Tag Archives: attack

Imprisoned by the Taliban (Rousse)

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Dreamaticus

The pilot instructed the air stewards to set the alarm, and explain its function to the passengers. My response to the news that we were under attack was to send a farewell text to my parents – just in case. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air, aircraft, alarm, armed, attack, board, chain, couple, danger, extreme, family, farewell, field, function, green, hanger, jet, kill, member, men, military, news, nose-dive, padlock, parents, passenger, pilot, plane, prison, prisoner, response, shadow, steward, Taliban, text | Leave a comment

A cruel white lichen attack (Rousse)

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I hadn’t appreciated the poor state of public transport in the US until I attempted to use the service to get from a conference hotel to an airport. The driver and his lackeys were particularly unkind to passengers. They did … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged airport, America, attack, British, company, conference, cruel, distress, driver, hand-knit, hotel, jumper, lackey, lichen, lucky, negotiation, passenger, pepper, public, service, shelter, sweater, timetable, TPR, transpot, Uniited States, unkind, US, white, worker | Leave a comment

Danger down under in Australian seaside resort (Rousse)

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Dreamaticus

Tigers roamed the street of the Australian seaside resort where my colleague and I were conducting some research. ‘Isn’t this rather dangerous?’ I asked a local. ‘No’, he replied, ‘It’s very rare that any of the tigers attack anyone’. We … Continue reading →

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University of Birmingham stages reconstruction of Manor House fire (Rousse)

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Dreamaticus

The Manor House reunion served several purposes. First, it was a chance for old undergraduate friends to meet up again. Second, it gave the fire service an opportunity to stage a reconstruction of the recent arson attack. Third, senior female … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arson, attack, baby, Birmingham, Birmingham University, boasr, buildings, bump, distress, Euston, female, fire, flames, Friends, futuristic, hall of residence, home, Manchester University, Manor House, meet, mother, nephew, Northfield, public engagement, reconstruction, staff, stage, station, undergraduate, university, University of Birmingham, University of Manchester, work | Leave a comment

Police incompetence in Berwick-upon-Tweed (Rousse)

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Dreamaticus

At long last we had come to a compromise and I would soon be the proud owner of a house with a sea view in Berwick-upon-Tweed. I popped into town to check the facilities. “Perhaps Berwick isn’t the place for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged assailant, attack, Berwick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, blame, house, police, professor, public, sea view, tall, toilet | Leave a comment

Fight breaks out on A702 as couple takes the wrong road south (Rousse)

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Dreamaticus

At best our relations might be described as “professional”. At worst they were “frosty”. On an average day we tolerated one another – so why did he have his arm around me, and why did it feel so natural to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A68, A702, arm, attack, cosy, couple, equipment, event, fight, foot, frosty, game, gang, ice-breaker, MIles, natural, Newcastle, Northumbria, professional, puck, pucks, relations, reload, retrieve, steal, stick, sticks, strangers, tolerate, trolley, university, venue, walk, way, wrong | Leave a comment

Cat attack (Rousse)

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The cats attacked me from all sides. They climbed into my handbag and under my clothes. The most vicious one sunk its jaws into my left hand. All my attempts to shake it free were in vain. I was in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agony, attack, cat, clothes, free, hand, handbag, jaws, left, resist, shake, vicious | Leave a comment

Badger cull targets head north of the border to attack household pets (Rousse)

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Something yellow and blue was peeping out of the undergrowth in our back garden. Was it a parrot? Yes, a parrot, in Edinburgh, at the tail end of summer! I ran to the kitchen to grab the camera only to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aggressor, asleep, attack, back, badger, blue, border, camera, creatures, cull, discovery, dog, Edinburgh, garden, grey, hall, household, jaws, juvenile, kitchen, limp, north, parrot, pet, pets, rescue, room, save, sitting, summer, TPR, trap, undergrowth, wildlife, yellow | Leave a comment

Wiped iPhone misery – with red squirrels (Rousse)

Posted on June 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Just a couple of hours into my new job and already I had the Director of Communications and Information Technology bellowing down the phone at me to lay off his staff. I didn’t think that asking two questions about my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged account, advert, Amsterdam, app, application, apps, attack, bag, break, breaks, breath, C&IT, campus, church, communications, computer services, converted, crime, director, door, e-mail, east, furious, gulps, heart, information technology, iPhone, IT, job, man, map, maps, misery, party, phone, photographs, pirates, questions, rant, room, squirrel, staff, Strathearn, street, university, wedding, weekend, west, wipe, wiped | Leave a comment

Simpsons character unleashes latest computer virus (Rousse)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Suddenly a picture of Rosemary from the Simpsons flashed up on my computer screen. This was the signal that I had long feared. It only meant one thing: the virus had started its attack. I watched in horror as it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged attack, computer, delete, directories, fear, files, horror, iPhone, kitchen, Mac, Macs, PC, Rosemary, Rosemary Chalmers, screen, signal, Simpsons, table, virus | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: attack

Imprisoned by the Taliban (Rousse)

A cruel white lichen attack (Rousse)

Danger down under in Australian seaside resort (Rousse)

University of Birmingham stages reconstruction of Manor House fire (Rousse)

Police incompetence in Berwick-upon-Tweed (Rousse)

Fight breaks out on A702 as couple takes the wrong road south (Rousse)

Cat attack (Rousse)

Badger cull targets head north of the border to attack household pets (Rousse)

Simpsons character unleashes latest computer virus (Rousse)

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