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Display Name: C. K. Novy
Member Since: 12/20/10

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Well, I found it enlightening. You have established homes, but think about college students moving out of the dorms and into the leased houses around campus? We have zero money, and zero stuff. Some of us only stay for a semester or a summer. You're not going to buy a bed, you're going to sleep on the floor. A couch would be nice, but we can't afford that.

I have one towel, one set of utensils that I stole from the campus dining hall. You'd be surprised how many kids live with the plastic utensils that come in take out. There's a 20" minifridge stocked with oatmeal, beans and spinach. One pan. No microwave.

Tips like a light source, tool set, and Dr. Bronners and a sponge might be dumb to you guys, but it's valuable to us. I should really find a toolset.


The Bare Minimum: 10 Absolute Essentials for Every Home
8/8/12 9:47 AM

Actually, our dorm has the opposite problem. Once the building heat is turned on, the room becomes brazil. We have a radiator with an adjustable knob, but it's only on or off, really. The arctic, the equator, the arctic, the equator.


Beat the Winter Blues: Tips for Weatherizing Your Dorm Room
Earth911

1/12/12 10:50 PM

The inside of my Moleskin weekly planner has a ruler on the edge which has come in handy a billion times, along with pages of other things (like time zone charts and conversion and country codes) that are handy dandy for the amateur detective/intrepid reporter/secret spy/ocd nosy person.

I also know that my hand, from heel to my middle finger is five inches.


Forget The Tape Measure: Try Ruler Stickers!
8/3/11 8:05 PM