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Tag Archives: train
Stockton-on-Tees local knows nothing about trains (Rousse)
KA and I shared delivery of the lecture. Somehow I ended up with the ‘hard’ bit: explaining the difference between linear and complex computer programming. My instructions said to use railway tracks as an analogy, and make reference to a … Continue reading
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Tagged analogy, bacon, class, complex, computer, disappointment, egg, hard, history, lecture, linear, mayonnaise, programming, railway, roll, Stockton-on-Tees, track, train, trains, world
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Exploding trains in London add to landfill problems (Rousse)
London was one huge rubbish tip. When TPR and I stepped off the train the only way out of the station was up a mountain of landfill. The next day we heard that a train had exploded on arrival at … Continue reading
Fare dodger prefers Settlers of Catan to Game of Thrones (Rousse)
I wanted more time with KR and JG so I jumped on the train that was taking them from the west coast of the US to the east. Not long into the journey I realised my mistake. I didn’t have … Continue reading
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Tagged blonde, cash, coast, collector, dodge, dodger, east, exchange, fare, fine, Game of Thrones, journey, lend, mistake, photograph, platform, repayment, ring, Settlers of Catan, station, ticket, train, tramp, United States, US, wedding, west, woman
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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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Edinburgh academic workload woes (Rousse)
Three of my undergraduate friends had travelled a long way to join this reunion in Edinburgh: SH from London, HJ from Cardiff, and JG from the Republic of Ireland. I felt terrible telling them that they would all have to … Continue reading
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Tagged academic, Cardiff, class, Edinburgh, entertain, exam, Irish Sea, LIDL, Logie Green Road, London, meal, Republic of Ireland, reunion, student, time, train, undergraduate, upset, Wales, woe, workload
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Rwandan driver leads travellers a merry dance over the sand dunes of Holy Island with a horse (Rousse)
After an enormous breakfast of smoked salmon and roast potatoes – some of which I had to put back in the fridge because I simply couldn’t manage it all – I caught the train south. My travelling companions were TPR, … Continue reading →