Tag Archives: money

Holy Island accommodation options (Rousse)

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

We bought a small cottage in the village on Holy Island, about a five minute walk from the Herring Houses. It had been neglected for years and was in need of a complete internal overhaul. The problem was that TPR … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accommodation, afford, building, cottage, engineer, funds, Herring Houses, Holy Island, invest, job, Lindisfarne, money, neglect, options, overhaul, pay, renovations, software, spend | Leave a comment

A false accusation of theft and underperforming academics (Rousse)

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Dreamaticus

As soon as I learnt that JC had been sacked, I went straight to SS to find out why. Although it could not be proven, SS was convinced that JC had been stealing the petty cash. I argued that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, academics, cash, cheat, honest, job, money, petty cash, proof, sack, staff, theft, thief, underperform | Leave a comment

A research council prawn and shrimp feast in Hawaii (Rousse)

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Were the UK research councils awash with money? All the evidence pointed to this: how else could they afford to host a conference in Hawaii? I just wished that there was more time between sessions to change into my gown … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged colleagues, conference, council, dinner, evidence, feast, gown, Hawaii, menu, money, prawn, programme, research, shrimp | Leave a comment

Lothian buses disregards data protection (Rousse)

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Dreamaticus

It was only when I climbed aboard the bus that I realised that I had forgotten to check whether I had change for my fare. I explained this to the super-friendly driver as I rooted around in my purse for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 50p, bus, buses, chute, data protection, document, driver, Lothian, money, slot | Leave a comment

Katie Price returns to work as earnings drop (Rousse)

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Katie Price (AKA Jordan) was offering her services as a beautician at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. “Why would anyone with your wealth be waxing other people’s legs?” I asked her. “I only earn £300,000 a year”, she replied as she called … Continue reading →

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Pudding wine and a patient (Rousse)

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I winced when TPR ordered pudding wine. He was a last-minute guest at our business dinner, and it certainly wasn’t his place to make demands of the waiting staff to meet his expensive personal tastes. I hoped that BR and … Continue reading →

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John Fisher, his mistress, football, and cake (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Dreamaticus

My lover was John Fisher, a tiny teenage Hearts supporter. I met him on London Road, where we intended to catch the bus to the Hearts ground at Tynecastle. Unfortunately John’s pocket money would not stretch to the bus fare … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adopt, adopted, amour, brother, bus, cake, fare, flat, football, forget, Hearts, hide, John Fisher, London Road, lover, match, mistress, money, pocket, relationship, soccer, supporter, teenage, teenager, ticket, tickets, TPR, Tynecastle | Leave a comment

London runner saved by the kindness of strangers (Rousse)

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR ran ahead of me, clearly appalled at my lack of athleticism. If that was how he felt, I would just give up. I stopped for a while and read the discarded Argos catalogue that I picked out of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A-Z, Argos, athleticism, bag lady, boy, cash, catalogue, church, city, gutter, home, husband, Kensington High Street, kindness, London, man, mobile, money, phone, pocket, pub, runner, running, strangers, taxi, teenage, top, TPR, vest, Winchester, yellow | Leave a comment

Sir Sean Connery and Simon Cowell appalled by aging actress’ wig (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Dreamaticus

From the fourth row in the stalls my student party had a very clear view of Sir Sean Connery, Simon Cowell and the rest of the panel on stage. I watched Sir Sean closely when the star performer of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged actor, actress, aging, American, amusing, annoyance, arms, attendance, audience, baby, class, commercial, complain, deal, drama, embarrassed, face, fall, flat, former, funding, grand-daughter, ice-skate, James Bond, knowledge management, lady, leading, learn, money, mouth, panel, party, passion, performance, performer, public, rink, row, Sean Connery, season, second, series, shut, silence, Simon Cowell, Sir Sean Connery, skate, skid, slide, sponsor, stage, stalls, star, States, student, unharmed, university, waste, wig | Leave a comment

University measures of excellence: showers, smoked haddock and guest speakers (Rousse)

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Dreamaticus

If my life wasn’t complicated enough, I accepted another part-time post at the University of Aberdeen, and was also considering a return to Canada. An advantage of Aberdeen was that CM worked in the university gym. He offered to sneak … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: money

Holy Island accommodation options (Rousse)

A false accusation of theft and underperforming academics (Rousse)

A research council prawn and shrimp feast in Hawaii (Rousse)

Lothian buses disregards data protection (Rousse)

Katie Price returns to work as earnings drop (Rousse)

Pudding wine and a patient (Rousse)

John Fisher, his mistress, football, and cake (Rousse)

London runner saved by the kindness of strangers (Rousse)

University measures of excellence: showers, smoked haddock and guest speakers (Rousse)

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