Eating not allowed in my room (1)
Eating out I had no choice
Couldn't eat in, I lived in rented rooms
No food in rooms was their rule
I'll tell a few, ones that this write evokes
First I remember was a burger place
A burger, fries, and soft drink
That for fifty cents, free cone when I left
Close to our campus lots of students ate
Oh yes, there was no sales tax way back then
More lines another day, my pillow beckons
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Now that you have whetted my appetite, I await when you will abandon the pillow!
ReplyDeleteThat would be difficult to have to eat all meals out. I do like that free cone though! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteActually while was in college for three semesters I didn't have to buy lunch or breakfast for five days a week. I had those meals at a Baptist student center boarding club, it was $40.00 per month. We hired a cook and had kitchen duty once or twice a week, there were 40 of us, all young men. It was in an old house a block from campus, they had some rooms for rent but I came too late to get on for those.
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That borders on criminal. Not only not being able to eat in your own room, but the alternative being junk food. so much for a healthy education.
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