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Scary nuns and a transsexual (Rousse)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Dreamaticus

This was a convent with a difference: none of the nuns dressed in habits. They were still scary, however. I was terrified when I accidentally got tangled up in the hose from their washing machine, tugged it out of the … Continue reading →

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Rousse investigates discount rail fares and a career option on the east coast line

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I paid a super-discounted fare to travel from Edinburgh to London by train and back again. The service was so good that I made it in good time for my meeting at 11:00, and by 16:00 I was back in … Continue reading →

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Con-woman cleaner confuses clients with ridiculous rates of pay (Rousse)

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Dreamaticus

The plump red-headed woman offered her services to us as a cleaner. What made her work superior (so she claimed) was her approach to doing the laundry, and the sliding scale for each type of service. I didn’t buy into … Continue reading →

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Gothic novel dramatisation set to be one of the best films of 2011 (Rousse)

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Dreamaticus

The elder of the two middle-aged sisters stirred in the cramped brass bed then stuck her left foot out from under the flowered eiderdown with a groan. She awoke with a loud complaint about the state of spinsterhood in Victorian … Continue reading →

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