Tag Archives: insurance

A dream audit for house contents insurance renewal (Rousse)

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Dreamaticus

Since I couldn’t visit the property to check in person, I reckoned that the best way to audit my mother’s belongings for the house contents insurance renewal was to dream myself there. TPR agreed to ‘come’ with me, and we … Continue reading →

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National Insurance contributions for a private school teacher (Rousse)

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I accepted a job as a teacher at the tiny private prep school that my grandmother operated from the extension at the back of her house. I hoped that this was all above board, and that she would pay my … Continue reading →

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Jill Archer steps in (Rousse)

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Dreamaticus

Jill Archer was running around looking after my cousins and their families. Only that morning she had booked N’s wife J’s car in for repair following the accident, and dealt with the insurance claim. This meant that the three brothers … Continue reading →

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Entire Georgian terrace destroyed by fire (Rousse)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Dreamaticus

When we returned from our early morning run we noticed smoke leaking through the main door of number 15. We took no action. Two hours later the fire had spread along the street and firefighters were banging on every door. … Continue reading →

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Crash victim bodies buried in moorland peat bog (Rousse)

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Dreamaticus

My father told us that we should go up to the moors and remove all the evidence of the car crash. His main concern was that the wreckage and bodies that my sister S and I had buried in the … Continue reading →

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Car theft, breast milk, and a bump (Rousse)

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I screamed at TPR that it was not our car, but he was so determined to catch the “crooks” that he did not hear me. He leapt on top of the driver at the wheel of the red MGB to … Continue reading →

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Drunk Police fan and dead grandmother responsible for multiple car crashes (Rousse)

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Dreamaticus

With my sister J at the wheel of the Fiat Panda, we turned off the main road and drove past a country pub packed with Eton schoolboys dressed in their school uniform. They couldn’t take their eyes off A, next … Continue reading →

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Intelligent bubble wrap causes Heathrow travel chaos (Rousse)

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Dreamaticus

After dropping out of university, PM had pursued a career in insurance – or so we believed. I’d certainly not expected him to become the inventor of intelligent bubble wrap. He rolled some out across a workshop table to show … Continue reading →

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Californian gold prospector comes clean in Texas (Rousse)

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Dreamaticus

DT’s father was not, in fact, a dentist. We discovered this on holiday in Texas when I needed urgent dental treatment. Thank goodness we had comprehensive travel insurance. DT’s father’s real profession was something of a surprise. We were astonished … Continue reading →

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The mystery of canoe man John Darwin’s lottery win (Rousse)

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dreamaticus

“And this, ladies and gentlemen”, announced the tour guide, “is the mug that Anne Darwin was holding in her hand the moment she heard that her husband had won £5 million on the lottery”. Surely he was mistaken? “Didn’t Anne … Continue reading →

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