From: chatw@my-deja.com (lad) Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Subject: Re: 8 Pods Being Destoyed at MUM Date: 23 Sep 2002 07:13:32 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 25 Message-ID: <1e1efc6b.0209230613.21e049b5@posting.google.com> References: <3d8b6342@giga.realtime.net> <1e1efc6b.0209201806.5696493f@posting.google.com> <3d8be168$1@giga.realtime.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.33.188.76 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1032790412 15965 127.0.0.1 (23 Sep 2002 14:13:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Sep 2002 14:13:32 GMT Path: rsl2.rslnet.net!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: rsl2.rslnet.net alt.meditation.transcendental:9966 "Tom Pall" wrote in message news:<3d8be168$1@giga.realtime.net>... > "lad" wrote in message > news:1e1efc6b.0209201806.5696493f@posting.google.com... > > "Tom Pall" wrote in message > news:<3d8b6342@giga.realtime.net>... > > > The destruction continues. 8 pods to the south of the Men's Dome are > being > > > torn down. Thankfully, I sit at the very north of the dome and only > hear a > > > bit of the warning horns of the backhoes when they back up. > > > > The ones along the gravel road? The one on the end was my old haunt! > > (sniff) Hey, those shacks were only supposed to last a few years when > > Parsons built them! > > I feel your loss. I fondly recall the mildewy shower rooms, the sticky carpets, the chancey climate controls. I remember squatting/sleeping in a Pod basement side room/closet(?), for a month or two after leaving school while looking for a job. Ah, those were the days! But, the fabled "Pink Flamingoes" Pod should be a Designated Historic Landmark (which would only guarantee it's destruction on the MUM Campus, of course)!