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To Australia by sea with an unlimited baggage allowance (Rousse)

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was so frustrating to find that both my meetings with the Scottish Government and Skills Development Scotland were cancelled. What made it worse was only discovering this news on arrival at the offices: first at Saughton House, and then … Continue reading →

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What happened at the school reunion? (Rousse)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Dreamaticus

At the Teesside High reunion I knocked over the pot plant that RL brought for our hostess, VH turned up as a surprise, and I caught HD-B working her way through a plate of chocolate brownies.

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Upside down rabbits and squirrels, and two escaped cats (Rousse)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Dreamaticus

It was great to be back home after our holiday. We’d been away so long that I had forgotten the layout of our house. TPR took me through to the small sitting room. He’d arranged for it to be decorated … Continue reading →

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Salmon in Manchester skies (Rousse)

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR recommended taking a taxi from Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Metropolitan University to ensure that I reached campus in time for my 4pm class. We took the one available taxi, even though we were unconvinced that the kindly driver was … Continue reading →

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Kings Charles II and Cardinal Wolsey prime candidates for Obama replacement (Rousse)

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Dreamaticus

American President Barack Obama was missing. He could have been assassinated or simply resigned: nobody knew. Whatever the reason, we were now with the crowds on Princes Street to watch the parade that featured Obama’s replacement, the former Deputy President … Continue reading →

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Canadian cousins, bathers, a family row, and South Yorkshire pop bands in Whitby (Rousse)

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My sister J planned an ambitious itinerary for the visit of our Canadian cousins N and D. I doubted that it were possible to squeeze everything into a single day. I was proved right in Whitby. It would never be … Continue reading →

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Husband’s mystery trips to Manchester while wife heads north to Inverness by foot (Rousse)

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Dreamaticus

The day that I made the round trip by car to Manchester to fix JC’s blinds I discovered that TPR had made the same trip the day before and had another planned for the next. He claimed that these visits … Continue reading →

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A night in the VIP suite at China White (Rousse)

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Dreamaticus

TPR was offered the post of Reader in Computer Science at the University of Edinburgh, even without a PhD. I considered this rather odd, but it was his industry expertise that was sought. In the meantime he had to complete … Continue reading →

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Cleaner sacked over hacking allegations (Rousse)

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Dreamaticus

All I asked her to do was to print an invoice that I had already prepared. When I discovered that the cleaner had spent most of the afternoon working her way through the contents of my computer, I had no … Continue reading →

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Ghost and new-born compete for attention at school reunion (Rousse)

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Dreamaticus

I was now so familiar with the T twins that I could tell that it was L (and not H) in the old-fashioned wedding dress. “I am not dressed as a bride”, she said. “This is a nightie. I am … Continue reading →

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