Tag Archives: Friends

Lost in the Paris RER (Rousse)

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I lost TPR and LF in the maze of a Paris RER station on our way back to the main venue of the incentive holiday.  When they boarded the train heading in the right direction, I went the opposite way. … Continue reading →

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A gatecrasher ghost (Rousse)

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Dreamaticus

My mother was enjoying her party so much that she took out her Northumbrian pipes and played a few tunes with her old friends. I was therefore furious when my father’s sepia ghost put in an appearance. I pushed him … Continue reading →

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Private audiences with Matt LeBlanc (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Dreamaticus

Matt LeBlanc was such an obliging professional. Whenever I asked, he would entertain me by reciting his lines from episodes of Friends.

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Summer weather in the Outer Hebrides (Rousse)

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Dreamaticus

NP had persuaded her friends to accompany us on a trip to the Outer Hebrides. This was on the basis of my large archive of photographs of the deserted white sandy beaches that fringed the sea of Caribbean blue, sparkling … Continue reading →

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A wedding in the north Lake District (Rousse)

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Dreamaticus

The Cumbrian pub just off the M6 was crammed with wedding guests. They queued everywhere – for their room keys, to use the bathroom, at the dining room door at breakfast etc. The low bathroom to guest ratio meant that … Continue reading →

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Sunset from a 5* hotel (Rousse)

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Dreamaticus

We met in the private dining room of a 5 star hilltop hotel with fantastic views west over the bridges and river mouth. Yet I still couldn’t resist spoiling the happy atmosphere of the gathering by sneaking out to photograph … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Aniston declares ‘English knickers best in the world’ (Rousse)

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The cast members of Friends were easily recognisable when I met the actors in Milwaukee, although I was surprised that David Schwimmer (who played Ross) was so short in stature. I asked Jennifer Aniston if she could arrange for Wardrobe … Continue reading →

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Two deaths for Daddy (Rousse)

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Both the hospital and EasyDeath had lied. It was impossible that those ashes in the box on the mantelpiece were my father’s because here he was still clinging to life, looking for fish in a low river with my mother … Continue reading →

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Treatment of yellow fungus disease (Rousse)

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I arrived a couple of minutes late to be admitted to the auditorium where TPR and some of our friends were in the audience of an Edinburgh Fringe theatre production. Luckily, there was a sudden unexpected power cut before the … Continue reading →

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The computerisation of sanitation businesses (Rousse)

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Dreamaticus

A mature student with a Geordie accent, supported by a gang of friends, was trying to persuade me that it was appropriate that he write his dissertation on how to revive his wife’s failing sanitation business. I explained that this … Continue reading →

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