The Recreation Commons - Seventh Floor : Thermocline Tavern

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Jamski
You mean you're a man? Then I take back what I said on ICQ last night *blushes*

/me grabs the beer tap, pours a large pitcher of Xenobrew, and sets it down on the bar.

Let us drink and be merry, for those that dwell on the 7th may soon find themselves a lift!

[Drogue]

Originally posted by laurentius
* laurentius raises his pint

/me raises a pint to Lauri.

Welcome back

Originally posted by laurentius
Tass, sorry to disappoint you. We dont have virtual Stalin here as a bartender, but I assure you Drogue is an exellent one.

*blushes*

My local bar does have a bust of Lenin in the window, and the name Bar Soviet, though

Originally posted by laurentius
BEERS ON ME

Originally posted by laurentius
In thanks for a succesful spamfest, I will pick your tab tonight.

What beer would you like to have?

Actually, all drinks are free until the 8th floor anyway

[MrWhereItsAt]

/me returns from showing Australians around their own capital city.

HA! That was entertaining.

'And over there is your Parliament, and there is your National Museum...'

Didja all miss me?

[Drogue]

Of course we did. You look like you need a drink.

/me says, while planting a pitcher of Xenobrew in front of MWIA

Need to drink this stuff up before the new corporation's contract starts in the next floor we have to transport it up the lift to the next floor!

[MrWhereItsAt]

/me reads the latest Paper and it reactivates the rogue Pirate program

I'll have ye! Whah's me lager?

[Drogue]

Right in front of you.

Hmmm, sounds like the Scottish Drunk is back

/me hides the fire extinguisher.

[Jamski]

McEwans? Yuck

Forget Oxford - go to Heidelburg!!!!

-Jam

[Drogue]

McEwans?

And I love Oxford. It's a wonderful place, a wonderful uni, wonderful people... just no Louise I couldn't bring myself to turn it down though. Just need the grades (again )

[Jamski]

Scottish lager.

I just hope that either you have the right accent, or the right friends, or the right sporting ability for Oxford Still, 4 A's is pretty demanding.

Beautiful place though, and certainly pretty special. Not quite as good as Cambridge of course

-Jam

[Snowflake]

Originally posted by Drogue



Point taken

Well, nobody can really verify that she is really not a man though.

/me walks up to the bar.

Give me something that could lift up the spirit please.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by Jamski
Scottish lager.

Ahh yes, I was just wondering where the statement came from? In RL, or did I serve the wrong tap?

Originally posted by Jamski
I just hope that either you have the right accent, or the right friends, or the right sporting ability for Oxford Still, 4 A's is pretty demanding.

Actually no. I've stayed their twice, I know many undergrads there, it is not about accent, or friends, or sports. Sure, sports help socialise, but almost all colleges the onus is on fun, not on ability. Only at Blues level does it become overtly competative. As for accent and friends, I come from a state school, we usually send one or two people a year to Oxford (as opposed to somewhere like Sevenoaks, that sends about 30-50). It is the friendliest place I know. On the open day we all went out, got to know each other. We're all in the same boat. Half the people there know no-one else who's there, so it's easy to make friends. It's really not the world of Brideshead Revisited or the Oxford of old. It's just a place where 6000 of the countries best students go each year, and are thrown in at the deep end.

Originally posted by Jamski
Beautiful place though, and certainly pretty special. Not quite as good as Cambridge of course

Actually, for economics, Oxford is way way ahead. Overall Cambridge edges it, and it has far stronger sciences, but Oxford has the stronger arts and some of the social sciences. It's mostly personal taste. I know this well, my brother's a 4th year at Cambridge. As he said, and I agree, it matters more which college you choose than whether you go to Oxford or Cambridge, by and large. For my subject, Oxford has better research, better teaching and a far better thought out course (more options, more progressive, better support for it). For my brothers course (Maths) Cambridge is the place to be.

In the ratings, Cambridge has slightly higher rates of 1sts and 2:1s, slightly higher average A level grades (29.7 as opposed to 29.6 points (10 is an A, 8 a B, 6 a C, taking only the top 3)) slightly higher computing spending and much lower libraries spending.

Oxford also has the Fullbright scholarship, which is a scholarship to a US university for a year. And Yale just happens to have a course I'd love to take (International and Developmental Economics) I won't get it, but it's worth a try

[Drogue]

Originally posted by HongHu
Give me something that could lift up the spirit please.

/me gets HongHu a Smart Cookie Martini.

It's chocolaty and sweet, but it's got a little edge to it. It'll wake you up in a gentle way and make you smile A personal favourite of mine, when I feel in need of a boost (and Louise's favourite )

[Maniac]

Eight more drinks to be sold in this rec commons. And then we can move on to the next floor!

[Snowflake]

Is the next floor being constructed?

/me looks a little worried.

[Skanky Burns]

/me orders 7 drinks. That'll keep my brain from functioning for at least an hour...