24-04-2004 15:37									#121
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I believe you, seeing as you were wrong anyway.

	24-04-2004 15:50									#122
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Damnit, I swear I saw that word as 'beverages'. Maybe I'm drunk too.

	24-04-2004 16:05									#123
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I like the weekend of the 14th much better. I might not make the weekend of the 21st pending some commitments.

	24-04-2004 16:21									#124
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Looks like it's set for the 14th then. Any opposition?

	24-04-2004 22:19									#125
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14th of what month?

	24-04-2004 22:37									#126
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August. And good for me too. Given accomedation of some sort, I'll be there

	24-04-2004 23:15									#127
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14th of august in Paris?
Mmmm... Lemme see... I live half of the time in La Ferte sous Jouarre (70km east of Paris, pitiful access by train and I don't have a car) and the other half in Paris itself. (it's pretty easy to guess where I am at any time: if I post on poly I'm at La Ferte, otherwise I'm in Paris). So I could probably come . I could probably accomodate some people too, depending on their will to sleep without a mattress and whether I send my wife and children to La Ferte or they stay in Paris (which would probably bore them to death and make drinking less practical for me -at least the children-). I could accomodate 3 or 4 persons plus a few if they don't care sleeping on the floor.

	26-04-2004 02:48									#128
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quote: Originally posted by Drogue Expensive in Finland, but still, would be fun to see

Still more expensive in the UK and many other European cities.

	26-04-2004 03:02									#129
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WTF IS THIS????!??!???!

I just checked the price for the Shuttle travel on 14th August, expecting the price to be around £30 - the usual cost for my day return tickets to France by this means of transport.

I found out that if I want to break the journey up so I can spend the entire Saturday in France (i.e a 2 night stayover; leave Friday back on Sunday) the cost goes up to £173!

Grumble......

	26-04-2004 03:04									#130
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Looks like this ticket will be the order of the day if I'm to drive...£39 return.

Weekend travel (Fri - Sun)
Outward after 12.00
Inward between 06.00 and 15.00 next day

	26-04-2004 03:04									#131
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Dang, that's expensive. A plain ticket is probably cheaper.

	26-04-2004 03:06									#132
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How much do French Autoroute tolls cost these days, and how many between Calais and Paris?

	26-04-2004 03:14									#133
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Maybe you can take a ferry-ship between Dover and Calais (never did it myself, but it was the standard before the chunnel).

Sadly, the second weekend of August is the busiest in the whole summer vacation, because 15th August is a holiday, and because it is usually the hottest day of the year. As such, you will probably find much higher transportation costs in private mass transit, and you'll find much more cluttered autoroutes.

Mappy tells me there are 15.70 € autoroute tolls between Calais and my home. I don't know whether it will be significantly higher during that weekend, but I doubt it. It is a reasonable price, especially if you are 4 in the car.

	26-04-2004 03:49									#134
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I've done ferry trips before when I was younger - compared to the Shuttle they seem really slow . These days the only car-ferry trip I'd likely take is Portsmouth-Cherbourg as it shaves off a lot of time getting to Normandy, Brittany, La Vendee etc.

	26-04-2004 04:47									#135
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Dauphin: Is that £39 per car, plus toll? I'd happily split costs with you if you can take me from this side of the tunnel to Paris. I was expecting to have to use Eurostar, so be around £70 each.

quote: Originally posted by Rasbelin Still more expensive in the UK and many other European cities.

Really? I thought alcohol was cheaper here than in Finland. If not, that is good

	26-04-2004 04:49									#136
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Had it been 14th of May or June I could have been there. Too bad.

Last edited by Oncle Boris on 26-04-2004 at 05:41

	26-04-2004 05:15									#137
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quote: Originally posted by Oncle Boris Had it been 14th of May or August I could have been there. Too bad.

It is the 14th August

	26-04-2004 05:42									#138
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My mistake, I meant 'June'.

	28-04-2004 00:07									#139
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So come on, what is the plan? What is up with the ferry, I mean, it hardly takes that long to get across on the thing...

	28-04-2004 00:16									#140
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I have 14th of August free Will either be celebrating getting in to Provost's old college, or trying to convince myself that Warwick is still a damn good uni (results are 12th August).

Here's hoping

	28-04-2004 02:38									#141
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For the travel between Britain and France, I'll let you guuys sort it out. Just tell me who is your driver, so that I can indicate him my adress, and all the other necessary data.

Drogue: We the people are still waiting for you to start the Mafia Game at that other place

	28-04-2004 23:18									#142
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quote: Originally posted by Drogue I have 14th of August free Will either be celebrating getting in to Provost's old college, or trying to convince myself that Warwick is still a damn good uni (results are 12th August). Here's hoping

You're applying to Univ?! You're not worthy

	29-04-2004 03:20									#143
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor Drogue: We the people are still waiting for you to start the Mafia Game at that other place

Knew I'd forgot something

	29-04-2004 03:24									#144
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison You're applying to Univ?! You're not worthy

Actually, I've got an offer. Just need the grades. I got in to Trinity last year, needing AAA, and got AABB. This year they want AAAA, so need relatively decent marks in the two retakes. All doable though

And them having 1 place and 7 straight A applicants for the course, while I wouldn't say I'm worthy, I don't think I'll disappoint them. The first year exams are easy enough that I can already do them (mostly) (I took them last year, informally, after chatting with a fellow at Exeter). However years 2 and 3 are much work and very interesting

	01-05-2004 00:06									#145
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quote: I've done ferry trips before when I was younger - compared to the Shuttle they seem really slow

That's actually good, since you can get drunk on the sea, which is a much better feeling than being drunk under the sea. Of course someone has to drive afterwards, so one may not enjoy it much.

	03-05-2004 03:46									#146
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The date is too far away from now, I don't know if I will be available the 14th of August though I know for sure a Live Role Playing Game with some friends is scheduled near this date (I think it is around the 18th). I will keep an eye on this thread and post here as soon as I know the date.

	04-05-2004 16:32									#147
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4 A's?! Yikes, that is quite some offer...mine was only 3 of them When I went it was nothing like that. Just shows how easy A-levels are nowadays

	04-05-2004 18:21									#148
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Its awful. It devalues my five A-levels.

	04-05-2004 19:02									#149
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison 4 A's?! Yikes, that is quite some offer...mine was only 3 of them When I went it was nothing like that. Just shows how easy A-levels are nowadays

Nope, most people still do 3, the typical Oxbridge offer is still AAB or AAA, and no uni asks for 4 A levels. The only reason my offer is that is because it's retakes, and they have to aks for 1 higher, because you can pick and choose modules to retake. It was always that way, if you retook an A level, they'd ask for more.

Your 5 A levels is still impressive, Dauphin, since most people do 3, and the brightest do 4, as it was before. They still timetable (at my school) the same amount of lesson time per week as they did for the old A levels. The only people who do more are those with prior knowledge of a subject or who are gluttons for punishment. I qualified on both counts

4 is bad, but they were worried about why I fluncked last year, so I presume their train of thought was that they liked me, and wanted to give me an offer, but wanted to make sure that I could hack exams, and so gave me a hard offer to make sure. Seems sensible.

	04-05-2004 23:41									#150
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I did my first maths A-level at the same time as my GCSEs, so technically I got my maths A-level before my Maths GSCE. I took four A-levels in the sixth form and as the fourth was a second maths A-Level it didn't need more timetabling to do.