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Article #624832Re: OT: 1958 a day in the life of a TV repairman
From: Bob Eager
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 22:24
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 22:24
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 22:41:06 +0100, Brian Reay wrote: > On 13/07/2018 22:10, Bob Eager wrote: >> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 20:52:02 +0000, jimbo wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:01:56 +0100, Gareth's Downstairs Computer >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I lived in the tower blocks at Essex Uni and thought nothing of it >>>> but nowadays appreciate a garden to go out to, to relieve the boxed >>>> in feeling. I'd never go on a prison ship, AKA cruise liner, >>>> for the same reason >>> >>> you want your own front door....own back door.........lammy >>> flooring.......minted.....big man....... >> >> The difference withg those tower blocks was that each one (and each >> floor) was a community. My floor had me, a guy from Aylesbury, a >> Mauritian, a Malaysian, someone from the Isle of Wight, a Pole, a >> Greek, >> an Iranian, two black Africans and a white South African. >> >> > The, married, hall of residence we lived in at Uni was a bit like that. > For all but a short time, we were the only UK couple as far as I recall. > It was a great opportunity to meet people from different > countries/cultures etc. My floor was students who were on 9 month licences (overseas students, and postgrads). -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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