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Tag Archives: car
Civil attack at site of Glencoe massacre (Rousse)
The lateness of the hour and darkening sky put paid to our plan to walk over the mountains from Glencoe back to Edinburgh. SJ suggested that we hitch a lift instead, so we took our chances in a gravelled lay-by, … Continue reading
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Tagged attack, car, conference, conference paper, dark, dog, Edinburgh, Glencoe, grandfather, hitch, lay-by, man, manners, pyjamas, tea, toddler
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Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Gillian McKeith disappoint (Rousse)
Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole’s sudden departure from the X Factor left a huge hole that I was expected to fill. Knowing very little about the music industry, I let the bony woman through to the next round. She almost … Continue reading
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Tagged American, business school, car, cat, Cheryl Cole, dog, Edinburgh, exam, Gillian McKeith, Golf, great Dane, knowledge management, Simon Cowell, tourist, X Factor
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Dissertation deadline dilly dally (Rousse)
Romana left my office carrying three enormous sheets of flipchart paper covered in red writing. My message “Your dissertation won’t write itself” buzzed through her brain. Earlier in the day she had arrived with a stack of empirical data, an … Continue reading
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Tagged A38, bed, bedroom, Birmingham, car, data, daytime television, dissertation, driving, Edinburgh, flipchart, Ford Granada, Friday, literature review, Manor House, marker pen, office, red, school office, silver, television, University of Birmingham
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Car chaos in central Edinburgh, and mixed Morgans (Rousse)
I handled the mark 2 silver Ford Granada like a tank, and with complete disregard for the other vehicles parked on Edinburgh’s Cockburn Street. When it came to reversing into a space I was so lazy that I didn’t even … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, car, Cockburn Street, desert, driving, Edinburgh, Ford Fiesta, Ford Granada, High Street, holiday, JP Morgan, Mark 2, mirror, Morgan Stanley, Peugeot 205, Quality Street, tank, TPR
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Nigella Lawson versus Gordon Ramsey, and information retrieval with Winnie the Pooh (Rousse)
The terms “August” and “camping” go well together. However, when the word “Scotland” is thrown into the same sentence, a small alarm bell should sound in your brain. Unfortunately TPR and I were so delighted when my sister J and … Continue reading
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Tagged August, bathroom, book, butchers, camp site, camping, car, conference, dress, Edinburgh, Edinburgh airport, Finland, fishing, Gordn Ramsey, information retrieval, lobster, Nigella Lawson, party, programme committee, rain, Scotland, shirt, sister, social media, spaghetti, steak, tent, TPR, washing, Winnie the Pooh
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Twentieth century icons AJP Taylor and Paul McCartney keep Rousse amused
Boy did we have something to celebrate! PT and I took possession of the enormous office on the other side of the D corridor, with its fabulous views over the verdant countryside. I was yet to furnish my end of … Continue reading
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Tagged academics, Acropolis, AJP Taylor, car, carpet, driving, East Lothian, exam, exam board, fireplaces, Greece, Indian, KM, knowledge management, marble, office, oil painting, paper, Paul McCartney, pictures, registry, robes, ship, skip, watercolour
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Belle is a defective detective
Twenty years after the affair ended, I was once again dating T. The truth of the matter was I was operating undercover. T’s extended family were trailer-park villains. One-by-one they were being killed off. I watched them closely over several … Continue reading
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Tagged car, cinema, detective, handcuffs, Mary Portas, mother-in-law, murder, police, pylons, Scotland Yard, sparklers, strangler
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Cakes, a cute puppy, and unwelcome careers advice (Rousse)
We all squeezed into LC’s new car and headed to the airport, stopping off on the way so that LC and KT could raid cake shops. I waited in the car park, looking after the children. Fitness trainer KB’s dog … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, cake, car, car park, children, dog, fitness trainer, gym, PhD, puppies, squirrel, table
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Distressed baby elephant upstaged by new republic (Rousse)
I stole the enormous slices of carrot cake from the supermarket staff’s Christmas party, then LM and I gorged ourselves in an illicit bedroom picnic. The pretty little red-haired toddler gazed up at the snow-topped range from the car window … Continue reading
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Tagged Archer, babies, border, cafe, cake, car, elephant, highlands, Indian, Northumberland, republic, supermarket, toddler, vet
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