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Furnish your apartment,
charter a plane, throw a party,
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Story by Terri Wfcon
Illustrations by Harry Wit
month. A business or math student could rent an adding
machine there for $15 a month, a calculator for $20 to
$75. You have a choice of new or used equipment.
Get: in s
hape
After sitting at your newly-rented desk (and sneaking
food from your little refrigerator) you mht do well to
rent some exercise equipment. AAA Rents (2203 N St.)
is the place to go. 2aa jsas, hdt vfbratsrs and bicycle
exercisers each rent for $10 a month. Jcggess and
rollers rent for $15 a month. If you hurt yourself in the
process, you can rent a whrrkflirfr for $14 a month,
crimes for $3 a month.
For the accident-prone skiers in the crowd there are a
variety of other places to rent crutches. Donley Medical
Supply will rent them for $150 a week; Family Drug. $2
a week or $4 a month; Medic-Aids, Inc., $3 a month.
If you really have problems and choose to live in your
own student health center, you can rent a Laspital bed for
$23 a month at Medic-Aids or for $40 a month from
Donley Medical Supplies.
Barring sickness, you'll probably be up and about and
full of energy. If that's the case. Lee's Rental has cleaning
equipment that .should help you keep your rented furni
ture in shape. Or maybe you're a fraternity pledge and are
assigned to clean the entire house. For you, Lee's wl rent
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. cHzzza for $350 a day. If you want to do something nk:c
for your pbcje cad, rent a car pc:r for $350,
And for ny next trxel;
Of course, once everything is in shape, youTl want to
throw a party.
For the ctessy touches needed, at a holiJay or fonr.zl
affair, try AAA Rents. They have drr-r-rse fcjr.til.u
for $15, tabledothes for $1 50. They wiU rent you a five
piece s2ver coffee service for $10, a prrtc!i tori for
$350. Dlfewsn rents for seven cents a piece, fZvrrwzre.
15 cents for a threeifece place setting. A three-branch
silver czzZdz to set the scene C3n be tented for $10, a
five-branch for $1250. All items are rented by the day or
by the party.
A more casual party, such as a picnic or outdoor bar
becuq, might require the renting of fcliirg chairs and
, For 30 cents each chair and $250 for an 8 ft. table
you're set up for the occasion. . .
If you want to entertain your friends in grand style
you might consider throwing a costume party and giving
them a magic show on the side. Steve Harrington of Mzgic
Touch w21 rent you a cc!!rpsal!e top hat, a inagidan'a
cape, raliits and skcra. To agree on rental terms, con
tact him at P.O. Doa 30076 in Lincoln. Harrington works
as a magician out of his home and said he would be willing
to share the elementary art of magic with you for $5 a
lesson. More advanced training could cost from $25 to
$IC0 if you want to learn to pull doves from the air.
Cleopatra 9 I presuno
Your friends can rent costumes from Deluxe Costume
World for 24 hours. Prices range from $650 to $20 for a
complete costume. A clown, an elaborate Cleopatra or
Uncle Sam costume rents for $15. Animal suits, including
gorillas, swamp monsters and cyclopses rent from $850
to $20, depending on the completeness of costume.
Roman togas go for $650. Victorian dresses and
Scottish kilts rent for $1050. A double-breasted gangster
suit rents for $850. All costumes are rented in sets.
A sorority or other campus social group is advised to
schedule a bard early. CJD Productions can book a four
or five- piece band for $300 to $500 a night. You choose
from rock and '50s groups.
If you want some music, but not that much, you can
rent a stereo from Ace for $1650 a month.
Another way to satisfy the aesthetic senses is to rent
Czss, records and art. Bennet Martin library will rent you
records and films, including W.C. Fields, Laurel and Hardy
snd animal and nature films with your library card. Two
dollars will rent you a fZm projector for the night. -
The UML extension division also rents flms.
For those with a need to be surrounded by art,
Sheldon Art Galery will rent psztks at a percentage of
their value. A $100 painting rents for $4 a month; a $300
Kg, $8 a month. They charge a $5 cover charge.
The groat outdoors
The call of the wild may beckon some. Lincoln is full
of places to rent camping, athlatic and water sport equip
ment. Hdksss Pari: Marina wO rent yea psdL!3 boats and
cesses for $250 an hour and a $1 deposit. They charge
$1.25 for each additional hour. For $4.14, rent yourself a
canoe for the vshole day. fLZsxta are $550 an hour,
$3.25' for each additional hour, or $9 the whole day.
And you don't haw to keep the canoe at Holmes. You
can pack it off on vacatbn for $17 for two days, $24 for
'three. .
The UNL Recreation Dept. rests canoes for $5 a day.
a weekend and $19 a week). Rs&bcr rafts rent for
$350 a day ($6J0O a weekend. $12 a week). Eacksscks
range from $.75 to $150 a day, $1 to $3 for the weekend
and $2 to $6 for the week.
You can also rent tents, sleeping bags and eclemaa
lasiSero. - .i.--
Skis can be rented for $1250 a week. A fkZiszz red,
bow aad arrow, $1 50 a week.
And if you like to move in pairs, you and abuddy can
rent a tasdsa bike for $150 a day.
What else could you possibly want to rent? An air
ccflanei? $4650 a month gives you cool air from Ace
from a medium size air conditioner.
Wafers zsi dzym? They cost $3650 a month for a
minimum of two months from Ace Ace has delivery
charges for all its items of $10.
Second honeymoon
StZlrncre? '
Ccen thinkeg of takfcg your wife on a second honey-'
moon? -v
Y'eH, you ccuM rent a Lasspsaa szs at the Radls
son Ccrahuiker Hotel for XS3. Sscnds ' steep, but it '
includes romantic French provincial fanlure, a bottb of
wine, and a king size bed-cot to rnantbn two twin beds, '
.arlor.twobathioomialshasitte. .
The Gaytsa Ilsuse offers their ssiie for $40, the
IEa for $3150. The ICtoa ai-o pTas a pa certificate
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Ccsae Dacasi-ar and yoortre bcsd dowa with term
paptrs, yea rncLt rent a Ea7 to type fcx you. She
wfl charts $15 a pe cr S4 aa hour for four kours,
T.s sha's typing, yea caa watch tlary Kutmaa,
Hary Kaxtsasa ca your rentad fcMsa c:t, a black-tad-'
whita for $350 a week or $1453 a racnth frcia Ace;
cdcr,'$15awsakcT.$30aiaciith. ' v
Last and raabe ksst, if you cv:r scad Czs, Gb5e
Ckanars at 1124 L St wZl rent thsci to ycu f cr $5 a
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