Author Archives: Dreamaticus

Rousse averts Las Vegas crime-spree

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Normally I hated huge Las Vegas hotels, but this one was an exception. The staff did everything to make you feel at home, right down to changing the name-plates on the bedroom doors each day so that guests believed that … Continue reading →

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Humiliated Belle and a clownish revenge

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Dreamaticus

As I walked through the streets of Birmingham, three New Zealanders stopped their car to ask for directions to the jewellery quarter.  I confidently gave them directions, despite not knowing the answer.  However the men called my bluff pointing out … Continue reading →

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How to rename a directory in Linux (Rousse)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I found the IT support staff in their “office” – a windowless former post room, about the size of a cleaner’s cupboard. One of them was soldering a home-made PC while the other clearly had nothing to do. Neither paid … Continue reading →

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Weekends do not start on Thursday afternoons: official (Rousse)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dreamaticus

RK hesitated when I said that I would help the French student put his poster up on the wall at the back of the classroom. He asked if I would do this later. For the moment he wanted no distractions … Continue reading →

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Antique shopping revelation (Belle)

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dreamaticus

While antique shopping in Blackheath, I found myself drawn to a wooden display cabinet. Inside I saw an incomplete collection of ‘London Borough medals’. I had no idea such things existed, or that Lewisham’s emblem was a ‘deer’s leap’.

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Lecturer in a tutu (Rousse)

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was busy in the kitchen admiring my glug jug collection when KT called the meeting. I reckoned that I should wear more than a pair of lacy black knickers in the company of my colleagues so I rushed through … Continue reading →

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Danish Marmite verdict – not as bad as you might expect (Rousse)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dreamaticus

While top fashion designer MSB prepared for the visit of AF, my sister J and I headed for the Pentland Hills. We timed our visit to watch the release of geese at the start of the shooting season. We didn’t … Continue reading →

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Winning ways with the language of love (Rousse)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dreamaticus

I was well aware that for over a decade my colleague A dismissed my work as completely trivial. It was well-known that he had no respect for me whatsoever. Then one day we happened to be assigned to the same … Continue reading →

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Rousse avoids a rubbish job

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Dreamaticus

Back in 1982 I was doing all I could to avoid what I considered an inappropriate task for female first year undergraduates: picking up litter. They said that the boys would be there too, but I didn’t believe it. I’d … Continue reading →

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Teenage bedroom furniture choices (Rousse)

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Dreamaticus

LF and TF both glanced at me sitting on the futon. “No, that’s it. We’re definitely not getting him one of those“, said L. This declaration came at the end of a long debate on bedroom furniture choices for teenage … Continue reading →

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