Why! 4am?

[aggieAXO]

Originally Posted by Tex1899

3 comments:

1) Arriving at 4am for 7am work seems a bit odd. That being said, you don't shut off a diesel engine, you let it idle...unless you're at a cemetery.

2) I don't think "woken" is a word. But I use it, so it must be a Texas thing.

3) Hippies are bad for the enviroment. If you don't like them you should transfer to A&M, unless you're studying something like journalism.

About 26 trains run through College Station each day (for those of you who've never been fortunate enough to visit College Station, a train track cuts right through the middle of A&M's campus). I used to wake up at 2 in the morning as a train was nearing a street crossing. Fortunately I graduated several years ago so I don't have to deal with it anymore.

Fotunately I got use to the train noise, what I didn't like is that the train itself would often make me late to class. BTW, I use "woken" as well.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Tex1899

About 26 trains run through College Station each day (for those of you who've never been fortunate enough to visit College Station, a train track cuts right through the middle of A&M's campus). I used to wake up at 2 in the morning as a train was nearing a street crossing. Fortunately I graduated several years ago so I don't have to deal with it anymore.

This reminds me of my friend's alma mater in Oregon. There is a dorm across the train tracks from the rest of the campus. In the last couple years they've designated it the freshman dorm. It's bad enough that they've isolated freshmen from the rest of the campus, but to have train tracks separating them is downright stupid. There is a skybridge across, but many students just cross the tracks. It's very unsafe!

[LOVEinZTA]

Originally Posted by Tex1899

3) Hippies are bad for the enviroment. If you don't like them you should transfer to A&M, unless you're studying something like journalism.

WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING?!?!
Telling a longhorn to transfer to A&M, psh, that's asking for a beating, haha. More so, telling someone to choose to live in College Station makes me question your sanity. I'd much rather deal with loud construction at 2 AM every day for the rest of my life.

However I too live in west campus and share the woes of the early morning construction noises and nails (TWO completely blown tires in a week and a half). But I have something else to add:
-The workers must not know what a water main looks like. My water has randomly died throughout the day for the past 3 months and every time I get in my car later to go somewhere and see water gushing into the streets.