Monthly Archives: January 2018

A Canadian in the UK (Rousse)

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My extremely tall, dark, handsome Canadian cousin was living in the UK with his Italian girlfriend and her two children. One day I had a go at being as tall as my cousin. I discovered all the inconveniences that extra … Continue reading →

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Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the strange shoe switch (Rousse)

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I were staying temporarily in a small rented apartment along with DTJ and her toddler son JJ, who slept in a curtained off area at the far end of the sitting room. On a day when I should … Continue reading →

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Just another divorce day casualty (Rousse)

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR spent Christmas in the far north of the Shetland Islands, miles away from me and the rest of the family. The evidence was there a parish magazine: a photograph of TPR seated next to a vicar at Christmas dinner … Continue reading →

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Distracted by next season’s fashion must-haves and Harry Potter in French (Rousse)

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

At the height of summer I was living in North Berwick and working in Edinburgh, desperate to finish the data analysis and write-up of my second PhD. On the days that I couldn’t cadge a lift along the by-pass with … Continue reading →

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Apple interface problems (Rousse)

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

My new iPhone infuriated me. I was trying to contact JM and BR in London to check the venue of the conference dinner that evening, but the device’s interface was so poor that I couldn’t operate its telephone function. It … Continue reading →

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Boobs at breakfast and John Humphrys at the Job Centre (Rousse)

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Although I was first in the queue at the Job Centre, I had to wait an age to be seen because John Humphrys was ahead of me, interviewing the woman behind the desk. I wondered whether it was worth waiting. … Continue reading →

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Back to work in boxer shorts (Rousse)

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Dressed in thin cotton boxer shorts, I arrived back at work after the Christmas holiday to find that someone had moved my desk into a shabby shared office with FR, IB, IH and SS. Here it was freezing cold, the … Continue reading →

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Human harpoon target practice (Rousse)

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When TPR took up membership of an exclusive club I hoped that I would soon receive an invitation myself. However, TPR was dead set against my joining him once he discovered the main reason for bringing in new recruits: so … Continue reading →

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Exam scripts and snogging in the School office (Rousse)

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

There were strange goings-on in the School office. Admin staff were marking exam scripts with the authority of (retired) lecturer RK. ‘It’s easy enough to check that the numbers at the end of the calculations are the same as in … Continue reading →

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A boyfriend returns (Rousse)

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Dreamaticus

KA danced at the bottom of the staircase in a fluffy pink bolero. One year ago she hardly mentioned AO. Now he was here too. Afterwards we went for a walk. KA’s daughter R was ahead of us, alone and … Continue reading →

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