Yup, gas ovens are more common here. I wouldn't know how to even turn on an electric oven, let alone cook with one...
Yes, our keyboards are different - I think we have the @ symbol in a different place than you guys, and probably a few others that I can't remember offhand...
The Spar is nice - it's like a huge chain of wee corner shops all throughout Northern Europe, and is very handy if you can't be bothered walking more than five minutes to get to a proper shop.
You ate fish and chips? Yay! Did you have mushy peas or regular peas? It has to be mushy peas for maximum cred, yo.
Also, milk in tea is a British thing. We all do it, I think. (I used to, but then I found out I was allergic to milk so I don't anymore.) And we're hardy Brits - we like our tea bitter, dammit. =)
And once orientation is over, things should calm down during the week and would most likely only be that bad on Fridays and Saturdays. I have a similar problem in my hall - okay, I'm miles away from a pub, but just about everybody has to walk past my room to get to their one, which is much fun when it's two in the morning, and they're drunk and singing "The Final Countdown" before deciding it might be fun to race office chairs down the corridor and inevitably end up crashing headfirst into my door. Although, on the plus side, I've now developed the ability to sleep through the apocalypse... Have you tried stuffing a blanket or something around the bottom of your window? That sometimes help insulate the sound.
And yes, I want your phone number and your addy! Because we are now inhabiting the same land mass! And the universe hasn't imploded yet!
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Date: 2004-09-30 11:44 pm (UTC)Yes, our keyboards are different - I think we have the @ symbol in a different place than you guys, and probably a few others that I can't remember offhand...
The Spar is nice - it's like a huge chain of wee corner shops all throughout Northern Europe, and is very handy if you can't be bothered walking more than five minutes to get to a proper shop.
You ate fish and chips? Yay! Did you have mushy peas or regular peas? It has to be mushy peas for maximum cred, yo.
Also, milk in tea is a British thing. We all do it, I think. (I used to, but then I found out I was allergic to milk so I don't anymore.) And we're hardy Brits - we like our tea bitter, dammit. =)
And once orientation is over, things should calm down during the week and would most likely only be that bad on Fridays and Saturdays. I have a similar problem in my hall - okay, I'm miles away from a pub, but just about everybody has to walk past my room to get to their one, which is much fun when it's two in the morning, and they're drunk and singing "The Final Countdown" before deciding it might be fun to race office chairs down the corridor and inevitably end up crashing headfirst into my door. Although, on the plus side, I've now developed the ability to sleep through the apocalypse... Have you tried stuffing a blanket or something around the bottom of your window? That sometimes help insulate the sound.
And yes, I want your phone number and your addy! Because we are now inhabiting the same land mass! And the universe hasn't imploded yet!