I can haz general discussion? 2!!

XxMCRxBabyxX · 10-09-2013 12:40pm

Eric Cartman wrote: »

lads whens the first thursday of term ? have to re aquaint myself with the roost.

26th methinks.

Guys, anyone know much about post and Maynooth? If I sent a letter on Friday afternoon with a 55c stamp on it when should I expect it to arrive in the History Dept?
It's pretty important and has a postal order in it so I'm starting to panic about whether it'll arrive or not. I'd expected it to be there by today.

Yes, in hindsight I should never sent out by registered post but I was all over the place when sorting it out on Fri.

jubella · 10-09-2013 12:46pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

26th methinks.

Guys, anyone know much about post and Maynooth? If I sent a letter on Friday afternoon with a 55c stamp on it when should I expect it to arrive in the History Dept?
It's pretty important and has a postal order in it so I'm starting to panic about whether it'll arrive or not. I'd expected it to be there by today.

Yes, in hindsight I should never sent out by registered post but I was all over the place when sorting it out on Fri.

Where did you send it from? There are 4 main postal "hubs" in Ireland and if you sent it from outside the same hub as Maynooth, it could've got delayed as it has to be sorted in one area, sent to the next area then sorted again.

There's also a chance you missed the last collection on Friday, so it might not even have been collected until yesterday. Hopefully it'll arrive tomorrow.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 10-09-2013 12:50pm

jubella wrote: »

Where did you send it from? There are 4 main postal "hubs" in Ireland and if you sent it from outside the same hub as Maynooth, it could've got delayed as it has to be sorted in one area, sent to the next area then sorted again.

Ballsbridge area. I'll stop panicking for now. Will start again if I hear nothing by Fri though.

The fact that I was apparently low on postage isn't helping though. Why sell 55c stamps if the charge is 60c?!

jubella · 10-09-2013 12:55pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Ballsbridge area. I'll stop panicking for now. Will start again if I hear nothing by Fri though.

The fact that I was apparently low on postage isn't helping though. Why sell 55c stamps if the charge is 60c?!

Yeah ballsbridge Is Dublin hub, whereas Maynooth falls into the Portlaoise hub. The letter has to go to the Dublin sorting office, be sorted, go to Portlaoise, be sorted, then go to Maynooth. And I wouldn't worry much about the underpayment... I've worked in the Dublin sorting office a lot, they're mostly worried about underpayments on A4 sized envelopes. You shouldn't have been sold a 55c stamp though!

TheGoldenAges · 10-09-2013 1:45pm

Lads can anyone help me out? Currently I'm waiting for my grant to come through and so won't be paying fees before registration which is fine, but it's obligatory to pay the €100 student levy regardless. Does anyone know how I pay this? The handbook doesn't explicitly state how I ddo so?

banquo · 10-09-2013 2:00pm

Call them and ask

01 708 4747

suitcasepink · 10-09-2013 2:02pm

TheGoldenAges wrote: »

Lads can anyone help me out? Currently I'm waiting for my grant to come through and so won't be paying fees before registration which is fine, but it's obligatory to pay the €100 student levy regardless. Does anyone know how I pay this? The handbook doesn't explicitly state how I ddo so?

Are you going into first year? Nearly sure we got a letter that explained about the fees and you could pay the levy online with a password and username(given on the letter) or you could pay it at registration

Think the letter came 2 weeks ago!

TheGoldenAges · 10-09-2013 4:14pm

deise_girl wrote: »

Are you going into first year? Nearly sure we got a letter that explained about the fees and you could pay the levy online with a password and username(given on the letter) or you could pay it at registration
Think the letter came 2 weeks ago!

Thanks for the confirmation! Yeah the letter came two weeks ago. I was just confused whether paying online was both the contribution and the levy or could you pay the levy on its own. Thanks for clearing it up

Boeing777 · 10-09-2013 8:43pm

I'm ridiculously in need of a weekend job!

I was trying over the summer to get work but admittedly I probably didn't try very hard, but now that I realise I need money I'm going all out to get a job. Can't imagine much places taken on someone just for weekend work though

mickstupp · 11-09-2013 5:29am

Not a pleasant time.

aaabbbb · 11-09-2013 1:21pm

Anyone know how much pay and display on campus is ?

Can't register 'till 29th at the earliest so I'm assuming that even if I order the permit straight away it'll be another few days before it arrives

TheBody · 11-09-2013 1:23pm

Here is the info you are looking for:

Tariff rates for the Pay and Display car parks for 2013/2014 will be:

€1.00 for the 1st hour
€1.50 per hour or pro-rata for each subsequent hour.
Maximum stay: 5 hours.
Hours of operation 08.30-17.00 hours, Monday to Friday during term time.

LINK:

http://campusservices.nuim.ie/traffic/visitor.shtml

XxMCRxBabyxX · 11-09-2013 1:31pm

So based on that, if my boyfriend came up to visit me on campus some evening he'd be fine to Park anywhere?

TheBody · 11-09-2013 1:33pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

So based on that, if my boyfriend came up to visit me on campus some evening he'd be fine to Park anywhere?

Yes. There are plenty of free spaces in the evening.

GarIT · 11-09-2013 1:36pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

So based on that, if my boyfriend came up to visit me on campus some evening he'd be fine to Park anywhere?

No, only in the pay and display car parks.

TheBody · 11-09-2013 1:38pm

GarIT wrote: »

No, only in the pay and display car parks.

That's not true. You can park where you like outside enforcement hours.

http://campusservices.nuim.ie/traffic/enforcement-policy.shtml

GarIT · 11-09-2013 1:46pm

TheBody wrote: »

That's not true. You can park where you like outside enforcement hours.

http://campusservices.nuim.ie/traffic/enforcement-policy.shtml

And during them visitors without the disc things have to park in the pay and display areas.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 11-09-2013 1:48pm

Ok, now I'm confused. They'd hardly be clamping people outside the enforcement hours though would they?

GarIT · 11-09-2013 1:49pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

Ok, now I'm confused. They'd hardly be clamping people outside the enforcement hours though would they?

No, until 5pm visitors park in the pay and display car parks, after 5pm anyone can park anywhere.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 11-09-2013 1:51pm

Having read TheBody's link, it looks like he's right. It specifically days that the whole policy is only enforced during the hours aka it's all free system those times.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 11-09-2013 1:52pm

GarIT wrote: »

No, until 5pm visitors park in the pay and display car parks, after 5pm anyone can park anywhere.

So what TheBody said?

GarIT · 11-09-2013 1:56pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

So what TheBody said?

Pretty much, I think the definition of evening is what caused the disagreement. Evening is the last few hours before sunset, so from October to March evening is 1pm to 5pm which would be during the time its enforced.

TheBody · 11-09-2013 1:56pm

GarIT wrote: »

No, until 5pm visitors park in the pay and display car parks, after 5pm anyone can park anywhere.

That's what I said!! You are getting yourself confused!!

jubella · 11-09-2013 1:58pm

aaabbbb wrote: »

Anyone know how much pay and display on campus is ?

Can't register 'till 29th at the earliest so I'm assuming that even if I order the permit straight away it'll be another few days before it arrives

I ordered mine on Friday and it arrived on Monday, so hopefully you'll only have to pay for a day or two!

GarIT · 11-09-2013 1:58pm

TheBody wrote: »

That's what I said!! You are getting yourself confused!!

What you said was you can park anywhere during the evening, for most of the college year evening falls within the enforcement hours.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 11-09-2013 1:58pm

GarIT wrote: »

Pretty much, I think the definition of evening is what caused the disagreement. Evening is the last few hours before sunset, so from October to March evening is 1pm to 5pm which would be during the time its enforced.

I always considered evening as being after when I was finished school/work/college! Aka after 5/6 til 8/9

XxMCRxBabyxX · 11-09-2013 2:00pm

GarIT wrote: »

What you said was you can park anywhere during the evening, for most of the college year evening falls within the enforcement hours.

In fairness, based on my original post we could have all worked out what myself and TheBody meant.

TheBody · 11-09-2013 2:00pm

GarIT wrote: »

What you said was you can park anywhere during the evening, for most of the college year evening falls within the enforcement hours.

Ah come on!!! Talk about being pedantic!!

GarIT · 11-09-2013 2:01pm

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

I always considered evening as being after when I was finished school/work/college! Aka after 5/6 til 8/9

Well there is where the confusion is. Night begins at sunset, evening is the time between afternoon and sunset. There is no point in continuing this, I think it's sorted.

GarIT · 11-09-2013 2:07pm

TheBody wrote: »

Ah come on!!! Talk about being pedantic!!

What I was doing was trying to be helpful. I took evening to be what I considered it to mean, I just didn't want anyone getting clamped. And then by explaining how the confusion happened I'm pedantic, Thanks.

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