Tag Archives: phone

Sheffield trains and brothels (Rousse)

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Dreamaticus

A tall French woman in a long white cotton dress stood perplexed on a platform at Edinburgh Waverley railway station. When I offered to help her, she held up her phone to me to display her train ticket. She complained … Continue reading →

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A neglected guest witnesses wax flowers, uncovers a property tax dodge, and sticks up for non-smokers (Rousse)

Posted on January 22, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I visited J and GC at their new house in the US. They had relocated there for G’s job. His role now extended beyond sound production and included procurement. These days star-struck hopefuls would approach him seeking fame and fortune … Continue reading →

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Burglars target tech indoors, and hunt buried treasure in the garden (Rousse)

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Dreamaticus

From the far side of my bedroom, I saw a black form bound across the patio to the flower bed in front of the window. A black Labrador was set to dig up my plants! On closer inspection, however, I … Continue reading →

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Funeral phone confiscation (Rousse)

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Dreamaticus

After a young student died while resident at the Manor House at the University of Birmingham, TPR and I were despatched to London to attend his funeral. The memorial event itself was for a random selection of the recently deceased, … Continue reading →

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Red and white woodpecker gate-crashes class (Rousse)

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I heard a knocking from above, looked up, and saw a beautiful red and white woodpecker tapping on the wooden classroom chandelier. I stopped the class so that we could all take out our phones to photograph the beauty.

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An unintentional insult (Rousse)

Posted on October 11, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Through the car window, I thought that I saw KA wearing a long thin pale yellow jumper dress in the new deli in Hexham. I parked nearby and walked back along the road to the shop. Sure enough it was … Continue reading →

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Faking it with Irish young farmers (Rousse)

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Dreamaticus

At the invitation of BB and JB, I delivered a presentation on knowledge management to a class of twenty bored Irish young farmers. Within minutes of my leaving the class room, a member of the audience rang me to ask … Continue reading →

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Vauxhall Viva daffodil destroyer (Rousse)

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I was driving a white Vauxhall Viva in a rather erratic manner when my mobile phone rang. I knew that it was not advisable to answer it when at the wheel, so I turned into a side road to find … Continue reading →

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AirBnB in a double decker bus (Rousse)

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Dreamaticus

We were trying to persuade my mother to rent out the static caravan in her garden as an AirBnB. We took her on a bus ride to show her how this could be done: the bus itself had been converted … Continue reading →

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Evan Davies interviews for ‘How bad was my week?’

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My sister S drove like a maniac along the Hebridean shoreline, skidding on seaweed and only narrowly avoiding the obstacles along the way – seals, children paddling, random tourists. From the back seat I screamed at her to slow down. … Continue reading →

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