Monthly Archives: April 2024

Lost in the Paris RER (Rousse)

I lost TPR and LF in the maze of a Paris RER station on our way back to the main venue of the incentive holiday.  When they boarded the train heading in the right direction, I went the opposite way. … Continue reading

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Petting super furry golden brown bunnies (Rousse)

My friend invited me round to see her latest pets: two golden brown bunnies. They were so soft to touch, and didn’t seem to mind being petted. I was surprised to feel such tiny bodies under the mass of fur.

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Washington and back in a day (Rousse)

TPR couldn’t wait for the delivery of his computer part so he flew to Washington and back in a single day. This seemed rather excessive to me, especially since the value of the part was only £3.

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Bob Mortimer and a goth girl threesome (Rousse)

I spotted Bob Mortimer in the huge audience at another comedian’s anniversary retrospective. At the start of the performance he sat in his seat just like everyone else. However, after a few minutes I noticed that he was running from … Continue reading

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The Canterbury Tales and careers training (Rousse)

We drove to Paisley, looking forward to the careers training session. We were especially pleased that JM had managed to secure a place after someone else had cancelled theirs. The venue was a great disappointment. It was a shabby wood … Continue reading

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Moth escape (Rousse)

TPR and I were halfway across town when we realised that we had abandoned our elderly charge at home without leaving details of our whereabouts. We made an about turn and rushed back to the house, praying that she had … Continue reading

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Traitors, faithfuls, and the University of Birmingham Ballroom Dancing Society (Rousse)

Playing a traitor was not as easy as it looked, especially when the other two insisted on tailing me as I wandered around the building. We spent so much time apart from the others that when I asked a prominent … Continue reading

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Grand designs in south west Birmingham (Rousse)

The suburb of Northfield in Birmingham had smartened up considerably since the late 1980s. The tumbledown garages behind our old street had been demolished and replaced with a row of neat new houses. Our old house had been vastly extended at … Continue reading

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Developing a small business research strategy (Rousse)

Belle was  in disgrace. While I had been advising DC and his colleagues that UK research council documentation could serve as the starting point for the development of a government mandated small business research strategy, Belle had sloped off to … Continue reading

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A bedroom farce (Rousse)

It was like the plot of a farce. My new friend and I bonded on a tropical beach while watching the enormous sun double dip into the sea beneath the far horizon. Then we went back to her room. She … Continue reading

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