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Tag Archives: Christmas
A (possibly) dead husband and a stolen Christmas parcel (Rousse)
Life had been difficult since TPR died of cancer, but I resolved to lead as ‘normal’ a life as possible, and went to work as usual. I needed to tell the powers that be that the arrangement for collecting deliveries … Continue reading
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Tagged bag, bed, cancer, Christmas, Corstorphine, Dalry, dead, die, Edinburgh, husband, meeting, Merry Christmas, mother, package, parcel, Skype, stolen, TPR, waterworks, wine
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A wandering whiteboard and a late PhD submission (Rousse)
After all the expense of transporting it, I returned to Edinburgh from Glasgow without my precious mini whiteboard. It was fortunate that my cousin EB had a suitcase large enough to carry it back to Bristol by plane, although I … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol, Christmas, Edinburgh, Glasgow, PhD submission, plane, whiteboard
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Fish, filo pastry, and a secret kiss (Rousse)
TPR burst into tears when I asked why he was serving fish in filo pastry for breakfast. He wouldn’t be pleased to hear that I had very much enjoyed a brief Christmas kiss with RB. However, unless this leaked out … Continue reading
Party date mix-up and chocolate Settlers of Catan (Rousse)
TPR caused chaos when he declared that we would host our Christmas party on Friday rather than Saturday due to the weather forecast. The last minute change meant that some people now couldn’t make the celebration, and there was a … Continue reading
Christmas and Lindtt chocolates in Nottingham (Rousse)
In Nottingham AN interrupted the overweight yellow Harris Tweed clad waitresses as they gossiped about their boss’ complicated love life. “Do you serve lunch on Christmas Day?’ she asked. I was aghast that the idea of not preparing the festive … Continue reading
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Tagged affair, boss, chocolate, Christmas, Christmas Day, connection, drink, family, festive, Harris, invitation, Lindtt, love, lunch, meal, Nottingham, railway, station, train, tweed, waitress, yellow
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A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Christmas surprise (Rousse)
TPR kept a shop not far from the Edinburgh city bypass. It sold traditional toys. One Christmas Eve I walked to the shop with KA. On the way I regaled her with tales of Queen Margaret College graduate MR, his … Continue reading
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Tagged black, call, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Christmas, Christmas Eve, college, duck, engine, family, fire, girlfriend, graduate, Liverpool, Liverpudlian, phone, plume, Queen Margaret, shop, smoke, steam, surprise, telephone, toddler, toy, TPR, traditional, tug, twin, wheel, wood
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A messy office Christmas party followed by seaside coffee and cake in Aberdeen (Rousse)
A mixture of colleagues from all stages of my career came to the staff Christmas party. These included: my old boss JH; the wife and eldest daughter of my old office-mate SM; current colleagues DB and LD; a tall, skinny, … Continue reading
