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Monthly Archives: October 2017
A drifting sea horse (Rousse)
The horse stood patiently on the red deck that was tethered to the end of the pier. Meanwhile, the horse’s owner struck up a conversation with us. Then came a gust of wind and the deck’s mooring broke loose. Within … Continue reading
Doing the dirty work for HR (Rousse)
I was the toast of our HR department. WT congratulated me on having persuaded a hopeless colleague to give up a role for which he was clearly unsuited. It now looked like I was going to be asked to complete … Continue reading
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Tagged challenge, colleague, congratulate, department, dirty, flatmate, hopeless, HR, note, role, toast, work
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A gossipping wheelchair user (Rousse)
Now going by the name ‘Mandy’, LM drew me aside me to discuss an exam paper. We were just about to consider the questions when my school friend AR (was AH) approached us. She was clearly primed for a good … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation, curiosity, exam, friend, gossip, mobility, paper, question, school, wheelchair
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Novel marketing ploy from Nandos (Rousse)
When I returned to my cabin mid-morning I found two members of staff still there, tidying up the bedroom and cleaning the bathroom. They hurried away, indicating in broken English that they would come back later. It was only when … Continue reading
Accommodating seven adults in a two-bedroomed flat (Rousse)
IF CW moved out of the bedroom at the back into the study at the front, then JM could have her bedroom. But then JM said that he was moving in with his parents and his sister, so where would … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodate, adult, bedroom, corridor, disater, flat, parent, porridge, pot, sister, sleep, stride, study, two-bedroomed
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A dump in Luton (Rousse)
Our new house was not ready when we first moved to Luton so we wild-camped by the river for a couple of nights, with only a sleeping bag and dirty white sheet for cover. We were perfectly safe there, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Bedfordshire, camera, camping, carpenters, devastation, dirty, dump, Edinburgh, electricians, flat, folly, Georgian, house, kitchen, Luton, mural, neighbour, oven, owner, plumbers, purchase, red brick, restoration, river, sale, sheet, sleeping bag, staircase, thief, upkeep, Victorian, villa
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Left hand skin lump diagnosis (Rousse)
I was chatting to JS when I noticed a small lump on the knuckle of the index finger of my left hand. I bit into it, then peeled back the skin all the way to my wrist. On display were … Continue reading
A private tour of the National Railway Museum, York (Rousse)
My mother had parked her car in Newcastle, but accidentally purchased train tickets that took us further south to York. ‘It’s OK’, we assured to her, ‘We just get off at Newcastle. Nobody will care if we leave our seats … Continue reading
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Tagged 200th anniversary, car, Darlington, mother, National Railway Museum, Newcastle, private, railway, return, seat, September 2025, Stockton, ticket, tour, train, York
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Love at the cosmetics counter (Rousse)
My young charge and I ran a cosmetics counter in a department store. Customers were few so we enjoyed a lot of free time to get to know each other and – eventually – fall in love, despite our 36 … Continue reading
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Tagged A level, A*s, application, assistant, black, conference, cosmetics, counter, customr, department, dress, employment, HE, higher education, hopeless, love, shop, spots, store, university, white, work
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