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Tag Archives: magic
Salt mine offers ‘magic’ treatment for eczema (Rousse)
It took a long time to cycle the single tracks roads across the wilderness to the immense quarry, but it was worth the effort. The excavation was enormous. I couldn’t wait to see it close up. We dropped our bikes … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, car, eczema, Land Rover, magic, mine, niece, quarry, salt, treatment
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Magic tricks for UK research council panel members (Rousse)
I had a busy day ahead with a research council panel meeting in the morning followed by an operation to remove a facial skin cancer in the afternoon. CO was on the same schedule as me so – as a … Continue reading
Man shot seven times not an ‘urgent’ case (Rousse)
TPR believed that he had magic powers, so when he shot himself seven times with an air rifle he didn’t expect to be hurt. I was beside myself when the operator told me that the ambulance crew refused to treat … Continue reading
Unheeded feedback and the magical properties of water (Rousse)
Once again I was astonished by the versatility of my colleague C. Sitting to the left of me, he chaired Monday’s meeting – while simultaneously presenting his report in person from the other side of the table. I liked C’s … Continue reading
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Tagged chair, colleague, cords, departure, early, elephant, emerald, examiner, feedback, Friday, green, khaki, ladies, magic, meeting, Monday, present, properties, property, remark, report, rousers, spill, student, table, toilets, transform, versitility, water
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A pirate themed wedding (Rousse)
The pirate themed wedding was a great success, although the groom confessed to me in private that he regretted missing the opportunity to show off his magic tricks. My parents enjoyed themselves immensely – even my poor father who was … Continue reading
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Tagged arrangements, Borders, break, confess, dancing, father, flat, groom, guest, guests, hand, magic, marriage, nuptials, parent, parents, pirate, plan, planner, plans, private, response, responses, secret, shoes, success, theme, themed, TPR, trick, tricks, wedding
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Tom Skelton’s one-man show, a dress from Woolworths, Dave Eggers, and icing penguins (Rousse)
Although by mid-September the Edinburgh Fringe was well and truly over, a few acts had stayed in town to try their luck with the locals and last of the summer tourists. Tom Skelton of Racing Minds was still performing his … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised, audience, bake, black, book, Bruntsfield, cake, California, colony, comedy, cream, Dave Eggers, decorate, dress, Edinburgh, Eggers, festival, friend, Fringe, garment, grandmother, granny, icing, locals, magic, mobile, move, participation, penguin, penguins, perform, performer, phone, post, professiona, props, Racing Minds, receommendation, Rik Mayall, room, school, September, show, star, the Circle, ticket, Tom Skelton, tourists, tricks, veue, white, Woolworths
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Travelling in style in the Scottish borders: by magic carpet (Rousse)
My family was driving me nuts so I took off in my car to the Borders as a form of escape. When it was time to return to Edinburgh I regretted the distance that I had driven. It was such … Continue reading
Animal magic in the Edinburgh New Town (Rousse)
I rushed back into the study with my camera to photograph the orange toucans perched in the tree at the window. Two minutes earlier had been beside myself with excitement when I learnt that members of this exotic species had … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, animal magic, BBC1, camera, chilly, Edinburgh, exotic, family, flock, Johnny Morris, jungle, magic, monkey, monkeys, New Town, north, Orange, perch, photograph, repeat, repeats, scene, species, study, toucan, toucans, tree, tropical, wall, wildlife, window, yard
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Magic tables only a partial solution to University accommodation problems (Rousse)
I was dismayed over the state of my accommodation. I had been allocated a tiny desk squeezed into the corner of a large computer lab populated by PhD students. My computer and printer took up most of the desk’s surface … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, academics, accommodation, chat, computer, conditions, corner, desk, dismay, furniture, lab, leg, legs, magic, opportunity, partial, PhD, printer surface, problem, problems, solution, space, spare, student, students, table, tables, tea, technician, tray, university, Vice Principal, wall, woe, woes, work
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Julian Clary, seals, and a dolphin on the Isle of Harris (Rousse)
Comedian Julian Clary led the workshop in a house just above the village beach in Northton, South Harris. As well as displaying his extensive knowledge of local archaeology and wildlife, he also performed magic for his audience. Like everyone else … Continue reading
