Official bitch about daily life in UL

YFlyer · 01-03-2013 04:00PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Out of interest, anyone know what all the people running across the Living Bridge last night at around 7pm were at? I assume it was training of some kind, just curious as to what it was for...

The UL Rowing Club 5 Km run series.

It won't be on next week due to Rag week.

Two more weeks of races the two following weeks.

YFlyer · 01-03-2013 04:02PM

Jester252 wrote: »

Just for fun? I've done it a couple of times. The bonce on that bridge is the best

The bounce on the bridge slows up the pace to about 20 seconds a Km.

wnolan1992 · 01-03-2013 04:15PM

YFlyer wrote: »

The bounce on the bridge slows up the pace to about 20 seconds a Km.

Out of interest what's the route? Because most seemed to be coming from the Clare side (Health Science) but as I was passing the Engineering Building another group were going back the opposite way, over the bridge again.

PunkFreud · 01-03-2013 06:19PM

I have an assignment due Friday of next week (Charity Week), so I decided to do it early so I can enjoy myself and keep the pressure off near the end of the week. By Wednesday night I had it mostly done, with just a few touch ups to go. On Thursday morning, I was talking to a few of my class. Turns out most of what I did was wrong, so I was back to square one. Spent most of the rest of the day and night trying to fix it.
Had a lecture for the module today. Lecturer decided to change some of the definitions of the words (without changing the assignment topic), making the assignment question mean a totally different thing. I now have to write the whole thing again.

By the end of this weekend, I'll have done 3 separate essays, taking over 20hours work. In the end I'll get one mediocre result. That'll teach me for doing an assignment early.

Jamie Starr · 01-03-2013 07:48PM

E-mailed the SAA on Sunday about getting an official transcript done up, e-mailed again on Tuesday, no reply to either - I know transcripts take two to three days, but that neither covers the lack of communication or the lack of a transcript. They're probably under-staffed and over-worked, but it's not the first time this year I've sent them an e-mail about something important and gotten no reply. Pretty frustrating.

Jester252 · 01-03-2013 08:25PM

YFlyer wrote: »

The bounce on the bridge slows up the pace to about 20 seconds a Km.

But its hops you in the air and shatters your knees if your out of phase with it

Jikashi · 02-03-2013 04:38AM

Agnostic Mantis wrote: »

E-mailed the SAA on Sunday about getting an official transcript done up, e-mailed again on Tuesday, no reply to either - I know transcripts take two to three days, but that neither covers the lack of communication or the lack of a transcript. They're probably under-staffed and over-worked, but it's not the first time this year I've sent them an e-mail about something important and gotten no reply. Pretty frustrating.

Tell them you need it to enter some Red Bull competition to get into space, they'll reply within the hour :pac:

Cossax · 03-03-2013 12:29AM

Agnostic Mantis wrote: »

E-mailed the SAA on Sunday about getting an official transcript done up, e-mailed again on Tuesday, no reply to either - I know transcripts take two to three days, but that neither covers the lack of communication or the lack of a transcript. They're probably under-staffed and over-worked, but it's not the first time this year I've sent them an e-mail about something important and gotten no reply. Pretty frustrating.

You need to pay for an official transcript so it's not something that can be ordered by email - they should really have replied informing you of that though.

Just call in to the front desk during the week and get it straight away.

Nic Neptune · 03-03-2013 02:44PM

Just curious, but do many people generally turn up for lectures during rag week? Our lecturers have implied the negative, but I'm wondering if it'll be like 'half the module' or scarcely any.

freyners · 03-03-2013 02:50PM

Nic Neptune wrote: »

Just curious, but do many people generally turn up for lectures during rag week? Our lecturers have implied the negative, but I'm wondering if it'll be like 'half the module' or scarcely any.

depends on the lecturer, we have one that if the class isnt full id be surprised, the rest will be empty to ghost town like

highlydebased · 03-03-2013 02:51PM

Nic Neptune wrote: »

Just curious, but do many people generally turn up for lectures during rag week? Our lecturers have implied the negative, but I'm wondering if it'll be like 'half the module' or scarcely any.

I'm having a golden week

:cool:

freyners · 03-03-2013 03:08PM

highlydebased wrote: »

I'm having a golden week :cool:

a golden week, during rag week?????

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Jester252 · 03-03-2013 03:28PM

Nic Neptune wrote: »

Just curious, but do many people generally turn up for lectures during rag week? Our lecturers have implied the negative, but I'm wondering if it'll be like 'half the module' or scarcely any.

Depends on if the lecture has attendance marks or word due that week.

Nic Neptune · 03-03-2013 03:47PM

Ah cool, thanks.

Swat Alert: Hopefully it's nice and quiet! :P

wnolan1992 · 03-03-2013 03:49PM

Nic Neptune wrote: »

Swat Alert: Hopefully it's nice and quiet! :P

No. No it's not. :P

Jester252 · 03-03-2013 03:56PM

The weather doesn't look good for the week.

Nic Neptune · 03-03-2013 03:59PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

No. No it's not. :P

Haha, yes; I see what you mean.

Then hopefully the lecture halls are nice and quiet. :pac:

Chris Martin · 03-03-2013 07:53PM

Not looking forward to this week at all

Have shi+loads of work to do,
Exam Monday and 2 assignments to do for next week,
Lots of reading to do and the noise will wreck my head...
No avoiding it either because it's just as loud at home as it will be in college

Not because of housemates but Briarfield was extremely loud last year...

highlydebased · 03-03-2013 10:46PM

Chris Martin wrote: »

Not looking forward to this week at all
Have shi+loads of work to do,
Exam Monday and 2 assignments to do for next week,
Lots of reading to do and the noise will wreck my head...
No avoiding it either because it's just as loud at home as it will be in college
Not because of housemates but Briarfield was extremely loud last year...

Library will be fine.

Jester252 · 03-03-2013 11:13PM

highlydebased wrote: »

Library will be fine.

Just hope for no open windows

Jamie Starr · 04-03-2013 02:06AM

Cossax wrote: »

You need to pay for an official transcript so it's not something that can be ordered by email - they should really have replied informing you of that though.

Just call in to the front desk during the week and get it straight away.

Well I wasn't really looking for a transcript, I haven't completed my degree yet. I merely needed an official letter from the SAA confirming my QCA for an application, sorry, I worded my post badly.

Anyway I missed the application date, so yeah, bit miffed.

Chris Martin · 04-03-2013 05:16PM

Jester252 wrote: »

Just hope for no open windows

My thought exactly...

YFlyer · 04-03-2013 05:22PM

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Out of interest what's the route? Because most seemed to be coming from the Clare side (Health Science) but as I was passing the Engineering Building another group were going back the opposite way, over the bridge again.

The map is here. Quality is poor tho.

http://www.ulrowing.com/pages/page.php?page=Spring%20Run%20Series

chrislad · 06-03-2013 03:34PM

I don't normally bitch, but seriously, do I need twenty reminders a day about some stupid Irish language thing that's going on that has no interest for me? She is officially in my spam filter with a couple of others.

SarahBeep! · 06-03-2013 04:00PM

There are leaving certs in the library! ****ing leaving certs!

Chavways · 06-03-2013 05:55PM

SarahBeep! wrote: »

There are leaving certs in the library! ****ing leaving certs!

Tell security if there isn't any free seats and they'll be thrown out. Are they not supposed to be checking ID's or was that only someones bright idea that won't be implemented?

Jester252 · 06-03-2013 07:10PM

Just found out that most of the class in a module last semester got a grade increases due to the lecture been bad at his job and I didn't

magicherbs · 06-03-2013 07:19PM

Just got egged while walking home to Thomond Village across the bridge! Someone shouted Cambridge ya 'See Ya Next Tuesday' out of a blue focus / something. In shock tbh. no idea what that means

freyners · 06-03-2013 07:22PM

Chavways wrote: »

Tell security if there isn't any free seats and they'll be thrown out. Are they not supposed to be checking ID's or was that only someones bright idea that won't be implemented?

havent seen it being implemented at all yet:mad:

J_E · 06-03-2013 07:42PM

To be honest if the library implemented a simple scan gate like they have in say, UCD (when I was there anyway) there would be no issues. The ID cards already have this capability anyway.

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