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| I remember when... | |
| you could walk past Sainsbury's without noticing it was there |   | 33% | | | everything in the Bridge Street accommodation was wonky, leaking, or live | | 45% | | | Burrell's Field only had the big houses | | 3% | | | half the computers in the computer room would have blue screens which you couldn't unlock | | 35% | | | the first model C ergs arrived at the boathouse | | 13% | | | the rising bollards in Trinity Street were put in | | 18% | | | the bar was in the corner of Great Court | | 25% | | | the dining hall went through the phase of putting banana on everything (e.g. Salmon Caprice) | | 48% | | | the bop involved a live DJ, not a computer | | 33% | | | all the furniture in College rooms was like the stuff in the boathouse now | | 35% | | | no one had swipe cards | | 10% | | | Cindy's was Cindy's | | 8% | | | Cindy's was 5th Avenue | | 58% | | | Eden Lily was more than a photography shop | | 33% | | | The Baron of Beef and the Mitre were dingy pubs | | 58% | | | The maths department was in town | | 38% | | | BP2 (Janousek) was BP1 | | 20% | | | BP4 (Aylings) was BP1 | | 0% | | | BP3 was BP1 | | 3% | | | the river flooded | | 55% | | | the river froze | | 13% | | | the river was covered with green scum (and I mean the whole river, not just the odd patch) | | 18% | | | there was a NatWest at Great Gate | | 45% | | | Formal Hall cost three pounds or less | | 38% | | | you paid for meals with little tickets with the number of courses written on them | | 53% | | | there was a Z Blue Boar | | 40% | | | novices rowed 15 minutes after the seniors | | 35% | | | none of the above | | 30% |
Total: 40 members' votes (18 comments...) |
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| How often do you check the website? | |
| Every minute | | 3% | | | Every hour | | 10% | | | Three or four times a day | | 50% | | | Daily | | 23% | | | Weekly | | 10% | | | Monthly | | 0% | | | Annually | | 0% | | | I have never checked the website | | 3% |
Total: 30 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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| Who would make the best dominatrix? | |
| Catherine Aiken | | 38% | | | Emily Booker | | 22% | | | Honey Duan | | 16% | | | Anna McCreadie | | 6% | | | Rachel Munro | | 9% | | | Pia Schaefer | | 0% | | | Sarah Taylor | | 0% | | | Bron | | 9% |
Total: 32 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| Flintoff: Could you? Have you? | |
| I have drunk as much as Flintoff is reported to have done in one session. | | 5% | | | I have not drunk as much in one session as Flintoff did. | | 33% | | | I have not drunk as much in one session as Flintoff did - but I plan to try. | | 48% | | | I have not drunk as much as Flintoff did in my life. | | 14% |
Total: 21 members' votes |
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| What will the final score be in the Ashes? | |
England's score first. | 3-1 | | 18% | | | 2-1 | | 41% | | | 2-2 | | 23% | | | 1-1 | | 0% | | | 1-2 | | 0% | | | 1-3 | | 0% | | | 5-0 | | 18% |
Total: 22 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| The stuff of nightmares | |
Many people have bad dreams. Some people dream about rowing. Sometimes people have bad dreams about rowing. But which of these thoughts is most likely to have you waking up in a cold sweat?
Dreaming about... | being bumped by LMBC | | 48% | | | losing to Oxford | | 36% | | | forgetting the lifejacket while coxing in bumps | | 4% | | | being moved to the three seat | | 28% | | | last 30 seconds of a 2k erg test | | 40% | | | being single at the bop | | 20% | | | an alcohol ban at Formal Hall | | 16% | | | a worldwide shortage of malt loaf | | 32% | | | being fastest non-qualifier at HRR | | 12% | | | only having 7 riggers in Putney | | 20% | | | Dan and Rich's anti-chafing measures | | 40% |
Total: 25 members' votes (1 comment...) |
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| What training techniques/aids do you normally use? | |
Most of the below are used by professional athletes to keep up with the competition. Which are most used at First and Third?
N.B. to select an option you should use it regularly - so buying lucozade occasionally from the lard cupboard doesn't count for Sports drink. | Sports drinks | | 41% | | | Vitamin/mineral supplements | | 22% | | | Protein supplements | | 7% | | | Heart rate monitor | | 48% | | | Training diary | | 44% | | | Stretching sessions | | 59% | | | Core stability work outs | | 63% | | | Alexander technique training | | 4% | | | Visualisation | | 15% | | | Other specialised training technique(s) - elaborate below | | 0% | | | None of the above | | 15% |
Total: 27 members' votes (3 comments...) |
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| Favourite sport to watch? | |
Could be live or on TV / Radio. Or even a combination. | Cricket | | 29% | | | Cycling | | 0% | | | Football | | 21% | | | Golf | | 4% | | | Rowing | | 4% | | | Rugby | | 13% | | | Tennis | | 4% | | | Women's Nude Mud Wrestling | | 25% |
Total: 24 members' votes |
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| Is the web poll getting stale? | |
This week's original poll was a repeat of an earlier poll. Is the poll getting stale? Turn out rates suggest that voter apathy is not a problem. Have the old coffin dodgers who used to contribute run out of ideas? Or have they retired, leaving a void yet to be filled by those still in statu pupillare? The main question again: is the web poll getting stale? Vote and discuss. Total: 23 members' votes (24 comments...) |
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| Internships | |
Summer time, and the living certainly isn't easy. Several members of this website are either slogging their guts out in the City on a summer placement, or know what it's like, having done so in the past. What's the point? | I'm gaining a valuable insight into the industry that I want to work for | | 29% | | | I'm gaining a valuable insight and I realise it's not an industry I want to work for | | 21% | | | I now realise student life is so cushy and I may well do a masters to avoid this for as long as possible | | 93% | | | How do people put up with commuting? It sucks | | 29% | | | I love commuting... there's a train and it goes underground and everything! | | 7% | | | I'm being given interesting work and contributing to the company | | 43% | | | I have menial tasks and do not feel valued | | 21% | | | They keep taking me out for drinks etc | | 43% | | | There are no social activities in the evening because I'm still working | | 0% | | | Everything seems so expensive here | | 29% | | | I'm not doing an internship because I'm working in the pub at home | | 0% | | | I'm not doing an internship because I'd rather have a long summer holiday | | 29% | | | The experience I have gained on this internship will look great on my cv | | 21% | | | The experience I have gained on this internship will look great on my cv once I've hyped it up a bit | | 36% | | | Now I realise why the bufties keep coming up to Cambridge | | 64% |
Total: 14 members' votes (4 comments...) |
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| Can you be bothered to vote? | |
| Total: 29 members' votes (7 comments...) |
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| Who is/was the greatest oar of all time? | |
| Abbagnale (brothers, any of them) | | 0% | | | Ned Hanlan | | 0% | | | Sir Matthew Pinsent | | 29% | | | Sir Steve Redgrave | | 48% | | | James Tomkins | | 5% | | | Rob Waddell | | 14% | | | Dreissigacker (brothers, inventors of the ergo) | | 5% |
Total: 21 members' votes (16 comments...) |
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| At which sport do Black Prince have the best chance of beating FaT (other than rowing)? | |
| Cricket | | 0% | | | Golf | | 0% | | | Triathlon | | 65% | | | Atlantic Rowing | | 92% | | | Earning More Money | | 85% | | | Drinking | | 35% | | | Chess | | 4% |
Total: 26 members' votes (18 comments...) |
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| Daddy or Chips? | |
| Total: 13 members' votes (2 comments...) |
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| Which of the following will we see first? | |
I'm sure all of these events will occur at some point in the future, but which will be first? | FaT win Uni M4+ | | 8% | | | FaT win Uni W4+ | | 8% | | | FaT actually beats an inferior LMBC in the Uni LM4- | | 8% | | | Lents Headship | | 31% | | | Mays Headship | | 0% | | | Women's Lents Headship | | 4% | | | Women back in 1st May Division | | 31% | | | BPBC don't win Fairbairns category | | 8% | | | RTT drops below 72kg again | | 4% |
Total: 26 members' votes (19 comments...) |
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| What next? | |
After rowing across the Channel, what will the club do next? | Boston Marathon | | 50% | | | Great River Race | | 5% | | | Record attempt on rowing the length of the Cam/Ouse | | 5% | | | Row to Lincoln | | 5% | | | Beat BPBC in the Fairbairn Cup | | 9% | | | Mays Headship | | 14% | | | Successfully enter a 1x into the GoR | | 14% |
Total: 22 members' votes |
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| Your favourite Bumps | |
The Lents & Mays are quite different experiences through the contrasting weather, number of crews, different spectators, work and social distractions etc... Which do you prefer? | Lents | | 24% | | | Mays | | 76% | | | Oxford City | | 0% |
Total: 29 members' votes |
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| What was your favourite Bumps race report? | |
Everyone knows that the real purpose of racing is to write a good report afterwards. Which of this year's May Bumps reports was your favourite? | M1 - Describing Maggie as 'hench' | | 6% | | | W1 - Haikus and Limericks | | 10% | | | M3 - Smiley Mark's blacksmith metaphor | | 16% | | | M3 - Christoph's tale of Icarus | | 13% | | | W3 - Counting strokes until the bump | | 3% | | | M4 - Top Gun quotes | | 16% | | | Caius M2 describing FaT M2 - 'I swear they had a rocket launcher on their stern!' | | 32% | | | Other | | 3% |
Total: 31 members' votes |
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| Which boat performed best in the Bumps? | |
Not mathematically but achievementally | 1st Men | | 10% | | | 1st Women | | 10% | | | 2nd Men | | 77% | | | 2nd Women | | 0% | | | 3rd Men | | 0% | | | 3rd Women | | 0% | | | 4th Men | | 0% | | | 4th Women | | 0% | | | 5th Men | | 0% | | | Atlantic Prince | | 3% |
Total: 39 members' votes (11 comments...) |
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| Bumps is all about... | |
...one or more of the following... | Good technique | | 20% | | | Hyper-fitness | | 20% | | | Mental strength | | 58% | | | Sheer teeth-gritting tenacity | | 70% | | | Core stability | | 13% | | | Matching kit | | 40% | | | Blades | | 50% | | | Spoons | | 15% | | | Boat damage | | 30% | | | The thrill of the chase | | 55% | | | Mays dinner | | 63% | | | The bop | | 45% | | | A pint at the plough in the early evening | | 18% | | | M1 | | 35% | | | W1 | | 25% | | | Marshalling | | 5% | | | Those few seconds of silence before the gun | | 48% | | | The weeks of training beforehand | | 23% | | | The alcohol bans | | 13% | | | The start | | 48% | | | The rating | | 15% | | | Grassy | | 18% | | | The quick bump | | 28% | | | The satisfying 'reach' bump | | 25% | | | The slow grind and just before the line bump | | 8% | | | Hitting Maggie | | 55% | | | The stomp | | 75% | | | Crew pastas | | 35% | | | The race reports | | 43% | | | The FaT mobile update system | | 25% | | | Being a DU/SU | | 18% | | | The callouses | | 5% | | | The glory | | 45% | | | The pain | | 45% | | | Crew showers | | 15% | | | Having fun (?!) | | 40% | | | Blood, sweat and tears | | 30% |
Total: 40 members' votes (8 comments...) |
