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- An icy dip on Christmas Day (Rousse)
- Red and white woodpecker gate-crashes class (Rousse)
- Christmas 2020 in June 2021 (Rousse)
- An iPhone and an accident on the way to the Isle of Skye (Rousse)
- London to Oxford and Oxford to Edinburgh by train (Rousse)
- A runner and a red, 60-litre, flip-top kitchen bin (Rousse)
- Fake finance guru fools all on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (Rousse)
- Award of a silver BA Executive Club card (Rousse)
- Cash-collecting criminal caught on CCTV (Rousse)
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- Marilyn Monroe’s foreknowledge of death (Rousse)
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- Barry Manilow keynote (Rousse)
- Lost in Edinburgh with lacrosse at the castle (Rousse)
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- TPR
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- white
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- window
- woman
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Tag Archives: smile
A hairy bridesmaid (Rousse)
I was honoured to have been asked to serve as one of JA’s bridesmaids, even though the only part that I had played in her life was to introduce her to some external work contacts and help her secure her … Continue reading
Baby kidnap (Rousse)
The second baby that I kidnapped was much better than the first: it kept its nappy dry overnight, it didn’t mind the cold, and it smiled a lot. Despite this, TPR was still not happy that we were harbouring other … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, children, cold, flat, kidnap, lost, nappy, smile
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Change your hair, change your life (Rousse)
Following years of misery XY finally cheered up. She chopped her long lanky hair into a punky Siouxsie Sioux style, dyed it jet black, and started to smile. When she returned to her student haunts everyone was amazed at what … Continue reading
Snow and stovies on election day (Rousse)
When we tried to go outside we found a metre of snow banked up against the back door. I asked TPR not to touch it while I made a dash for my camera. He disobeyed me, and immediately got started … Continue reading
Victim takes refuge in medieval tower as gunman runs amok on university campus (Rousse)
XY deliberately failed to acknowledge me at the start of his presentation. It was obvious that the had audience members noticed this. To lighten the mood, I said jokingly “What about me?” My colleagues found this hilarious. Unfortunately the speaker … Continue reading
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Tagged acknowledge, aim, amok, attacker, audience, bed, campus, colleagues, corridor, corridors, documents, false, fire, gun, gunman, interruption, joke, loaded, medieval, office, presentation, rant, room. ill, safe, safety, shoot, shot, smile, speaker, staircase, stairs, tower, university, walls, work, yellow
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A friendship renewed (Rousse)
When we passed on Bonnington Road I was sure I saw a flicker of recognition flash across his face. Was this acknowledgement of our shared history? Of course I was far too shy to stop and ask so would never … Continue reading
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Tagged acknowledgement, arms, Bonnington Road, Edinburgh, face, friendship, history, house, pole, recognition, renewed, retrace, rush, shared, smile, telegraph, town, walk
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Rousse reviews the retired and retro
“What a coincidence, Struther Arnott was here just yesterday”, I commented to Brian Lang as he took a seat on the big green sofa in our sitting room. “I wonder what it is with retired principals of St Andrews University? … Continue reading
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Tagged appliance, appliances, Belling, Belling Compact Super Four electric cooker, Birmingham, Brian Lang, British Library, coincidence, colleague, colleagues, cooker, father-in-law, furniture, hand, hands, house, kitchen, marker, mural, noise, pen, pens, Principal, retired, retro, sitting room, smile, St Andrews, St Andrews University, Struther Arnott, TPR, unit, units, Vice Chancellor, workmen
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Common room queens rule supreme as Rousse gets on with her work
This student common room housed three queens: my sister J, my sister S and ECM. The loyal subjects of each gathered next to their chosen monarch on the appropriate section of sofa, faces turned in awe towards the object of … Continue reading
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Tagged common room, fans, loyal, management, monarch, MSc, Queen, queens, senior, smile, sofa, student, subject, throne, university, viva, vivas
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