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Re: CHAT: living conditions/conditionally Re: Miscellaneous Nonsense

From:The Gray Wizard <dbell@...>
Date:Friday, August 18, 2000, 14:07
> From: daniel andreasson > Subject: Re: CHAT: living conditions/conditionally Re: Miscellaneous > Nonsense > > zHANg wrote: > > > Sounds like my living situation, except I describe it more > like this: > > "a jailcell-sized residential hotel room." > > In a space approximately 16 feet by 10, I have a bed, a > chest of drawers, > > a colour TV (on a nightstand) and a folding table that serves > as my desk - > > besides small sink, a snack fridge, and a double burner stove. > (I also have > > tons of books and a large music instrument - a custom-made > metallophone). > > Hm. I just moved to a student room approximately 13ft x 13ft > (excl bathroom). > And yet I somehow manage to fit a bed/sofa, a nightstand, a chest > of drawers, > a bookcase on top of those drawers, another bookcase, yet another > bookcase, > my TV, my computer, a table, a desk, bookshelves above the desk, > two wardrobes, > a fridge/freezer, a stove/oven and a sink. Still, I think it's > quite a space > fest here. Don't ask me why. I guess it's a well-planned > apartment. Though, if > I'm having parties with more than nine people, I'm gonna have a > problem. ;)
Reminds me of my first apartment as an undergraduate so many many years ago. I referred to it as my Raskolnikov Room. It had room for a bed, a folding chair and a desk, nothing else. No kitchen, community bathroom down the hall. My second apartment was luxurious by comparison. Its address was 1 City Alley, it had a kitchen, bedroom and toilet, the bathtub was in the kitchen and the kitchen looked out over the railroad tracks. Those were the days? David David E. Bell The Gray Wizard dbell@graywizard.net www.graywizard.net "Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates