Tag Archives: drive

Daring Danish rescue attempt ends with death (Rousse)

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I’d only met C in real life once before. Since our brief encounter earlier in the year all our recent contact had been online, where C’s alias was A. He’d agreed to pass on some photography hints to TPR so … Continue reading →

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Exception to the Health Act 2006 discovered in West Sussex (Rousse)

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

All we siblings raced out of my in-laws’ house and jumped into the car. It was a bit of squash for the ten of us, but the distance was short to the coffee shop in Chichester. There we were served … Continue reading →

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Rousse hunts for food after a cold night in the research council committee car

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The venue for the research council meeting was a tiny battered car on Annandale Street. I was squashed in behind the front passenger’s seat listening to academics pontificating about anything but research. For example, one shared his obsession for staging … Continue reading →

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Car driver clones while at the wheel (Rousse)

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I was so terrified by the experience in the car that someone else had to undress me at our final destination. My trauma was caused my the sight of JC self-replicating over and over again in the driver’s seat. By … Continue reading →

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Digital media experts flummoxed by musical suitcase (Rousse)

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Dreamaticus

What fun: at last KA and I had wangled things so that we were both heading to the same conference! Ahead of us lay two days of academic discussion of digital media. My father-in-law drove us to the venue from … Continue reading →

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Official: Dorset is not north of Darlington (Rousse)

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Dreamaticus

My cousin B’s sense of direction was terrible. She’d successfully driven the pair of us all the way to Darlington on our journey from Somerset to Scotland. However, when I suggested that we should stop off for a cup of … Continue reading →

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A happy drive and unsuitable dress for a punk gig (Rousse)

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Dreamaticus

I snuggled up to JM on the back seat as our chauffeur drove us to the venue. It was so wonderful to be in my friend’s company again. When we finally reached the gig we found TPR and my two … Continue reading →

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A failed kidnap and household safety advice from a Newcastle United fan (Rousse)

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dreamaticus

We two brothers (plus dog) climbed into the car. Each of us believed that it was the other who had arranged to be picked up by this strange man and his daughter. Before long, however, we established though some frantic … Continue reading →

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Accolades for the wooden-legged international driving champion (Rousse)

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Dreamaticus

TPR was an international driving champion, as was his former colleague KR. KR’s achievement was the more impressive: she won every accolade despite her wooden leg.

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Rousse’s driving test

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The task was quite simple: to drive 5 miles back to my sister J’s house. I even had my nephew P as navigator. He’d just run the route in reverse to meet me. What could possibly go wrong? we took … Continue reading →

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