Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

And can I say that the next time a cyclist hits me when I'm on the FOOTPATH and the bike lane is clear, I will shoulder charge them into the bike lane.

I've never in my life see this happen. it's not typical.

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#5486 13-09-2014 2:35pm
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Beargrylls01 wrote: »

I've never in my life see this happen. it's not typical.

Walking home Thursday, he was cycling on the foothpath coming towards me. I kept in as far as I could but he hit me with the handlebar and the little **** continued right on as if nothing happened.

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#5487 13-09-2014 6:17pm
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Peanut Butter Jelly wrote: »

Walking home Thursday, he was cycling on the foothpath coming towards me. I kept in as far as I could but he hit me with the handlebar and the little **** continued right on as if nothing happened.

Ignore it, I've walked in and out of UL probably a few thousand times and it's never happened.

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#5488 13-09-2014 9:05pm
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Beargrylls01 wrote: »

Ignore it, I've walked in and out of UL probably a few thousand times and it's never happened.

I'm sorry but if people are giving out about people walking in the cycle lane, then I'm going to point out that the rule also applies vice versa.

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#5489 13-09-2014 9:14pm
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Well its fair enough to complain about people when its in reverse.

I tend to stick to the cycle lane the entire time unless it isnt there really. Ive never seen pedestrians in the walking lane hit with a bike personally.

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#5490 19-09-2014 7:59am
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It's mornings like this I wish I owned a jacket :P

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#5491 19-09-2014 8:06am
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Yeah, miserable! Just heard massive rolling thunder, then looked outside! Not a fun day for cycling or walking!

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