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Tag Archives: metal
A crocodile in Edinburgh (Rousse)
Amongst the redundant Christmas decorations I found a crocodile fashioned from flattened metal on Princes Street. It didn’t take long for me to find someone to take it off my hands. I came across Captain Hook just up the road … Continue reading →
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Tagged Captain Hook, Christmas, creature, crocodile, decorations, Edinburgh, farewell, George Street, metal, metallic, Princes Street, St Andrew Square, wake
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Unanticipated corrosion of structural steelwork (Rousse)
Even though the swimming pool at Queen Margaret University was only a couple of years old, its metal structure was already rusting.
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Tagged corrosion, metal, pool, QMU, Queen Margaret University, rust, steelwork, structural, structure, swimming, unanticipated
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Government treats UK rail infrastructure “like toy train set” (Rousse)
No wonder the railway system was in such disarray. Every time that a train needed to switch tracks, a team of men was called to lift the long lumps of metal into place by hand. The government was treating its … Continue reading →
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Tagged disarray, government, hand, infrastructure, lump, lumps, metal, national, rail, railway, set, switch, system, toy, track, tracks, train, UK
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MacBook Air design fault (Rousse)
I watched in amazement as my MacBook Air started to fold in on itself. By the time that the process was complete the laptop had transformed into a shiny metal tube. Only the previous week my boss’ machine had done … Continue reading →
Scottish midge season precautions (Rousse)
The hotel proprietor wanted her guests to experience the best Scottish produce cooked fresh in the open, so while they waited in the dining room she took to her outdoor barbecue. In the midge season months of June, July and … Continue reading →
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Tagged August, barbecue, battle, biting, dining, dress, face mask, fresh, gauze, gloves, guest, guests, hotel, July, June, leather, long-sleeved, metal, midge, midges, open, outdoor, outdoors, precaution, precautions, produce, proprietor, room, Scotland, Scottish, turban
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A visit to the Indigo bed and breakfast (Rousse)
The Indigo bed and breakfast was in Cunningsburgh, Shetland. TPR had dumped the bike elsewhere so we caught the bus to the village. Once again I was astonished at the reach of service of Lothian Buses. We asked for directions … Continue reading →
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Tagged agricultural show, agriculture, b and b, B&B, bed and breakfast, bike, box, bus, carpet, claustrophobia, climb, cream, Cunningsburgh, destination, driver, entertainment, field, gallow, guest house, hill, hostess, hotel, house, hymns, impression, Indigo, inhabitants, inn, Lothian, Lothian buses, metal, oil, pale, residents, services, Shetland, spiral, square, staircase, street, structure, strut, telephone, top, TPR, village
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A cat-assisted attempt to avoid divorce (Rousse)
There was only one way that I would find time to do my own research ever again: to register for a second PhD. I considered several options. I could return to the University of Birmingham where I had studied as … Continue reading →
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Tagged African, Annandale Street, attempt, badge, badges, Birmingham, Birmingham University, boyfriend, cat, Claremont Crescent, dance, dancing, director, divorce, door, doorbell, dress, East Claremont Street, Ediburgh, ex-husband, eyes, garden, home, husband, identity, initials, lecturer, lights, marking, metal, Newcastle University, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University, parent, parents, PhD, railings, reconciliation, research, TPR, university, University of Birmingham, University of Newcastle, University of Oxford, wall
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Tried and tested techniques for keeping young, travelling free of charge on the M1, and repelling criminals (Rousse)
Have you ever wondered how to keep young, which is the cheapest form of travel between Leeds and London, and how can you best avoid the attention of burglars? If so, read on… How to keep young I was under … Continue reading →
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Tagged belongings, burglar, burglars, cage, coach, comfort, criminal, criminals, fare, father-in-law, free, how to, Leeds, London, M1, metal, motorway, office, paid, pay, PhD, repel, repelling, retire, retirement, safe. safety, stranger, student, students, supervision, technique, techniques, travel, travelling, young
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Home improvement – with sheep (Rousse)
The house was a-buzz with DIY and related domestic projects. While my university friend SB hosed down the steps to our New Town basement, TPR dismantled the broken external door handle to take for repair by the locksmith. It was … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1990s, 1998, antique, antiques, basement, bin, bins, burglar, burglars, burglary, burgle, busy nostalgia, calendar, calendars, Cambridge, coffee, decorator, decorators, DIY, door, friend, handle, home improvement, hose, hosepipe, hosing, kitchen, landlady, lock, locksmith, London, metal, New Town, plumber, reliable, rob, robber, robbers, rubbish, sheep, sitting room, slow, statue, statues, steal, step, steps, tactics, tax, thief, thieves, TPR, underfloor heating, university
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How to serve Chardonnay Australian-style (Rousse)
This means of marketing alcohol was completely alien to me. In my home country of Scotland tourists learnt about whisky by following a guide around a distillery, with the prospect of a free sample at the end of a tour. … Continue reading →
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