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venta ([personal profile] venta) wrote2009-05-01 08:21 am

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Halfway down my first pint, in a pub, and into the fourth rapper dance. Yes, I'm in my usual timezone. Oxford is a weird place on May 1st.

[identity profile] sea-of-flame.livejournal.com 2009-05-01 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
First pint? Guess you didn't do the studenty up-til-dawn-and-beyond thing then!

Raise a glass for me, I'm stuck on pesky month-end in London!

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2009-05-01 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
God no! I was never even any good at that when I was a student. I don't do staying up all night; fine with it in theory, but in practice I always feel really ragged and ill by about 4am.
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[identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com 2009-05-01 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, well done to you all for ringing in the summer for us! I couldn't really do anything for it myself this year, as I spent the day taking my students round the sites of Roman Lincoln, and didn't want to exhaust myself before we'd even set off by getting up early. But I knew I could trust you Oxonians to make sure everything was done properly. :-)

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2009-05-01 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, us suspicious folky types keep the world turning and make sure the seasons happen in the right places :)

I'm not sure I knew Lincoln had significant Roman bits (unless they're only spottable by experts?) - I'll have to investigate.
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[identity profile] strange-complex.livejournal.com 2009-05-01 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes - there's plenty! The main ones are bits of the city walls and gates, but there are also some bits of the forum to see, and a few inscriptions. Certainly enough to give students a sense of the size and shape of the city, anyway. There's a basic list of the sites here, and it looks like the plan for that site is to add more details about them.

[identity profile] davefish.livejournal.com 2009-05-02 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
Woo-hoo!
Sounds like a good way to start the morning (Occasionally.) I do miss the shennanigans of May Day in Oxford.