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Tag Archives: cancel
Flo-Jo and the mermaid marathon (Rousse)
The streets of Toronto were lined with spectators for the first ever mermaid marathon. There was just one competitor: a green-tailed lady in a raspberry tutu. To add glamour to the event, Flo-Jo had volunteered as the mermaid’s pace-maker. Unfortunately … Continue reading
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Tagged cancel, competitor, crwod, Flo-Jo, Florence Griffith–Joyner, green, marathon, mermaid, pace-maker, police, public, raspberry, safety, tail, tutu
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A missed meeting in Smeaton (Rousse)
I remembered that I had agreed to catch up with LM at 4:30pm, but I had forgotten to check the venue of our meeting. I was shocked when I saw in her Facebook message that we were to meet in … Continue reading
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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Flight must-haves: noise cancelling headphones and a pashmina (Rousse)
The school reunion plans got more and more ambitious each year. This time we were all flying to Los Angeles. On the coach to the airport I told AM that I was furious with myself for forgetting to pack my … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, cancel, cancelling, coach, flight, headphone, headphones, Los Angeles, noise, pashmina, reunion, school, TPR, travel
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RyanAir cancels flight then holds customers in airport overnight (Rousse)
The RyanAir flight to London was cancelled and we were forced to stay in the airport overnight until 5:00am. No arguing with NI would persuade the staff to open the doors and let us out – even when I pointed … Continue reading
The real reason why Jeremy Clarkson was forced to leave the BBC (Rousse)
Jeremy Clarkson had been sacked so my long-awaited appearance on Top Gear was cancelled. However, the disgraced TV star still honoured our date. First he cooked for me and DB. Breakfast was a huge plate of black bacon. Then he … Continue reading
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Tagged assault, bacon, BBC, black, breakfast, cancel, departure, fire, interview, Jeremy Clarkson, leave, mysterious, mystery, producer, sack, text, Top Gear
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To Australia by sea with an unlimited baggage allowance (Rousse)
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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Tagged allowance, Australia, baggage, black, boot, boots, cancel, collection, Corstorphine, cut-offs, meeting, meetings, office, pack, packing, plastic, pony, Saughton House, Scottish Government, sea, ship, Skills Development Scotland, skin, travel, unlimited, white
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A trophy wife (Rousse)
My cousin B was due to marry J. There were some doubts as to whether or not he would turn up at the ceremony. Rather than go directly to the church with everyone else, I held back with the bridal … Continue reading
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Tagged aisle, bride, bridesmaid, bridesmaids, cancel, ceremony, church, comfort, couple, cousin, display, farmers, fiancée, happy, jilt, marriage, marry, party, reception, silver, silverware, trophies, trophy, wedding, wife, YF, young, young farmers
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Presents for little girls (Rousse)
XY’s children had no idea of the trouble that their father had caused and I saw no reason to cancel their visit. The elder girl loved the hardback book that I had made for her, even though I thought she … Continue reading
