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Recent reveries
- Falling in love with a puppeteer and hill tapestry (Rousse)
- Lost in a forest, all alone (Rousse)
- Paul McCartney confesses nothing (Rousse)
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- Dover unprepared for Brexit and terrorist attacks (Rousse)
- Back to school (Rousse)
- Defunct orange toilet stars in garden makeover disaster (Rousse)
- Seeking student accommodation during a pandemic (Rousse)
- Everyday clone encounter (Rousse)
- Truck hire Edinburgh (Rousse)
- Unwelcome guests and a Christmas party assault (Rousse)
- Cats torture (Rousse)
- Actor Bill Paterson is Mr Diamond selling tea at the Gorilla Arboretum (Rousse)
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Tag Archives: volunteer
Transgender bottom drawer resources (Rousse)
As I was getting undressed for bed (with TPR and AL), I caught two new graduates rummaging through the bottom drawer of my wardrobe. The young man told me that they were looking for resources for their voluntary work with … Continue reading
Dogs days with Sir Sean Connery (Rousse)
Mine was one of the first families drafted to perform anti-terrorist service. We lined up inside a long plastic tent at the junction of Queen Street and North St David Street in Edinburgh, following the instructions of the police to … Continue reading
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Tagged cabin, claustrophobia, dog, Edinburgh, family, log, police, punishment, remote, Sean Connery, terrorist, volunteer
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Volunteer assistance rejected by NHS surgeon (Rousse)
When the surgeon walked over to the till to pay for his cup of coffee, TPR ‘helpfully’ laid a section of the patient’s loose skin across the treated wound. The surgeon was aghast that anyone would interfere in this highly … Continue reading
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Tagged assistance, coffee, cup, interfere, NHS, patient, skin, surgeon, till, TPR, volunteer, wound
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A shy sous chef (Rousse)
VJ had been contracted to cook for a couple of celebrity chefs on daytime television. I volunteered to chop the vegetables (off-camera, in the kitchen).
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Tagged celebrity, chef, chop, cook, daytime, kitchen, off-camera, shy, sous chef, television, TV, vegetables, volunteer
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Disgraced Labour MP leads theatre audience walk-out (Rousse)
As members of the audience left the show mid-performance GSX and I considered it legitimate to move closer to the stage and take a couple of vacated seats in the front row. The star of the show didn’t seem to … Continue reading
White whale skeleton is centre-piece at gold and black themed wedding (Rousse)
About a dozen of us volunteered to set the stage for MNX’s wedding. First we hung gold and black decorations around the hall. Then we manoeuvred the huge white whale skeleton into the window display. When everything was ready I … Continue reading
Marcus Brigstocke takes to the stage with mother and daughter duo (Rousse)
Marcus Brigstocke settled his mother and (possibly) his brother into seats in the front row, then took to the podium. ‘Gosh, he’s getting on a bit’, I thought, catching sight of his balding pate and observing his wider-than-last-time waistline. After … Continue reading
A close encounter in the shower (Rousse)
I was staying in a big chain hotel with thin walls and communal showers. I declared that I needed to wash my hair and KH (a pal from my undergraduate days) volunteered to assist me. I let him come as … Continue reading
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Tagged cubicle, hair, hotel, pal, shower, showers, TPR, undergraduate, volunteer, wall, walls, wash
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The special demands of a shopping companion (Rousse)
Each year I held a party for my colleagues at which I supplied a wide selection of homemade food. JK was a great fan of the event, as was BP: they had both attended six years in a row. This … Continue reading
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Tagged back, buy, colleagues, companion, demands, fan, food, homemade, massage, party, provisions, Sainsbury, shopping, special, stressed, volunteer
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