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Tag Archives: floor
Inhospitable hospitality (Rousse)
It was only when we woke up in the morning that I discovered that TPR had refused his cousin entry to our (huge) bed. Instead GP had slept on the floor, next to his son EP in a cot.
Purple wallpapering mistake (Rousse)
While the rest of the house was still in complete chaos, my sister S had made a huge effort and managed to tidy her room. Nothing was out of place and at last you could see the floor again. She’d … Continue reading
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Tagged floor, mistake, pale, purple, sister, tidy, wallpaper
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An irresistible avocado green bath tub (Rousse)
Should we purchase the flat on London Road, Edinburgh that we were currently renting from an Indian? Sure, it was a little way out of town, but the floor space was larger than our old place. The deal clincher, however, … Continue reading
Doing a ton on the A9 (Rousse)
The A9 had been closed for months for a massive road rebuilding scheme designed to attract further tourism to the highlands of Scotland. Now that the construction work was finished, every hotel along the route offered views of the beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mph, A9, accelerator, ball-bearing, brake, check, construction, countryside, do a ton, doing a ton, floor, fun, high performance, highlands, hire, hotel, job, New, rebuild, recapture, road, robot, scheme, Scotland, smooth, steamroller, stop, sweep, tarmac, ton, tourism, work
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Art distraction (Rousse)
TPR took down all the pictures in the hall and replaced them with a single massive canvas. It was so big that it covered both the wall and the floor. Friends, art lovers, and the general public from all around … Continue reading
Richard Wilson, a Pharaoh, and the representation of women at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Rousse)
Richard Wilson remembered me from the days that we shared a lane in the Glenogle swimming pool. He therefore greeted me as a friend in the members’ room of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The actor and I were both … Continue reading
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Tagged case, debating, Edinburgh, fellow, floor, friend, Gleogle, gown, green, meeting, member, pen, pencil, pharaoh, pool, proceedings, professor, purple, representation, Richard Wilson, Royal Society of Edinburgh, school, sing, sociology, speech, suffragette, swimming, uniform, white, women
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University of Nottingham web pages hacked (Rousse)
I ruined the University of Nottingham’s graduate testimonials web page when I picked out the plastic letters from the top line and dropped them on the floor. I simply couldn’t remember the wording that JC had used to honour her … Continue reading
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Tagged 1985, back-up, degree, floor, French, hack, letters, Nottingham, page, testimonial, university, web, wording
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A lizard intruder and Dr Who (Rousse)
There was an intruder in my holiday cottage. I was sure of it. I could sense him on the floor to the left of my bed. To distract him, I held out an oatmeal biscuit. This he readily accepted. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, bed, biscuit, chest, convention, cottage, delegate, Dr Who, drawer, floor, forest, holiday, holiday-maker, intruder, oatmeal, paper, police, presentation, rape, sandals, shorts, stare, sweatshirt, tattoo, under-nourished, White Stuff, workshop
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Arnold Schwartzenegger’s boring speech (Rousse)
Two of my Polish colleagues had commandeered my office while I was on long-term sick leave. My desk and other belongings were now all squeezed into a dark corner. I hoped that this was a temporary measure and that I … Continue reading
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Tagged admin, Arnie Schwartzenegger, Arnold Schwartzenegger, basement, boring, campus, children, club, colleague, corner, couple, desk, dull, Easter, famous, floor, foundry, friend, gauge, guest, gym, hill, holiday, Hollywood, kiss, library, married, melt, mould, mountain pass, office, parquet, Polish, presentation, rover boat, school, sick leave, snog, space, speaker, speech, staff, temperature, university, walker, work, worker
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