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- A Russian spy and dangerous old English sheepdog in John Lewis (Rousse)
- What not to take to a beatification (Rousse)
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- Victorian dental bills, exotic animals and a marriage (Belle)
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- Speeding in Stockton-on-Tees (Rousse)
- County Durham coal mine confidences (Rousse)
- Failed seduction in a Birmingham bedsit (Rousse)
- Banter with Chris Packham and the deathbed wedding of a soap opera character (Belle)
- Cat photos lead to fame (Belle)
- Magic tricks for UK research council panel members (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: bank
Lettuce, a lorry, and Looney Tunes (Rousse)
Belle was in town (hurrah!) but she was leaving on the next train (boo!) When she confessed to me that she had arrived two days ago to stay in her Edinburgh New Town pied à terre I did my best … Continue reading
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Tagged bag, balance, bank, Belle, coin, council, disappointment, Drummond Place, Edinburgh, friendly, Garmin, generous, gift, lettuce, Looney Tunes, lorry, meter, New Town, pied-à-terre, screen, snow, touchy--feely, watch
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Vending machine temptation (Rousse)
I lay under the vending machine eyeing the US equivalent of a Kit Kat that was almost out the drawer, unwrapped. When I could not bear it any longer, I gave into temptation and licked the chocolate. Of course, now … Continue reading
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Tagged bank, chocolate, coin, commemorative, drawer, four dollar, Kit Kat, lick, machine, medal, pay, temptation, vending
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Violence on the buses (Rousse)
ECM and I were travelling south along the east coast train line. I was heading to a conference in Kent, and she was accompanying me part of the way. It was only when ECM left the train that I realised … Continue reading
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Tagged bank, beating, bus, cancel, card, cell, clone, clothes, conference, criminal, forget, gang, help, iPhone, journey, Kent, kidnap, kindness, London, overnight, parents, passenger, phone, pickpocket, prison, purse, regret, soap bag, suitcase, thief, train, violence
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A secret agent and a sacred text (Rousse)
My duties as a secret agent charged with recovering a sacred text were part-familiar and part-terrifying. As I stood on the pavement on Edinburgh’s George Street, I knew that the passing motorcyclist would slap me when he drove past. Then … Continue reading
Sarong underwear (Rousse)
I pulled my former colleague AT up the muddy bank to the gap in the wall that led to the open countryside. At first I thought that it was too small to accommodate us, but GB demonstrated that the space … Continue reading
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Tagged bank, clothes, colleague, countryside, cyclist, green, mud, rip, sarong, trousers, underwear, undress, wall
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Hiding from a husband (Rousse)
TPR was annoying me so I decided to hide from him – by levitating above the trees by the river bank. Eventually I had to come down again, but he still couldn’t see me because by then it was dark. … Continue reading
Flooding on the River Tyne (Rousse)
I wanted to walk along the River Tyne to my parents’ house, but I didn’t know which bank to follow due to the flooding.
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Tagged bank, flood, follow, house, parent, parents, river, Tyne
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Adding a second floor to a bungalow (Rousse)
‘We need to get this car fixed’ I said to TPR as it juddered up Burnland Terrace in Hexham. I was embarrassed that SM was a passenger in our old Fiat Stilo, and witness to its poor performance. The problems … 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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