Re: U3a
ive been considering joining U3a, you have to pay for the year ,and then you can join any of the groups ,..Some groups are more popular than others , the one i considered joining was Criminology but it has a waiting list ..if one puts the name down now you might get in for January start ..Re: U3a
250 attending is an awful lot, and my guess is that a new face possibly wouldn't register with most people.Re: U3a
My wife and I used to belong to the local U3A. But gave it up several years ago. Apart from the organised walks, it was just about impossible to join any of the other groups, where the meetings were held in people's houses. Any request to join in was met with "you need to start another one, ours is full". My experience was one of private cliques and any newbies were not made welcome.Re: U3a
We joined last year and have been on several trips on the coach to different towns and cities. We keep going primarily (OK, solely) for the coach trips. As for the people, they're not unfriendly but they're, well, old. OK, we're not spring chickens either, but they speak slowly and for some reason bring dusty books to read aloud from about the places we're going to the following week. Or worse - they copy & paste whole screeds from the Internet to read out loud, facts, figures, uninteresting facts about the place, when the Romans built it, which saint originated there. I can actually see members glazing over, I'm not kidding.Re: U3a
I joined it.Re: U3a
I joined thee U3A last year, but there wasn't much that I was interested in doing. I did a monthly walk, which was good, but everyone seemed to know each other, and because I'm very shy I found it difficult to join in. I also thought doing something called Puzzles and Mind GAmes, thought it might be good for my brain. That was monthly too, and some of the puzzles were good, but towards the end it became very mathmatical and that's something I'm absolutely not good. I joined for two sessions the art club, but found I was so hopeless that I gave up. I've not rejoined again this year.Thread Tools | |
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