Tag Archives: space

An unwelcome arrival (Rousse)

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Dreamaticus

Only a couple of people noticed XXX when she appeared at the door of the café. However, when she raised her voice to announce her entrance, nobody could miss her arrival. The two tables fell silent. DTJ was in seated … Continue reading →

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Proof-reading in the bunker (Rousse)

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Dreamaticus

The University was almost bankrupt, yet needed more space to house its staff. The only option was to dig underground. BP invited me to ‘the bunker’ to proof-read an important document. Just hours before the deadline, however, the first draft … Continue reading →

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A safe place for a snog (Rousse)

Posted on June 23, 2024 by Dreamaticus

With builders in the house, we had no privacy. The tiger roaming the rooms added to the difficulty of finding a safe space for a snog.

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Parking scam at the University of Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on June 16, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Bold as brass, TPR pulled into a ‘visitors only’ parking space outside Edinburgh University’s Informatics building. A parking warden immediately scurried over to us to ask about the nature of our visit. TPR guessed at the name of a host … Continue reading →

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Parking in Newcastle and the mean streets of Jesmond (Rousse)

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Dreamaticus

There was no way that I would pay £45 to leave my car for a single day in a Newcastle multi-storey car park. Instead, we took our chances and hunted for a free space on the mean streets of Jesmond.

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Keeping clutter in container 78 (Rousse)

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I kept my belongings in Container 78 at a storage facility in central London. While this was a convenient means of dealing with my clutter, accessing it was problematic. Whenever I parked my red Peugeot 205 nearby (assuming that I … Continue reading →

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No toilet Tokyo (Rousse)

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Dreamaticus

I knew that space was at a premium in Tokyo, but I had no idea of the impact of this on the population’s everyday habits until I visited the city myself. My host family of three was very welcoming. On … Continue reading →

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Wisteria excess (Rousse)

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Dreamaticus

I had so many wisteria stalks, yet nowhere to plant them. On checking all round the garden to find a vacant patch of soil, I discovered that every inch of space was already taken – by wisteria stalks.

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Filthy rich families fight over weddings in space (Belle)

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Dreamaticus

A group of Saudi billionaires had promised India’s richest man that his daughters could be married in space. Sadly the technology had failed and the rockets had never taken off.  Billions of dollars of broadcasting rights had been sold and … Continue reading →

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Tricks when parking a car in Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I had been away from work for so long that a new boy had to show me around our office premises south of the Edinburgh city bypass. First he took me to the car park that we shared with the … Continue reading →

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