"Do Americans really have full rooms just for their laundry?"

How did you heat your hot water bottles? 

To this day, I don’t own a hot water bottle.  True fact. 

I went to a private university that was historically presbyterian.. we weren’t allowed to drink or have opposite sex in our dorms after 9pm.  Never mind that there was a strip of bars five minutes away and everybody got trashed I once almost got thrown out for being drunk on campus, I had to go to a proper disciplinarian hearing.. talk about nearly crapping your pants.

The US college I attended as an international student was a dry campus. If you were caught with alcohol in your room, you were sent to Substance Abuse counselling (which happened to a British friend of mine... who was 24)... and half the articles in the school paper were about how to stop students drinking.

It was a big shock, being 20-year-old Brit and having already been a legal drinker for over 2 years. In the U.K., I  lived in halls with mixed-sex corridors and shared facilities (2 toilet cubicles, 2 bathtubs and 1 shower between 11 girls and 5 guys), and there were numerous bars and 2 nightclubs on campus, plus constant free/discounted drinks offers advertised everywhere .

I went from that, to living on a US campus, where ‘free drinks’ meant a free Pepsi, and the dorm held colouring competitions, the prize for which was a girls-only or guys-only pizza party! It felt like I was back in Primary School .


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The US college I attended as an international student was a dry campus. If you were caught with alcohol in your room, you were sent to Substance Abuse counselling (which happened to a British friend of mine... who was 24)... and half the articles in the school paper were about how to stop students drinking.

It was a big shock, being 20-year-old Brit and having already been a legal drinker for over 2 years. In the U.K., I  lived in halls with mixed-sex corridors and shared facilities (2 toilet cubicles, 2 bathtubs and 1 shower between 11 girls and 5 guys), and there were numerous bars and 2 nightclubs on campus, plus constant free/discounted drinks offers advertised everywhere .

I went from that, to living on a US campus, where ‘free drinks’ meant a free Pepsi, and the dorm held colouring competitions, the prize for which was a girls-only or guys-only pizza party! It felt like I was back in Primary School .


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Oh gosh I literally just laughed a little to hard at this, free Pepsi and colouring competitions. 

Wow, ksand24 

We didn't use solo cups at our uni parties.We used a 5 foot long pipe with a funnel on one end......

The US college I attended as an international student was a dry campus. If you were caught with alcohol in your room, you were sent to Substance Abuse counselling (which happened to a British friend of mine... who was 24)... and half the articles in the school paper were about how to stop students drinking.

It was a big shock, being 20-year-old Brit and having already been a legal drinker for over 2 years. In the U.K., I  lived in halls with mixed-sex corridors and shared facilities (2 toilet cubicles, 2 bathtubs and 1 shower between 11 girls and 5 guys), and there were numerous bars and 2 nightclubs on campus, plus constant free/discounted drinks offers advertised everywhere .

I went from that, to living on a US campus, where ‘free drinks’ meant a free Pepsi, and the dorm held colouring competitions, the prize for which was a girls-only or guys-only pizza party! It felt like I was back in Primary School .


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I feel like you were ROBBED of the USA University experience.  PB's sounds MUCH more accurate!

To this day, I don’t own a hot water bottle.  True fact. 

You don't know what you're missing! 

You don't know what you're missing! 

My hot water bottle is a Godsend - it goes everywhere with me . It's an absolute must after a night shift, because the house (and my bed) are usually cold. Pretty much the only time I don't use my hot water bottle is in the height of summer,.

I feel like you were ROBBED of the USA University experience.  PB's sounds MUCH more accurate!

Yeah, it wasn't the best!

I did have friends who lived off-campus though, so we would just go to theirs if we wanted to drink (plus once one of my friends was 21, she would sneak beer into her room).

Water bottles too old fashioned for me like electric blankets!!! They are for old ladies

Water bottles too old fashioned for me like electric blankets!!! They are for old ladies

Ouch!

Ouch!

I love my electric blanket.  I feel it is a must in Scotland.

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Water bottles too old fashioned for me like electric blankets!!! They are for old ladies

My electric blanket is fuzzy and cozy! I couldn't survive winter comfortably without it. I don't generate enough heat to keep myself warm.

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I'm on the hot water bottle team!

One leaky hot water bottle at 2am will remove the fascination.

I've never used a hottle bottle. Seems like a faff.