Dreamaticus populae
- Noel Fielding on a first date (Belle)
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- Deep coffin digging (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: phone
Suicide program (Rousse)
TPR was in bits. He told me over the phone that the program no longer worked and – because of this – his colleague had committed suicide. Advertisements
Making a doctor’s appointment in 1989 (Rousse)
The world had reverted back to 1989. I needed a doctor’s appointment for the diagnosis of my left eye, which was now completely red, including the iris. The man at reception suggested that I pay £50 for an evening consultation … Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, appointment, £50, call, cellphone, consultation, diagnosis, doctor, eye, hotel, iris, medical, mobile, phone, practice, reception, red, yellow pages
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Loose change found in red telephone box is small fortune to lonely lochside walker (Rousse)
I walked for miles and miles alone, without a single podcast, in shorts and sandals along the loch side. By the time I reached the village at around the mid-point of the 32-mile route, however, I was missing TPR’s company. … Continue reading
A secret phone, a hidden four poster bed, a hard-to-reach dinner venue, and prostitutes (Rousse)
The location of my sister’s holiday house was unclear. It could have been North Northumberland, London or Birmingham. Whatever its location, it was much bigger than I imagined. My school friend Phil soon lost count of how many beds had … Continue reading
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Tagged basement, bed, Birmingham, Birmingham New Street, box, Cheshire, dinner, door, four poster, handbag, holiday, house, IKEA, iPhone, journey, kitchen, London, mall, mobile, Northumberland, parents, passport, Phil, phone, school, secret, sister, station, telephone, train, uncle
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Mid-air knitter stalked by elderly couple on flight to the UK from Thailand (Rousse)
I must have broken several international laws on board the flight from Thailand back to the UK: I carried a sharp three inch needle in my hand luggage I looped the yarn from my ball of blue wool to the … Continue reading
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Tagged aeroplane, arrivals, ball, blue, Borth, boy, Charles, couple, dead, door, elderly, exit, father, flight, garndson, Golf, house, international, journey, knit, knitter, knitting, land, law, luggage, lunch, mistake, needle, phone, plane, safety, stalk, Thailand, TPR, UK, Wales, wool, yarn
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Sledgehammer attacker and accomplice break in through bathroom window (Rousse)
Why was the bathroom window open? Why was the burglar alarm ringing? I looked up and caught sight of the man with the sledgehammer. His accomplice was right behind him. ‘Oh my God!’ muttered my husband under his breath. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 999, accomplice, alarm, attack, attacker, bathroom, bludgeon, break-in, burglar, death, dial, husband, man, phone, sledgehammer, window
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Christmas cake complications (Rousse)
It was meant to be a simple lunch at my parents’ house, but the complications began as soon as I invited the others to the table. First I noticed that my former colleague AT failed to turn up. Then the … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, bike, black, bottle, cake, Christmas, cloud, engineering, exit, family, frozen, Heathrow, joy, kitchen, labyrinth, lake, Lake District, limo, limousine, London, motor, motorbike, neighbour, Orange, parent, passage-way, passageway, phone, pudding, ride, shelf, shelves, sister, soup, stretch, Sweden, ticket, tourist, travel, undeground, wine
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