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- Avocado bathroom suite in the museum of sanitation (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: dinner
Zombie dad on an iPad (Rousse)
Although dead for over a year, my zombie father was still very much in our lives. One day, when in bed browsing old footage of family dining on an iPad, he froze a frame of himself scowling. Then he summoned … Continue reading
Liverpool’s lame literature expert (Rousse)
I limped across Liverpool to Anfield to track down KA at work. Now employed as a physiotherapist at Liverpool FC, she would be able to massage my leg back to working order. I was particularly keen to be fit for … Continue reading
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Tagged art deco, £20, bra, bullies, Cervantes, dinner, Don Quixote, expert, handbag, lace, lame, leg, literature, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, physiotherapist, purse, satin, shorts, top, women
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Escaping from book group (Rousse)
Left in charge of the book group, SC transformed it into an escape game. All the clues could be found on the reverse side of the place mats, just beneath our dinner plates on the table.
Food shortages in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)
It was well-known that this was the last season that the bed and breakfast on the Isle of Lewis would be welcoming guests, and for this reason it was mobbed. Most visitors were returning guests, keen to relive the fun … Continue reading
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Tagged bed and breakfast, chalet, crème caramel, diet, diner, dinner, fish and chips, food, guest, guest house, Hebrides, isle, Lewis, maid, outer, portion, pudding, sand, shack, shop, shortage, steak, TPR, veal, visitor
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Driving backwards to a dinner date (Rousse)
My mother put the Volvo into reverse, swivelled the driver’s seat to face the back of the car, and drove backwards along the dual carriageway. She disregarded my warnings that she risked crashing into the lorry behind us that was … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, backwards, behind, boss, crash, date, dinner, drive, driver, dual carriageway, in front, lorry, Manchester, mother, pay, seat car, sister, warning
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Entertaining a former fitness model – in a dirty blue and white spotted bikini (Rousse)
JS came to visit us at the new house that we were sharing with TPR’s parents. It was a rather small semi on a housing estate, but all the rooms were perfectly proportioned and we believed that there was possibly … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, bikini, block, blue, Canada, credit card, dinner, entertain, failure, feature, fitness, glass, gym, hoarding, house, model, money, parent, private, restaurant, semi, shop, shower, small, space, spot, still, style, Sunday Times, tower, TPR, video, visit, wear, white, window
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Smoke, sausages, and exclusion (Rousse)
It was impossible to disguise that I was an middle class English woman, and did not belong in a Northern Irish Protestant working men’s club. However, my hosts were keen for me to witness the atmosphere in the smoke-filled bar, … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, ceiling, cigarette, club, dinner, disgust, English, exclusion, guest, identity, Irish, male, mashed potato, meal, men, middle class, Northern Ireland, people-watching, potato, privilege, Protestant, punish, sausage, smoke, Ulster, unwelcome, woman, working
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A hall of residence for horses (Rousse)
I stabled the grey mare in my new hall of residence bedroom with a degree of reluctance. First I was dubious as to the ‘legality’ of keeping a horse on campus. I also harboured concerns over my skills as a … Continue reading
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Tagged bedroom, car, conversation, curry, diner, dinner, Driffield, driver, driving, friend, grey, hall of residence, horse, horsewoman, house, hug, mare, operation, parent, polite, pregnancy, ride, school, skill, student, TPR, undergraduate, university
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Looking for a new boyfriend (Rousse)
I was looking for a new boyfriend. The first candidate was lovely – tall, dark, and handsome – and we did have some fun together. However, he was much younger than me, a smoker, and offered limited conversation. I really … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, boyfriend, conversation, dark, date, die, dinner, fun, glider, handsome, intellectual, look, love at first sight, meeting, New, non-smoker, old, professor, relationship, romance, secret, smoker, table, tall, TPR, wife, young
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