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Kittens come home (Rousse)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I didn’t care that I was allergic to cats. I wanted two kittens, and I wanted them now. The two men from the animal rescue centre opened up a couple of crates. Each one was crammed with a selection of … Continue reading →

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Friday afternoons in academia (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

If the funding councils knew how we spent our Friday afternoons, they would probably close us down immediately. A selection of my favourite colleagues – including MR, AM (normally resident at another university), JLW (not an academic) and an American … Continue reading →

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An unwelcome extra in a New York fruit salad (Rousse)

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Dreamaticus

JG brought me a delicious-looking fruit salad all the way from New York. When I took a mouthful I bit straight into something brittle. There was a shard of glass amongst the fruit! We needed to hold this as evidence … Continue reading →

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BBC employee discovers drug den in Edinburgh’s Stockbridge (Rousse)

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Dreamaticus

My high-powered job on Radio 4 required regular trips to London for meetings. Because I needed to be up early the next morning to catch the 05:40 train, I had to consider my sleeping options carefully. The first possibility was … Continue reading →

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Condensed milk cures homesickness amongst British ex-pats (Rousse)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Whoever thought that I was qualified to examine a PhD in Latin on the French Enlightenment needed their head examining. Four of us gathered for the viva around a table in an over-heated room at the end of a long … Continue reading →

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How to post a brick (Rousse)

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was busy packing my teaching box to send to London. I really needed to include the house brick. However, I was worried that the brick might get damaged in transit (or damage the other contents of the box), as … Continue reading →

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Canine distemper vaccine coincidence (Rousse)

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The safest place was the basement. Here AC and EF explained why they were in hiding. Then the front doorbell rang. Our hosts hesitated to answer it. What would happen if they did so? In the end they ignored the … Continue reading →

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James Bond and a hand-knit metallic jumper surprise (Rousse)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Dreamaticus

HH opened the massive cardboard box that she’d brought on her visit. “Just a few presents” she announced as I spied the beautiful hand-knitted string jumpers in a dazzling array of metallic colours. I grabbed a golden one and pulled … Continue reading →

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A visit to the Indigo bed and breakfast (Rousse)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The Indigo bed and breakfast was in Cunningsburgh, Shetland. TPR had dumped the bike elsewhere so we caught the bus to the village. Once again I was astonished at the reach of service of Lothian Buses. We asked for directions … Continue reading →

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Fare dodging on the buses (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Dreamaticus

We didn’t have enough change to make up the £6.40 that we needed for the two bus fares. To make up the difference TPR and I gathered up piles of foreign currency, some unusual ochre-coloured coppers, and a mix of … Continue reading →

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