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Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:23 AM
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Serious question -
How many of you lived in the Tin Cans at Clemson? Are you even old enough to know what I'm talking about?
Do the terms New-A or New-F mean anything to you?
I got to thinking about that today as it was about 39 years ago today that I started at Clemson and moved into E-section.
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Re: Johnstone Hall- Lived in A
Aug 10, 2012, 10:25 AM
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pre A/C also D & E w AC.
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Tiger Spirit [9550]
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I guess when they still had pay phones on.....
Aug 10, 2012, 10:29 AM
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the hall or had they put phones in your room? I remember I had a phone in my room but C and D still had hall phones.
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Re: I guess when they still had pay phones on.....some of
Aug 10, 2012, 10:34 AM
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each I think. Seems you got phones about the time of AC.
without AC you'd run a window fan and the find it had thrown chopped up bug parts on the desk and floor while you were away if you went out w the room lights on.
we literally had roaches who ate the paint off posters on the wall
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Re: I guess when they still had pay phones on.....some of
Aug 10, 2012, 11:28 AM
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Johnstone is where I learned cockroaches can fly. I stalked a 4-incher one night, shoe in hand. It was high on the wall and I was waiting for that sucker to come down a bit. All of a sudden, it took to flight and buzzed my head. Talk about SHOCK!
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f had phones fall of 74 don't know before that***
Aug 10, 2012, 8:13 PM
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D,C and B and pay phones in all.***
Aug 11, 2012, 3:22 PM
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All-In [29076]
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I was in them when they burned down.
Aug 10, 2012, 10:25 AM
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It was an awful experience. I still have nightmares about that.
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Tiger Spirit [9550]
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That's obviously BS because there was no way.......
Aug 10, 2012, 10:31 AM
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those concrete and steel luxury dorms could ever burn down.
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Then just why in the hell did we have to have fire drills?***
Aug 10, 2012, 4:11 PM
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Re: Details? I haven't heard this story.***
Aug 10, 2012, 11:07 AM
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Re: I was in them when they burned down.
Aug 10, 2012, 11:42 AM
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I applied for Johnstone with all three of my choices when I was an incoming freshman. That must have worried housing because I never got Johnstone all four of my short years there. Lower quad, Lever, Clemson House and shoe boxes lol.
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F-3
Aug 10, 2012, 10:29 AM
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freshman yr
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All-Pro [666]
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Re: F-3
Aug 10, 2012, 10:38 AM
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I think it was F-3, it was a long time ago 1963-64
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110%er [5737]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:33 AM
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E-535 Phone,sink, gun rack etc. in the room 1979 and 1980.
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Associate AD [1072]
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Maybe I was in E-536.
Aug 10, 2012, 11:05 AM
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hmmm
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Trainer [32]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:34 AM
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E631... freshman/sophomore years... overlooking the crowd going to/from post office and harcombe. chose that room for both years because it faced towards greenville and we could put antenna on the ledge and get all 4 channels.
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Scout Team [179]
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F-4 and E-4***
Aug 10, 2012, 10:36 AM
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Associate AD [1072]
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E-535 (I think) 34 years ago.
Aug 10, 2012, 10:36 AM
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It's also 34 years since The Recd Carpet closed and was replaced by Tiger Town Tavern
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:37 AM
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Yep, RA on F3 for 2 years 81-83
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Clemson Icon [26239]
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Narc... :-)***
Aug 10, 2012, 11:20 AM
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Amateur [48]
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I lived on E-6
Aug 10, 2012, 10:39 AM
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for my first two tears. Man, that was a lot of stairs to climb. Metal walls so thin you could hear somebody changed their mind 3 doors down. Built in closets with places for rifles to be stored and asbestos on the ceiling. Ah, I miss it.
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Clemson Icon [24725]
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E-526 79-80
Aug 10, 2012, 10:39 AM
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graduated 82.
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Clemson Icon [24725]
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Re: E-526 79-80
Aug 10, 2012, 10:40 AM
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oops. 524
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Associate AD [1072]
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Re: E-526 79-80
Aug 10, 2012, 10:51 AM
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Are you one of those Gaffney Guys? lol
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Clemson Icon [24725]
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Nope.
Aug 10, 2012, 11:35 AM
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Barnwell is my hometown, though it is also peach country like Gaffney.
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Clemson Icon [26239]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:40 AM
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Yup. Freshman year - E5. Sophomore and Junior Years - C. Talk about a time warp. I arrived in Clemson my freshman year sight unseen. There weren't college-visit trips back then. When I moved into E, the first thing I saw was a gun rack in my shelves. The second thing I saw was the asbestos fire retardant sprayed on the ceiling. The third thing I saw was metal walls. And, finally, the thing that sealed the deal was the view of Death Valley and the foothills (of course, all of this was viewed between the smoke stacks). Then, I knew, I had made the wise choice of coming to Clemson. And, I have been thankful everyday since. Go Tigers!!!!
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Clemson Icon [26239]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:45 AM
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Remember how you could hear your neighbors' phone all the way down the hall? And, if someone kept ringing, all you had to do was kick the wall outside his door to knock the phone off the hook? Yeah, pretty sophomoric, but, at the same time, Johnstone wasn't built for creature comforts.
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CU Medallion [18873]
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Lived on E-3 one year during my Clemson days. Piece of crap
Aug 10, 2012, 10:40 AM
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to say the least!
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Legend [15863]
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^^^^^^^^^^^^ passed out in hallway
Aug 10, 2012, 10:57 AM
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have the pics
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CU Guru [1139]
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B9 75-79***
Aug 10, 2012, 10:41 AM
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Recruit [82]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:42 AM
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Still had the gunracks then too. Window faced the valley, and if you could see around the smokestacks, the view was not bad. TV reception was terrible - had to put the antenna out the window and the wind constantly blew it over. If ANYONE in the building was playing music, you were hearing it - regardless. Plus the overhead storage cubby's back wall was missing, which means you could climb through to the room next door. My neighbors and I had an interesting war going on all semester. Climb in and turn the radio volume to full, short sheet the bed, etc.
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Recruit [82]
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^^^ E-420 ^^^***
Aug 10, 2012, 10:43 AM
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Recruit [82]
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Lived in E for two years
Aug 10, 2012, 10:42 AM
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Then moved to an apartment off campus.
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D342***
Aug 10, 2012, 10:42 AM
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:47 AM
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C-5 Rules!
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C-7
Aug 10, 2012, 10:48 AM
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Before the windows were clipped! My brother lived in New-F, 4 years earlier. They did a great Haunted House in the basement of New-F that we moved over to The Gutter. ANyone know where The Gutter was?
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110%er [6057]
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F327 & F119 - those were the best years ever.***
Aug 10, 2012, 10:48 AM
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Clemson Icon [26239]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:48 AM
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Great thread.....Great memories.
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:49 AM
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I moved in C-2 in 1956....Wonderful expedrience
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C-420 C-511 D-507
Aug 10, 2012, 10:49 AM
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3 glorious years
2 with only a hall phone.
Hall Hockey All-American for three years.
Good at penny-ing a door too.
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:53 AM
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E 215 1972
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:54 AM
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F-209 F-509 F-513
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Re: F-212, '74 to '76***
Aug 10, 2012, 10:57 AM
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Dynasty Maker [3438]
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Re: F-212, '74 to '76***
Aug 10, 2012, 11:43 AM
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Wow! So you are a 66 year old troll?
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WOW! You lack math skills.***
Aug 10, 2012, 5:03 PM
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Dynasty Maker [3438]
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Re: WOW! You lack math skills.***
Aug 10, 2012, 7:12 PM
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or............I hit the wrong key that was next to the one I wanted and the site doesn't let me edit posts.
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Hall of Famer [8930]
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I can edit my posts. Wonder if you have to be donor.***
Aug 10, 2012, 7:33 PM
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Associate AD [1047]
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Live on***
Aug 10, 2012, 11:02 AM
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Associate AD [1047]
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Live on A-6 for three semesters; F-Annex for 5 semesters
Aug 10, 2012, 11:05 AM
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I used to love our football games in the hallway of A-6. Nothing like checking someone into the wall and hearing the phone pop off the hook on the other side of the wall.
BTW, if you ever got skin caught in the wall cracks during a body check, you never forget the pain.
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Tiger Spirit [9550]
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That's "New-F" to us oldtimers***
Aug 10, 2012, 12:20 PM
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Trainer [27]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 11:06 AM
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C -728 1972
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Starter [392]
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E-617 - Telescopes pointed toward A Section every morning...
Aug 10, 2012, 11:08 AM
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late nights, and during the Spring tanning on the ledge. Man, those were the days.
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Dynasty Maker [3183]
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Heck. I remember when they were build. Lived in
Aug 10, 2012, 11:14 AM
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B and New F two different summers. Hot a hades!
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Game Day Hero [4477]
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Re: Heck. I remember when they were build. Lived in
Aug 10, 2012, 11:25 AM
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I've seen photos of the original construction. Many don't realize that they initially had a band of windows (rather than the single window per room when I arrived - C.1971) across the exterior wall. Must have been like a greenhouse!!!
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Clemson Icon [27766]
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I lived in them all four of my years back in the 60's...
Aug 10, 2012, 11:21 AM
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before AC and with pay phones on each hall. Most of my first two years, the athletes lived in the tin cans with us, which helped a lot of us to get to know them better. I lucked out and lived on the top floor each year and earned additional extra $$$ as a hall monitor, then supervisor. As to the lack of AC, most of us just put up with it, as a lot of us didn't have it in our homes or schools prior to Clemson. I can't remember the letter designations, although my senior year I lived in the one facing the Ft. Hill mansion adjacent to the student affairs' offices...and my favorite hangout was the canteen on the bottom level.
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Game Day Hero [4477]
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E-6...D-4...and finally C-501!
Aug 10, 2012, 11:22 AM
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C-501 was the first room up the stair . . .off the breezeway leading to the quad! Great room!
Christmas, 1972, I came back after a weekend home and found that my roommate had removed all of the ornaments from my miniature Christmas tree and shoved the hooks into the asbestos insulation that covered the ceilings! Asbestos fluff covered everything.
I specifically remember Spring '72, when I roomed in D-4 as I suffered a particularly bad bout of SPRING FEVER . . . staring out towards the Shoe Boxes, where the girls were attempting to get a head start on the summer tans.
Freshmen year (fall of '71) moved into E-616 (I think), which faced towards the Valley. Great view, but horrible for afternoon sun, though we were AC'ed by then. This only benefited you if the P-Plant had switched the system over to cooling rather than heating. Stupid two-pipe system!
Fond memories, though . . .
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F2 and D4 here.***
Aug 10, 2012, 11:22 AM
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CU Medallion [18213]
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D-6 and A-Annex here.***
Aug 10, 2012, 11:22 AM
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Associate AD [845]
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Not the same but
Aug 10, 2012, 11:26 AM
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lived in Johnstone Annex. One of the few girls that lived in Johnstone,legally  Advantage: closest dorm to the bars downtown and classes were in Tillman!
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 11:27 AM
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Absolutely. I remember all of that. My freshman room as F-111. About the size of a good closet!
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Standout [303]
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B-6, C-7, E-3, graduated in '79***
Aug 10, 2012, 11:30 AM
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Aug 10, 2012, 11:31 AM
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F350 i think in F annex, not actually a tin can
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Rival Killer [2629]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 11:32 AM
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Lived in E3 my freshman year - 1980. Had keggers from time to time on the hall. Good times.
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 3:53 PM
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My freshman year as well - E309.
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Phones, TVs, AC? In the '60's we weren't even permitted to
Aug 10, 2012, 11:34 AM
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have a hot plate(you younger guys can Google that). I was in New F where the view consisted of lattice work - (best memory was a guy starting a fire on the ledge with lots of newspaper after the occupants were asleep and bungeeing their door so they thought they were trapped in an inferno). Also lived in D facing the physical plant (so cold one morning I scraped frost off the metal wall). Last year was on the bottom floor of C on the quadrangle side near the corner where it joined D.
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Clemson Icon [27766]
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It's a funny story, Clover65, but my roommate and I
Aug 10, 2012, 11:45 AM
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scraped up $5 to buy a small fan from Judge Keller's, which did absolutely nothing. So I took it back wanting to "trade" it up for a breeze-box type, which was about $10 or $15, which, of course, we didn't have. He let me swap anyway with the promise that I'd pay him the balance over the next three months...which I did but which was tough to do anyway! Regardless, the bigger fan helped, and a lot of guys would come loiter in our room just to enjoy the fan. Hilarious when I think of it now...most folks I knew were broke all the time.
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Heisman Winner [79742]
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You know those "were the good old days" when a man who
Aug 10, 2012, 11:54 AM
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didn't even know you would give you credit when he knew you couldn't cover the extra 5 or 10 dollars to begin with.None of us had much money back then - I remember hitching rides (thumbing) home on I-85 to keep from paying someone with a car a couple of bucks to drop me off near my home on their way to Winthrop.
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Clemson Icon [27766]
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I "hitched" rides a lot, also, usually from the Clemson
Aug 10, 2012, 7:47 PM
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exit on I-85 to the Blacksburg exit on my way to Rock Hill and then, back. Still am amazed with all the rides I was able to get to and from that Blacksburg exit with a number of them right to my folks' home.
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Dynasty Maker [3438]
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Aug 10, 2012, 11:38 AM
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Johnstone F1 in fall 98 to spring 99. It was such a dump, possibly my favorite place I've ever lived.
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Clemson Icon [27766]
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When they were built, they were supposed to have a "shelf
Aug 10, 2012, 11:38 AM
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life" of only a few years, and even Bob Edwards repeatedly indicated his dislike of them. Their longevity, of course, was due to the money involved to replace them. I hated to see them go but knew their time had been way up for years. Their construction was unique as each floor was built, then "jacked" up with the next level then raised. Thus, the top floors were the first completed and so on.
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Trainer [50]
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E632.. 88-89 Year they painted the murals
Aug 10, 2012, 12:05 PM
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Good times!
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Aug 10, 2012, 12:24 PM
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New A-6 and Old A-6
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E-6: 1984-1986
Aug 10, 2012, 12:37 PM
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The Kudzu Party on the hall, Ray Workman as RA and his "killer parties", Sun bathing on the ledge, the luckiest kick by a UGA kicker in forever, a Duke NC in basketball, the towel party in the showers, the Challenger space shuttle disaster, rating girls from above, lots of new friends (GDI)
and . . . a cheap case of Natural Light in the fridge purchased at the PLEZ-U.
Those were the days! LOL!
Message was edited by: AThomas®
Message was edited by: AThomas®
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Associate AD [1041]
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Johnstone F
Aug 10, 2012, 12:40 PM
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Freshman year, great times.
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Follower [275]
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E411
Aug 10, 2012, 12:41 PM
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2000-2001 school year. Last year anyone lived in E...it didn't matter to the RA's what we did because they knew the buildings would soon be gone.
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MVP [549]
TigerPulse: 89%
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A-9 freshman year 1965, E-4 soph and junior year, then
Aug 10, 2012, 12:44 PM
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high rise 1969. Thought I had moved into a palace
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Scout Team [178]
TigerPulse: 98%
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E5 in 96***
Aug 10, 2012, 1:04 PM
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Solid Orange [1373]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 1:09 PM
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C-519 "72-'74
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All-Time Great [88566]
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A-8, 75-76 and 76-77.***
Aug 10, 2012, 1:11 PM
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Rival Killer [3000]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 1:12 PM
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Johnston C. Spring 79. Fridays on the ledge. Good times
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Clemson Conqueror [11346]
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I followed in your footsteps brother. E-320***
Aug 10, 2012, 1:13 PM
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MVP [535]
TigerPulse: 98%
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E-333 resident from Fall '85-Spring '86
Aug 10, 2012, 1:19 PM
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I remember watching the Challenger disaster via my rabbit-eared TV in that room.
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Commissioner [907]
TigerPulse: 99%
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 1:19 PM
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A 717....'74 and '75. Hall phone, asbestos ceilings, rifle racks. Had a rat one night take a loaf of bread off the 3rd shelf and drag it to the A/C vent. Scared me and my roomie. He was a big sucker!
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Rooter [249]
TigerPulse: 98%
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D-4
Aug 10, 2012, 1:26 PM
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Complete with street access from the ledge on Gameday.. Saw a guy fall off a higher ledge- lounge chair and all- the day we beat the Dawgs in 1981. He landed in the grass and just got up and brushed himself off and limped back upstairs and kept drankin' ! Woooooooo Johnstone!
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Letterman [189]
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Re: D-4
Aug 11, 2012, 12:47 PM
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There was a guy across the hall from me, I think he was in D517 or D519 that fell off the ledge in his chair. Broke his wrist, but he didn't know it until later. That happened during gameday, but was in 1982 I think. His name was Dewitt if I remember correctly.
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Trainer [47]
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D-3***
Aug 10, 2012, 1:55 PM
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Varsity [104]
TigerPulse: 92%
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 1:56 PM
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B-9 Freshman year.
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Letterman [269]
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F (or soccer hall) for many years***
Aug 10, 2012, 2:07 PM
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All-Conference [415]
TigerPulse: 97%
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F-Annex for 2 years baby.....
Aug 10, 2012, 2:31 PM
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toweled the doors, soaped the floors....slip and slides.
Hitting golf balls down the halls.....
Climbing out the windows and sneaking in your neighbors room and trashing it.
The shoe tree......
throwing your mattress out the window at the end of the year.
Hitting the heads off the fire extinguishers and watching them fly down the stairwells.....
such good times.
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Starter [382]
TigerPulse: 77%
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Re: THE CANS
Aug 10, 2012, 2:42 PM
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I was a Freshman in 1968 and lived in room B-901. No A/C,filthy tile floor, one phone for the entire floor, and I loved every day of it. '68 was the last mandatory RAT class, and I was very proud to be in that class. Shaved head cost us $.50, and we had to buy our RAT hats from Judge Keller's. To Dan's to pick up orders from upper classmen everyday.
It really saddens me that some dope smoking hippies saw to it that the RAT system was discontinued, because all of us RATS had to help one another. I still maintain friendships I made because I was a RAT.
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1st Rounder [645]
TigerPulse: 98%
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F-422***
Aug 10, 2012, 3:03 PM
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Orange Blooded [2441]
TigerPulse: 98%
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F-Annex - 5th Floor
Aug 10, 2012, 3:03 PM
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Had a lot of fun and met some great, life-long friends that year.
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null [null]
TigerPulse: null%
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C4... I believe...
Aug 10, 2012, 3:19 PM
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1989-90. As much as it was an awful building, I enjoyed that freshman year and the guys on that floor a lot.
Maybe too much.
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Walk-On [145]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Re: C4... I believe...
Aug 10, 2012, 3:54 PM
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E2 Freshman year '78
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Rock Defender [66]
TigerPulse: 83%
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Re: C4... I believe...
Aug 11, 2012, 8:08 AM
[ in reply to C4... I believe... ] |
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I was C-4 from 1987 to 1989. Way too much fun. I was just thinking the other day about how nasty that carpet was.
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Clemson Icon [26468]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Joined: 2006
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E-5... was the last class in there I do believe... I was
Aug 10, 2012, 3:21 PM
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in it in 2000. We mad a suite between the two rooms that were separated by plywood... right behind the rifle racks.
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Heisman Winner [81375]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Joined: 2003
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I was lucky enough to live on E3 and to
Aug 10, 2012, 4:13 PM
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go by every day the Summer they were torn down. I cheered.
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Orange Blooded [2102]
TigerPulse: 100%
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C-5 for four years. First two facing the inner plaza,
Aug 10, 2012, 4:13 PM
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second two years were across from the bank machines. Great view! 
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Hall of Famer [8930]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Posts: 11812
Joined: 2011
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F2 all FOUR years. F222 for two and F237 for last two years
Aug 10, 2012, 5:00 PM
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I still have a key.
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CU Guru [1497]
TigerPulse: 100%
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E-2, room 232. Ground floor on the side that faced Harcombe.
Aug 10, 2012, 5:09 PM
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I remember them telling us that Johnstone was "temporary housing" back in the day. That's why it was built on a slab instead of having a real foundation.
That was in 1997-1998...
Still had some good times in that old can, I remember a couple of times when it would rain very hard water would pour in through our window since it was right at ground level with a brick wall/ water trough on the outside.
I was still sad when they tore it down for some strange reason.
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Ring of Honor [21088]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Re: E-2, room 232. Ground floor on the side that faced Harcombe.
Aug 11, 2012, 1:38 AM
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I lived in that same room in 1980-1983.
During the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP season!
Go TIGERS!!
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Offensive Star [305]
TigerPulse: 98%
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E520
Aug 10, 2012, 5:11 PM
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E520 1998. Urinal errrrr I mean sink in the room.
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110%er [3995]
TigerPulse: 100%
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E-413 '97-'98. So crappy but so convenient.***
Aug 10, 2012, 5:44 PM
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Offensive Star [340]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Fortunately or unfortunately.....
Aug 10, 2012, 6:51 PM
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I never figured out which but I never lived in Johnstone. I was assigned to the third floor of Wannamker Hall as a Freshmen and then moved over into Bradley the next.
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Tiger Cub [13]
TigerPulse: 55%
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 6:59 PM
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I was in C 7 in a corner room. We had holes in the wall where the bolts had fallen out. We hung army blankets to keep the west wind drafts from freezing us. Also, we had one pay phone to a floor which was across the hall from our room. We would answer the phone "Joe's pool hall you stack'em we'll rack'em" or "Bull street sanitarium Napoleon speaking" and others not repeatable in polite company.
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Scout Team [176]
TigerPulse: 88%
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F-407...'73 to '74...fun times !***
Aug 10, 2012, 7:39 PM
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Hall of Famer [8930]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Joined: 2011
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Same here. Moved into F222 39 years ago.
Aug 10, 2012, 7:46 PM
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Lived in F222 the first two years and moved to New F237 my last two years. I was on the 2nd floor of F all four years. I loved being on campus, near the cafeteria, near classes, near Fike, near the stadium, near the collesiu, and near downtown. It seemed to be the center of the universe.
I wish all Clemson students could/would spend 4 years on campus.
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All-Conference [435]
TigerPulse: 92%
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Lived there 3 years...
Aug 10, 2012, 7:47 PM
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Never minded it a bit. Was sad to see it go.
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Head Coach [757]
TigerPulse: 72%
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B-9 Penthouse 80-82***
Aug 10, 2012, 8:16 PM
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Aficionado [152]
TigerPulse: 100%
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D 6 here ''79 to '81***
Aug 10, 2012, 8:24 PM
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Orange Blooded [3258]
TigerPulse: 100%
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A as a freshman in 65 - 66 and F in 66 -67. Other side of
Aug 10, 2012, 8:31 PM
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campus the last two years.
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All-Pro [738]
TigerPulse: 100%
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One of the last to call B home
Aug 10, 2012, 8:34 PM
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Demolished after my freshman year.
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Walk-On [128]
TigerPulse: 70%
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D2 in 1986 & 1987
Aug 10, 2012, 8:41 PM
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Does anyone remember how D2 looked after every weekend? Good times!!!
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Freshman [0]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 8:59 PM
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C-4 1971, facing the Quad, directly over the Breezeway. Great views of all the coeds heading to Harcombe. C-2? the next year facing Shoeboxes. Last two years were in the Annex, but spent most of my time at the Clemson House with my current wife. Great times!!!
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Tiger Spirit [9896]
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Lived in E and B sections, Fall of 85 thru Spring 87***
Aug 10, 2012, 9:55 PM
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MVP [517]
TigerPulse: 100%
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I moved into E-5 my freshman year***
Aug 10, 2012, 9:57 PM
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Starter [374]
TigerPulse: 79%
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 10, 2012, 10:09 PM
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E-229, August 1970. Then moved to new F section for my last 3 years. The cans were amazing - just a big happy family with a constant open door policy almost any time, day or night. I'd move back in tomorrow if that were possible.
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All-American [588]
TigerPulse: 93%
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D-6 directly above walk thru 1975-76
Aug 11, 2012, 12:02 AM
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And lived in A section very end room (CLOSEST ROOM TO DOWNTOWN) 78-79
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Team Captain [464]
TigerPulse: 100%
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D-5
Aug 11, 2012, 8:13 AM
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1969-1970.
The guy in the room next to me was the one who threw the wet wad of TP out the window and hit Bostic as he walked down the street.
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null [144]
TigerPulse: null%
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E432 in 93***
Aug 11, 2012, 8:18 AM
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Paw Master [16363]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 11, 2012, 8:43 AM
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E-343, freshman year.
New A for a summer school.
Remembering Johnstone fondly is some odd mental trick most of us play. Living in Johnstone was less pleasant that recalling living there.
1. First day of Johnstone, outdoor temp was 104. Indoor temp was in the high 80s.
2. No phone, no food, no pets. Lots and lots and lots of cigarettes.
3. 8 bare toilets in a row, against a tile wall. Who liked taking a crap next to the fellow from the other end of the hall? Half way through the year they put in partitions between the toilets, but no doors.
4. Room inspection.
5. Rat season. Dan's Duty.
6. For Homecoming girls were allowed on the hall after the game. Doors to the rooms MUST be open. Pretty goofy hiding behind an open umbrella with your girl, blocking prying eyes passing by in the hallway.
7. I liked that guy's music from 10 rooms down the hall. Really I did.
8. Amazing what lighter fluid shot under a room door ignited looks like.
9. Peeing in the sink. Yes, I did.
10. Lousy beds.
Yep, I loved it.
Harley
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Associate AD [1041]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 11, 2012, 11:44 AM
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I recall one Saturday morning taking a shower where the one next to me had been used as a bathroom the night before
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All-TigerNet [5618]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 11, 2012, 8:50 AM
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Lived in A-2 first semester of 1970, then got moved to C second semester because they closed A if I remember correctly. Was in C the next year and went to frat dorms for years 3 & 4
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Associate AD [1041]
TigerPulse: 100%
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Johnstone
Aug 11, 2012, 9:25 AM
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Last to live in D403. Torn down after Spring semester of my freshman year.
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Varsity [104]
TigerPulse: 92%
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 11, 2012, 11:58 AM
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F-section, F-311!
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Athletic Dir [864]
TigerPulse: 93%
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This is so funny
Aug 11, 2012, 12:26 PM
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Longest thread ever
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Letterman [189]
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Re: Johnstone Hall
Aug 11, 2012, 12:31 PM
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D516 my Freshman and Sophomore years (Fall 82 - Spring 84)
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1st Rounder [623]
TigerPulse: 100%
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E2 Zoo. Still miss those cockroaches. Gave some of them
Aug 11, 2012, 1:05 PM
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names.
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Dynasty Maker [3117]
TigerPulse: 100%
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F212 - 1989, F332 - 1990-91***
Aug 11, 2012, 1:58 PM
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