Tag Archives: theft

Flood, theft, and burglary (Rousse)

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Dreamaticus

It rained so heavily that the entire garden turned into a massive, muddy, swamp. Our tandem was stolen in front of our very eyes. When I stepped out of bed onto the rough surface of an inferior replacement for our … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bedside, burglary, engagement, eternity, flood, garden, mud, ring, rug, swamp, table, tandem, theft, TPR, wedding | Leave a comment

Junkie Genesis journal article theft (Rousse)

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Dreamaticus

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alley, article, bacon, blonde, book, Broughton, butcher, camera, Crombies, Edinburgh, Genesis, I know what I like in your wardrobe, journal, junkie, laptop, meat, photograph, queue, rags, rucksack, scarf, street, theft, vodka, weekend, woman | Leave a comment

Hotel holds guest’s underwear hostage (Rousse)

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Dreamaticus

AH, CS, NY and SY pulled up outside the house bang on time at 3pm. ‘Look what we’ve brought!’ showed off AH, as he dragged two life-size cardboard cut-outs of me and TPR into the house. Each with a mop … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bar, bare, besotted, bus, cardboard, corridor, corsage, cut-out, France, guest, hair, holiday-maker, host, hotel, interpretation, love, luggage, snow, theft, village, wool | Leave a comment

Bike theft at Queen Margaret University (Rousse)

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Dreamaticus

The Californian sunshine lifted my spirits so high that I was convinced that it was unnecessary to padlock my brand new bike outside Queen Margaret University. Of course, when I came back out of the building, my bike was gone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bicycle, bike, building, California, cycle, padlock, public, Queen Margaret, spirit, sunshine, telephone, theft, TPR, university | Leave a comment

Airport laptop theft (Rousse)

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Dreamaticus

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.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged air, airport, backpack, blame, calamity, Edinburgh, iPad, laptop, MacBook, mini, mother, navigate, rucksack, steal, stolen, theft | Leave a comment

Car theft, breast milk, and a bump (Rousse)

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I screamed at TPR that it was not our car, but he was so determined to catch the “crooks” that he did not hear me. He leapt on top of the driver at the wheel of the red MGB to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apologies, basement, bottle, bottles, breast, bump, car, car park, carrier, children, crash, crook, crooks, damage, driver, garage, guest, guests, home, insurance, interrogation, ladies, lavatories, lever, MGB, milk, misdemenour, mistake, owner, park, people, policy, reception, red, sample, samples, Scandinavian, silver, staff, students, table, tandem, theft, toilets, tourist, wheel | Leave a comment

A false accusation of theft and underperforming academics (Rousse)

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Dreamaticus

As soon as I learnt that JC had been sacked, I went straight to SS to find out why. Although it could not be proven, SS was convinced that JC had been stealing the petty cash. I argued that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, academics, cash, cheat, honest, job, money, petty cash, proof, sack, staff, theft, thief, underperform | Leave a comment

Electricity theft in Edinburgh (Rousse)

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Dreamaticus

The residents of Edinburgh’s Annandale Street would not be pleased when they discovered that I’d been charging my iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air from the power sockets under their lawns.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Annandale Street, apple, charge, Edinburgh, electricity, iPad, iPhone, lawns, MacBook Air, power, residents, sockets, theft | Leave a comment

Billy Connolly and his kids trick tourists while the Queen keeps track of village crime (Rousse)

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Billy Connolly and his kids tricked tourists by hiding behind the sea wall in the west coast fishing village and jumping out whenever anyone passed by. Not far from the tricksters we tried to park our metallic green mark 4 … Continue reading →

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Hotel thefts in Hawaii (Rousse)

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Very soon I would be heading home from Hawaii. In the few hours before my flight I planned to sunbathe in the hotel grounds. I couldn’t risk lying on the beach. The waves were too unpredictable. That morning they’d already … Continue reading →

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