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Tag Archives: rucksack
Hero of the exhibition hall survives animal attacks but loses a laptop (Rousse)
I was the hero of the exhibition hall when I caught a toddler-on-the-loose by the arm and promptly returned her to her grateful parents. We’d heard rumours of the wild animals that preyed on visitors as they left the venue. … Continue reading
Top of the range Mac laptop drop (Rousse)
Suddenly the boat tipped. TPR’s top of the range Mac laptop slipped out of the blue rucksack, then over the side of the open vessel, and plopped into the sea. Nothing could be done to save it.
Junkie Genesis journal article theft (Rousse)
I pushed past the junkies in the dark alleyway at the top of Edinburgh’s Broughton Street to enter Crombies’ temporary butcher’s shop. The butcher business taken over the halal meat emporium/paperback library/convenience store while its main shop several yards down … Continue reading
Black market fruit and vegetables and a broken iPhone (Rousse)
We stockpiled the fruit and vegetables just inside the main entrance to the university, not far from the reception desk where LM was on duty. Most of the students missed our little stall as they passed by on the way … Continue reading
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Tagged black, casing, eating, entrance, fruit, healthy, iPhone, lecture, market, produce, reception, rucksack, stall, statistics, student, university, vegetable
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Early for the bus (Rousse)
I put on my long black cashmere coat, hoisted my rucksack over my shoulders, and headed out of the door to the bus stop. I could see a number 11 coming down the hill, but didn’t manage to reach it … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, cashmere, coat, cold, early, gloves, rucksack, traffic
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Stevie Wonder misses his flight (Rousse)
Stevie Wonder, his female friend, TPR, two other computer industry experts and I were chatting in the bar while Stevie and his companion were waiting for a flight. I checked my watch. It was 19:15. ‘What time is your flight?’ … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity, computer, expert, flight, industry, miss, rucksack, run, Stevie Wonder, suitcase, TPR
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Child criminal caught red-handed at Paris airport (Rousse)
We had just landed in Paris on a flight from Copenhagen when I noticed that my red rucksack had gone missing. Then I saw it, in the hands of a small French girl. I knew that it was mine because … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, backpack, bag, belongings, camera, child, clothing, club, Copenhagen, criminal, dirty, evidence, father, footage, French, girl, laptop, name, Paris, pocket, prosecute, red, red-handed, rucksack, screen, steal, Sun Microsystems, sunrise, video, work
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Spaceship flies over Edinburgh and pensioners enjoy the Paris nightwear walk Pierrot-style (Rousse)
I was running very late when I bumped into MT near the Pleasance. I hadn’t seen him for over thirty years and had no idea that he was now working at the University of Edinburgh. I thought he was still … Continue reading
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Tagged air conditioning, capital, cardigan, computer, conference, currency, date, dinner, Edinburgh, France, hall, hearse, Montmartre, New Zealand, nightwear, older man, Paris, peers, pensioners, Pleasance, restaurant, ruby, rucksack, science, seminar, session, ship, space, Spaceship, tweet, University of Edinburgh, walk
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Airport laptop theft (Rousse)
I left my rucksack unattended one time too many when I was helping my mother navigate Edinburgh airport. This time both my MacBook Air and iPad mini were stolen. I only had myself to blame for this calamity.
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