[qkslvrsrfrboy]

in light of a recent topic, would it be at all possible for someone to go take some pictures of the new east campus dorms being built and post them on here so we could see the progress? that would be great, thanks

[bigsmooth]

i will do it sunday after church.

[TDDance234]

You da man.

[qkslvrsrfrboy]

thank you very much

[jimflamesfan]

qkslvrsrfrboy...do you like your moped...is it street legal?...I've heard that there are street legal mopeds that can get 100-110 miles per gallon...just wodering...

I've also seen some sort of chain that you could use for a bike rack that has an alarm built in if someone cuts it...you could use one of those for your moped...I think about $39.

[qkslvrsrfrboy]

yeah i love my moped, its street legal but it tops off at like 40 mph, but it costs me like3 or 4 bucks to fill and gets i think 80 miles to the gallon. but i also have a scion and it gets like 34 miles to the gallon, so im not in bad shape. ill have to look for that chain, thanks

[bigsmooth]

i did not make it to church this AM, so no pics. i will get some this week.

[qkslvrsrfrboy]

what is the number of posts before i change from a spark to whatever is above spark?

[qkslvrsrfrboy]

the new dorms have so many mistakes in them, they were definatly built in a hurry. As you walk into my door the siding was cut wrong so it starts off looking ok at the bottom but by the time its at the ceiling its about 2 inches away from the door frame. the paint job is really sloppy, theres dust and crap all over, and out bath constantly drips, plus the internet isnt up until later this week. The dorm below mine the counter was built 6 inches too long so the fridge wont go in, and another has huge chunks of the shower wall missing. oh well, it seems to be holding up and like it wont collapse any time soon.

[qkslvrsrfrboy]

oh and i went to TRBC early service yesterday, Jerry was talking as if they have already outgrown the new building

[LUconn]

Welcome to construction! Most new homes have a lot of similar quirks. You just have to have the contractors fix them as you notice them.

[qkslvrsrfrboy]

i know our house was finished like 2 days before we moved in back home, but it was perfectly fine.

[thesportscritic]

what is the number of posts before i change from a spark to whatever is above spark?

50 then you go up to "flare"

[A.G.]

When you get up to Medic range, it changes again to, "Dude, you need to get a life."

[PeterParker]

Welcome to construction! Most new homes have a lot of similar quirks. You just have to have the contractors fix them as you notice them.

I have to respectfully diasgree, quality construction doesn't have glaring mistakes and shortcuts like those mentioned. You may have some minor issues, a door hinge needs tweaking, an edge here or there needs to be sanded, etc. Let's just admit that under the circumstances they were willing to sacrifice some of the quality in order to have them done in time. In light of some of the observations made by students over the last couple of years concerning the workmanship, I suppose the mentality is build them so they are somewhat functional now, and then down the road go back in and retrofit.

Being in the growing pains they are in a sort of catch 22 since they don't have the billion dollar endowment up and running yet with its yearly interest yield, so it is more of a zero sum game now: they need the students' tuition to pay the bills so they can build, but more students mean you've got to have a place for them to be. I would imagine that if they succeed in raising the endowment and have the right people managing the investment portfolio, they would begin to go back and remodel the inside to more exacting standards with some of the interest yield. If the dorms are structurally sound, then going back in and remodeling them in the future after they reach their stated goals would be feasable and most likely warranted after 5-10 years of living wear and tear anyways.

Regardless, they do look sharp from the outside (of course, when I was there we had the one floor 70's style architecture DeMoss.)

[LUconn]

Sloppy paint? Dust? You call those glaring mistakes and shortcuts? The rest sounds to me like they just weren't quite finished.