Tag Archives: laptop

A conference mix-up (Rousse)

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Dreamaticus

‘I’m looking forward to your paper in Newcastle on Saturday’ said my colleague from Engineering. ‘I don’t think so’ I replied. ‘I’m off to Loughborough this weekend’. Then I checked my diary. I had double-booked myself and now had just … Continue reading →

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Junkie Genesis journal article theft (Rousse)

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I pushed past the junkies in the dark alleyway at the top of Edinburgh’s Broughton Street to enter Crombies’ temporary butcher’s shop. The butcher business taken over the halal meat emporium/paperback library/convenience store while its main shop several yards down … Continue reading →

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Art distraction (Rousse)

Posted on September 15, 2018 by Dreamaticus

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 →

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Criminal-free CERN (Rousse)

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Dreamaticus

One of the advantages of working at CERN was that you could leave your laptop lying around anywhere, safe in the knowledge that nobody would be interested in stealing it.

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Helping out with a history essay (Rousse)

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I sat next to Colin in the reading room of the library. I had thought he was my niece AF’s boyfriend, but then remembered that she was going out with DL. Perhaps Colin was her ex? Whatever his status, I … Continue reading →

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Beware the airport chocolate thief (Rousse)

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Dreamaticus

The departure lounge thief couldn’t care less about the contents of my handbag, nor my shiny new laptop. Her sole interest was the bar of chocolate that I had left lying on the hard plastic seat. When I returned from … Continue reading →

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Child criminal caught red-handed at Paris airport (Rousse)

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Dreamaticus

We had just landed in Paris on a flight from Copenhagen when I noticed that my red rucksack had gone missing. Then I saw it, in the hands of a small French girl. I knew that it was mine because … Continue reading →

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Social media scam targets patients (Rousse)

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Dreamaticus

A tall, thin, grey-haired man approached me as I walked along the Old Edinburgh Road with TPR. When he addressed me as ‘Miss’ I knew that this was some kind of scam. He wanted to know about my last encounter … Continue reading →

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Airport laptop theft (Rousse)

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I left my rucksack unattended one time too many when I was helping my mother navigate Edinburgh airport. This time both my MacBook Air and iPad mini were stolen. I only had myself to blame for this calamity.

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How to find a lost laptop (Rousse)

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Dreamaticus

This was embarrassing. After announcing at a meeting that we would not be buying new laptops from the group’s budget I then lost my own and needed a replacement – fast. I realised that it would be a good idea … Continue reading →

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