Tag Archives: children

Tour guide drugs deal at the World Trade Center (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I wanted to take the guided tour of the World Trade Center, but there were no places available while all the staff were occupied looking after a huge party of school children. At lunchtime all went quiet – … Continue reading →

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Evan Davies interviews for ‘How bad was my week?’

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My sister S drove like a maniac along the Hebridean shoreline, skidding on seaweed and only narrowly avoiding the obstacles along the way – seals, children paddling, random tourists. From the back seat I screamed at her to slow down. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged backseat, bad, children, complaint, drivem car, driver, Evan Davies, Hebrides, mobile, phone, programme, questions, Radio 4, recording, seal, seaweed, sister, skid, tourist, week | Leave a comment

How the other half (barely) lives (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When I was supposed to be at work I poked around my sister J’s vastly extended house in West Sussex. On the ground floor there was a luxurious self-contained holiday cottage that looked out onto a large rectangular pond destined … Continue reading →

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Introducing the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort – and a skier in a Brian May wig (Rousse)

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Dreamaticus

KPMG had poured millions into the construction of the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort. The first time that I visited it I was convinced that I spotted my school friend KC with her husband and two … Continue reading →

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Hamleys for the depressed (Rousse)

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Dreamaticus

Bored, lonely and depressed in London, I headed off to Hamleys. On the ground floor I visited the dull Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Galaxy exhibition. Then I walked up several flights of stairs with a pair of very overweight American … Continue reading →

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An encounter with a narcissist robot (Rousse)

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I was an unexpected, and unwelcome, guest at the house of a woman who was in my year at school. We barely knew one another. I had simply spoken to EC, a retired accountant, at a couple of reunions in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accountant, baby, children, East Africa, empire, encounter, game, guest, husband, Indian, Jew, narcissist, Pakistani, pub, reunion, robot, school, shillings, stay, Tomorrow's world, university, woman, work | Leave a comment

Cancer patient makes an early, and ill-advised, return to work (Rousse)

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Dreamaticus

LM was shocked to see me in the corridor on campus. ‘Whatever are you doing here?’ she shouted. ‘You’ve got cancer. Go back home to your sickbay!’ My own opinion was that I was fit to work. Then I tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged belongings, blue, campus, children, chocolates, collect, corridor, early, elevator, green, hand-knitted, ill-advised, job, jumper, lift, lose, mobile, office, office-mate, paternoster, patient, phone, reception, return, shock, sickbay, sticker, surplus, sweets, work, yellow | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: children

Tour guide drugs deal at the World Trade Center (Rousse)

Evan Davies interviews for ‘How bad was my week?’

How the other half (barely) lives (Rousse)

Introducing the London Dockland Golden Pyramid Cinema Complex and Ski Resort – and a skier in a Brian May wig (Rousse)

Hamleys for the depressed (Rousse)

An encounter with a narcissist robot (Rousse)

Cancer patient makes an early, and ill-advised, return to work (Rousse)

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