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Author Archives: Dreamaticus
Adam Lambert: hairdresser (Rousse)
It was the eve of the final of American Idol. Adam Lambert was backstage. For the very last time before he would be forced to give up his career as a hairdresser for singing and world-wide fame, he trimmed my … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Lambert, American Idol, backstage, career, fame, final, golden, hairdresser, singing, tresses
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Over the Archers’ paving stones for an aborted walk to the beach (Rousse)
GB had struggled to find a couple of pals who were willing to walk all the way over the far hills to the remote beach so was delighted when she thought that KA and I could accompany her. I was … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbey Hill, aborted, Archers, beach, busy, butterfly, cherry. cherries, class, colleague, cream, David Archer, diet, hill, Italian, loss, mind, pal, pals, paving, restaurant, roadside, Ruth Archer, stones, strawberries, strawberry, walk, weight
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University of Birmingham releases exam marks 29 years late (Rousse)
It was about 06:00am when I heard someone come in through the back door of the flat and make their way into the kitchen. I leapt out of bed, pulled on some pyjamas, and went to confront the burglars. What … Continue reading
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Tagged 29, back, bed, Birmingham University, brave, burglar, confront, degree, door, exam, flat, Friends, grade, kitchen, language, late, mark, marks, Nottingham University, paper, pyjamas, results, TPR, University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham, years
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Mountain rescue (Rousse)
P sat up in the single bed next to mine and complained of a hangover. He was moody enough at the best of times so I wasn’t prepared to hang around to see how he would behave with a sore … Continue reading
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Tagged bed, black, blind, cliff, cliff-top, cycle, escape, estate, freezing, hangover, head, hill, hills, hostel, housing, jacket, lawn, moorland, mountain, outcrop, path, paths, phone, rescue, rock, rough, run, save, sea, sight, single, top, walker, waves, wife
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Second cousins and a suspect chicken (Rousse)
When I arrived at T and S’s house, LO’N and CT were already there. L looked fabulous even though she had only just given birth to baby S. When I asked how she knew CT they both laughed. Surely I … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, birth, cousin, dinner, great-grandparents, house, room, second, serve, sitting, tin
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Economical in-flight entertainment (Rousse)
We hadn’t quite finished packing for our trip for Australia. We were so excited at the prospect of heading to the warmth of a late Antipodean summer, leaving the bitter cold of a British January behind. I reminded TPR to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970s, Antipodes, Australia, bitter, Britain, chinos, cold, dark, economy, entertainment, flight, hair, hand, in-flight, January, journey, luggage, magazine, man cover, minimum, packing, photograph, picture, plane, Reading, restaurant, shirt, suitcase, TPR, travle, uncle, warmth
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Bathroom upgrade (Rousse)
TPR had been very busy in my absence. He’d plumbed in the two new bathroom suites, both of which were chunky white. He’d also started decorating both bathrooms in pale green colours. Our own bathroom – no longer en suite … Continue reading
Wife swap for ferret (Rousse)
Hexham was packed with early morning commuters walking to work. It was particularly difficult to get through the narrow gap next to the abbey with so many people fighting to reach their offices on time for a 09:00am start. Once … Continue reading
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Tagged abbey, artist, automaton, bank, bill, blue, breakfast, buy, Chester, circus, commuters, companion, dummy, exchange, ferret, fields, gap, Heath Ledger, Hexham, hotel, house, iPhone, JOker, lorries, lorry, mime, office, offices, owner, performers, person, photographs, picture, plastic, pony, public, river, rock, rush hour, shoes, shop, show, shows, slippery, swap, town, TPR, train, turbo, wife
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