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Monthly Archives: March 2024
The 70% driver (Rousse)
They gave me the nickname 70% to recognise the quality of my driving: OK 70% of the time, dreadful for the other 30%.
David Tennant’s ‘dangerous driver’ wife (Rousse)
It was still dark at 4:00am when I turned the key in my red Peugeot 205 to drive it up the hill past the community centre and round the corner to the village car park. This was the easiest place … Continue reading
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Tagged car, dangerous, David Tennant, disaster, driver, husband, neighbour, park, Peugeot 205, photograph, police, responsible, tamper, village
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Online conference revival (Rousse)
Last held in 2013, we all believed that that was the end of the annual Online conference – until this week, when it was revived in London. LVZ was operating the complicated lifts, and my colleague BMR selling miscellaneous books … Continue reading
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Tagged auditorium, book, Christmas, class, conference, Easter, exercise, film, lift, London, Online, revival, spiral, staircase, stall
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An inconvenient house in the Highlands, with stunning medieval hall (Rousse)
Why did we ever buy this inconvenient house in the Highlands? The only advantage of living here was that you could leave your front door unlocked without any risk of burglary. The layout of the building was ridiculous. You walked … Continue reading
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Tagged bathroom, burglary, dining, hall, highlands, house, inconvenient, investment, kitchen, layout, medieval, sitting, study
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A rough Liverpudlian with rickets (Rousse)
Having ended her relationship with AO, in the sitting room of my dead paternal grandmother, KA introduced us to her new partner. When Niklaus and I shook hands, we recognised each other. I’d seen him at work just a few … Continue reading
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Tagged football, grandmother, Liverpudlian, mirror, Niklaus, partner, rickets, rough, rug, skinny
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REF cheats (Rousse)
I started to write my report about the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in pink ink along the top of the low wall. My source material was a huge A4 binder bulging with print-outs and notes from 2021. I left my … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, action, colleague, confidential, Edinburgh, ink, legal, men, pink, REF, report, Research Excellence Framework, suit, university, vacancy, wall
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Royal shenanigans and an unintended heist (Belle)
My second worst ever boyfriend decided to take me to Italy to show off his new friends – a group of minor royals. “See how much fun we’re having”, he said to me as a group of them posed and … Continue reading
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Tagged boyfriend, charity shop, cobbled street, cutlery, director, film crew, Italy, laundry, Queen Elizabeth II, royal family, Royals
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Sunbathing and the American Secret Service (Rousse)
We befriended eight American holiday-makers at our hotel. When they confessed that they hadn’t packed very well, TPR and I presented them with a supply of T shirts and a set of small, green canvas backed, deckchairs. These items had … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990s, American, cave, claustrophobia, deckchair, holiday, hotel, incentive, logo, sand, secret, service, sick, sunbathing, T shirt, TPR
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Sara the stranger (Rousse)
The extra member of our book group was DM’s new mentee: a large woman called Sara. From now onwards, she would meet DM three hours before the start of our meetings, then join the rest of us for the dinner … Continue reading
American carries rifle as hand luggage on commercial flight from Heathrow to the Far East (Rousse)
The American couple were also heading for the Far East. We were just at the start of our long journey. They had already endured several hours in the confines of economy having flown into Heathrow from the US just a … Continue reading
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