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Tag Archives: Orange
Orange running shoe thief (Rousse)
I was going to run back, but the route was all uphill and sitting on the tram was a more attractive option. Once inside the carriage, I was even able to take off my orange running shoes and pop them … Continue reading
A sunblock bottle hoarder in dip-dye blue jeans (Rousse)
I challenged my sister J, who had always claimed that she was not a hoarder. Why did she keep a collection of empty orange plastic sunblock bottles? There were at least 15 on her shelf, some of which dated from … Continue reading
Defunct orange toilet stars in garden makeover disaster (Rousse)
I should never have allowed my sister S anywhere near my garden. It was now triangular in shape, with a steeply sloped lawn. She had planted the beds with huge white flowers, and at the point furthest from the house, … Continue reading
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Tagged bed, disappointment, flowers, garden, house, lavatory, lawn, makeover, Orange, seat, toilet, triangle, white
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Avocado bathroom suite in the museum of sanitation (Rousse)
Dozens of bathtubs hung on the walls and from the ceiling of the saleroom. The most precious and elaborate had been recovered from ancient archaeological sites. Much of their value lay in their beautiful mosaic decorations. To my surprise and … Continue reading
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Tagged avocado, bathroom, bathtub, green, museum, Orange, salesroom, sanitation, suite
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When breasts head south (Rousse)
I hadn’t expected to bump into London-based SW in the Outer Hebrides. Yet here she was, as large as life, all aglow in a bright orange, and very clingy, T shirt dress, lounging lazily on the seat of a bus … Continue reading
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Tagged bosom, bosoms, breast, breasts, bus, clingy, dress, figure, flat-chested, knees, London, Orange, Outer Hebrides, project, research, south, surgery, T shirt
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Incidental divorce lawyer advice (Rousse)
My parents, sisters and I travelled in our pyjamas to Dryburgh Abbey for my father’s last hurrah. On the way back home we stopped off in Corbridge. Here we called in on my grandmother’s house (which had not been knocked … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, abbey, advice, bedroom, bedspread, brown, chest of drawers, childhood, Corbridge, divorce, door, dressing table, dryburgh, father, friend, furniture, grandmother, grandparent, incidental, lawyer, lock, media, old people's home, Orange, parent, Redmires, sister, The fighting temeraire, Turner, wardrobe
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Orange tent dress adjustments (Rousse)
I was with MSB in her studio on a Sunday morning when one of her clients turned up with an urgent request. The vile orange nylon tent dress that she was wearing needed to be rehemmed. Please could MSB do … Continue reading
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Tagged adjustment, client, commission, dress, hem, Orange, outfit, rehem, studio, Sunday, tent, vile
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Jo Jo the poison pen email writer pushes stressed academic over the edge (Rousse)
I was in the habit of commuting by train to the headquarters of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in London. There I worked in the basement on an unending series of grant applications. From time to time … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, 1985, Abersystwyth University, academic, acusation, application, Ayr, basement, bid, bloody, break, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, CILIP, crash, document, email, fall, family, favour, fear, frighten, grant, green, happy, home, identity, impudent, ingratiate, insult, iPhone, Jo, Jo Jo, March, miners, mother, Nokia, Orange, pen, Penelope Wrightman, phone, pointless, poisen, protest, pseudonym, reality, rude, safety, shiny, shorts, sister, spy, stairwell, stress, strike, suicide, T shirt, tears, temper, tiles, TPR, transport, Volvo, walk, white, woman, writer
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