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Monthly Archives: March 2015
Phil Collins flies first class (Rousse)
Phil Collins was travelling first class from Montreal back to London on the same flight as me. I knew this because the fat woman in yellow told me so in the vast aircraft toilets.
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Tagged aircraft, class, fat, first, fly, London, Montreal, Phil Collins, toilets, woman, yellow
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Paul McCartney’s plastic surgeon (Rousse)
Paul McCartney came on set to check its authenticity. Meanwhile I checked his. He looked so incredibly young that I was almost tempted to ask him for the number of his plastic surgeon.
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Tagged authentic, number, Paul McCartney, plastic, set, surgeon, young
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The real reason why Jeremy Clarkson was forced to leave the BBC (Rousse)
Jeremy Clarkson had been sacked so my long-awaited appearance on Top Gear was cancelled. However, the disgraced TV star still honoured our date. First he cooked for me and DB. Breakfast was a huge plate of black bacon. Then he … Continue reading
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Tagged assault, bacon, BBC, black, breakfast, cancel, departure, fire, interview, Jeremy Clarkson, leave, mysterious, mystery, producer, sack, text, Top Gear
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Post-its as visual aids (Rousse)
It was much easier for our project team to work in the new office. With the extra space we weren’t so much in one another’s way. I just wished that I had been kinder when I gave B feedback on … Continue reading
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Tagged client, hand-written, kind, meeting, note, office, post-it, preparation, project, team, visual aid
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Innovation at the British Library (Rousse)
I sat in the futuristic auditorium surrounded by the great and good of the British Library. Above each pod was an electronic name tag that identified its occupant. Since they shared the same surname, I wondered whether the woman on … Continue reading
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Tagged auditorium, British Library, futuristic, hotels, information science, innovation, journal, library, marry, name, pod, presentation, surname, tag, woman
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Dilemma during final of University Challenge in French (Rousse)
My boyfriend was called Phil. We’d been seeing one another on and off for a while now so it was good to make it official. He was a nice man, though a bit posh – and a lot younger than … Continue reading
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Tagged boyfriend, dilemma, final, French, Leeds, Manchester, Phil, posh, TPR, university, University Challenge, young
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A half-written report, a lazy student, and a planned death (Rousse)
WM sat at the kitchen table with her half-written report in front of her. Another couple of students were milling around, but not the one that WM was after. When her quarry eventually appeared WM shouted at him for not … Continue reading
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Tagged air, death, gulp, half-written, kitchen, lazy, plan, quarry, report, sob, student, students, weight
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Irish politics and star of the Voice Fionn Gardner (Rousse)
My companion was a highly intelligent Irish woman. When she started talking about politics, I was grateful that I had paid attention to the radio news that morning. She seemed impressed that I was able to pass on some information … Continue reading
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Tagged companion, Fionn Gardner, information, Ireland, news, politics, radio, series, show, talent, television, The Voice, voice, woman
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Ski innovations (Rousse)
My brother-in-law MF invited me on a ski-ing trip. I hadn’t taken to the slopes for years so was interested in the new form of ski-ing on short stumpy blades that were held together across the front by a small … Continue reading
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Tagged acommodation, black, blades, canvas, dirty, hotel, innovation, pitch, plastic, ski, ski-ing, slopes, snow, tent, token, white
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Getting creative in the garden and the office (Rousse)
Creative KT spent the whole day in her narrow sloping garden, tidying it up in anticipation of the arrival of J’s grandchildren. She even pitched the huge embroidered tent that I had bought in the charity shop. TPR had told … Continue reading
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Tagged card, cardboard, charity, creative, embroidery, garden, grandchildren, laminate, name, office, PA, place, right, settings, shop, tablecloth, tent, TPR, white, wrong
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