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Category Archives: Uncategorized
Ian Rankin lends a hand to highland housewarming party (Rousse)
Ian Rankin was amongst the guests invited by JS to view her new highland holiday home. In the vast sitting room he showed me a collection of cheap, mass produced porcelain deer figurines. He explained that these ornaments were very … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, cardigan, cottage, deer, figurine, highland, housewarming, Ian Rankin, mohair, red, University of Edinburgh
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Stirling to Edinburgh train services slashed (Rousse)
I met ECM at Waverley station. From there we caught the train to a destination that ECM had been desperate to visit for decades. Unfortunately Stirling was a great disappointment, so after a quick look at the dowdy main street, … Continue reading
Curry versus keynote (Rousse)
There was barely half an hour before the opening keynote speech and I still hadn’t finished preparing the chicken curry that I had promised for dinner for day 2 of the conference. As soon as the sessions started, I would … Continue reading
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Tagged arrest, clamp, conference, curry, Edinburgh, Indian, keynote, Volvo
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Suing CalMac for ruining ‘holiday of a lifetime’ (Rousse)
We disembarked the CalMac ferry in Stornoway and stood on the dock to wait for the staff to bring our bikes up from the car deck. It soon became evident that the bikes were no longer stowed below. Eventually we … Continue reading
Hanged for minor misdemeanours (Rousse)
In my new life, in my new town, I immersed myself in voluntary activities. First, I helped out at the public library, and then served on the school board. My main priority, however, was to outlaw the archaic practice of … Continue reading
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Tagged hang, hanginf, library, misdemenour, punishment, school
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Pyjama party for the blue-haired (Rousse)
While her husband K was out of town with the children, DTJ hosted a party for her girlfriends. I felt very out of place in my cotton dress amongst the blue-haired, pyjama-clad youngsters.
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Tagged blue, children, girlfriend, hair, husband, party, pyjama
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Monkey in a motorhome (Rousse)
With my sister at the wheel of our motorhome, we were driving south through France to the drop off my niece A and her partner D at a ski resort. It was a wonder that we weren’t killed en route. … Continue reading
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Tagged bleeding, blood, death, France, home, monkey, motor, motor-home, motorhome, niece, partner, sister, ski
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John Peel, the Cure, and the B-52s (Rousse)
John Peel and I discussed interesting beats in pop songs. I moved the conversation on to two of my favourites: A forest by The Cure, and Planet Claire by the B-52s.
The pretend polyglot (Belle)
I met a man at a party who claimed he spoke ‘many languages’. When I asked for an example, he said “Modern Hieroglyphics”.
Hotel cutlery ‘extras’ (Rousse)
‘Are you insured?’ asked the hotel manager. TPR looked up from his plate of parma ham and Hollandaise sauce. Why did she need to know this? ‘It’s just that we noticed on the CCTV from last night’s dinner service that … Continue reading
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