Yeah, taht all sucks, but look at this way. It could be the accordian they're playing, not the piano. I was at convention many years ago. Just as our con ended, the next one moved in - accordian players. And they took their accordians EVERYWHERE - elevators, the pool(!) so by the time you checked out, you were half insane from hearing them all playing the same stuff over and over again.

Heh. I totally didn't think of that! But yeah, piano is not the worst instrument they could be playing ;-)

And at least you only get ONE piano, right? Imagine being stuck in an elevator with SEVERAL people with accordians. I swear, if they played too much, it could be a CSI plot ('mass murder in elevator; people bludgeoned to death with own accordians') ;)

Death by accordian - that episode I would like to see ;-) I am glad that we only have one piano, that is enough for me (although I used to play as well, but nowhere near as good).

I'm with you on books for school. Student loans after they paid for tuition, I had $200 left over. Guess how much my books are going to cost? $260. Sure I can chip in $60 but when you don't have it, it's kinda hard. I want used books, but I'm not guaranteed all used.

Yeah, school books really are too expensive! I also try to get used books when I can find them, but without an academic bookstore in the area, they can be hard to come by :-/.