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Tag Archives: wooden
From swimming with killer whales to selling Christmas tat on eBay (Rousse)
My sister S was very busy. First she changed into her red bathing costume and jumped into the sea for a swim. I was grateful that the school of killer whales did not pay her any attention. Next she was … Continue reading
Middle-aged Swedish lesbian spoon art (Rousse)
My preparations for the World War II commemoration competition was going well. I had already produced a two page A4 document using a selection of inks in a rainbow of colours and my beautiful handwriting, I was confident that I … Continue reading
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Tagged age, aged, art, brush, cash, competition, hair, handwriting, lesbian, middle, oraange, pay, payment, purse, spoon, stamps, stickers, syrup, wooden, World War II
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A peg-legged threesome (Rousse)
I got a lot out of my marriage, not least because my husband’s almost identical brother was part of the deal. We didn’t know his name, nor whether he was younger or older than TPR, but he was always there … Continue reading
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Tagged Belle, brother, detachable, leg, peg, pegleg, threesome, trousers, video, wooden
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A Pelham puppet tangle (Rousse)
PC and SA cleared out the unused contents of their house. I had never seen such an impressive collection of clutter. My favourite item amongst the mess of random objects was a sad, faded yellow, wooden Pelham puppet trapped in … Continue reading
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Tagged clutter, collection, house, Pelham, puppet, random, sad, String, tangle, trap, unused, wooden, yellow
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Pens lost and found (Rousse)
PT interrupted F’s PhD supervision with a question. “Are these pens yours?” he asked me. “Did you leave them behind when you moved offices?” There were three pens in total: a beautiful dark blue-marbled fountain pen; the striped wooden roller … Continue reading
Giant baby kangaroo paddles in Luskentyre Bay (Rousse)
A, C, S and N proposed a commune holiday on the Isle of Harris later in the year. Since TPR and I were already there, the others tasked us with checking out the various self-catering cottages that A had identified … Continue reading
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Tagged accommodation, African, baby, bay, bed and breakfast, commune, cottage, cottages, ears, elephant, giant, Harris, holiday, isle, kangaroo, Luskentyre, moorland, Northton, paddle, red-roofed, seal, seals, self-catering, shallow, shed, TPR, trip, water, whale, wooden
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A log cabin date on the Isle of Skye (Rousse)
I left my MacBook Air under my desk at the British Library and chased across the reading room to intercept the young man in a navy blue suit who was carrying a briefcase. “Nick!” I shouted. He spun round and … Continue reading
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Tagged air, alone, blue, booking, briefcase, British Library, cabin, costs, date, desk, dinner, economy, fail, fair, false, friend, group, hair, island, Isle of Skye, leader, log, Lynn, MacBook, man, mobile, name, navy, night, number, numbers, party, phone, Queen Victoria, Reading, room, science, shed, single, straight, suit, toothless, Victorian, wooden
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Narwhal is cover for Finnish plot to invade Estonia (Rousse)
I explained to my companion that I had long experience of mixing with wealthy people, mainly in the country seats of Northumberland and the chateaux of Auvergne. However, never before had I seen a place like this. Our multimillionaire host … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, access, Auvergne, burgundy, carpet, castle, castles, chateau, chateaux, city, conversation, country, door, dusty, Estonia, Finland, Finnish, Finns, floor, forbidden, host, landmark, landmarks, marble, military, multimillionaire, narhwal, Northumberland, out of bounds, palace, port, renovate, rooms, rope, seats, secret, secret service, service, staircase, staircases, stairs, statue, table, Tallin, Turku, uniform, uniforms, unpainted, wealthy, wing, wooden
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Knowledge Management on ice (Rousse)
This term I was studying the Knowledge Management module rather than teaching it. The new tutor brought in a number of major changes. For example, most of the classes were taught outdoors in the melting snow, and the regulation module … Continue reading
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Tagged bunk off, changes, classes, enormous, father-in-law, footwear, Germany, graduate, guest, hut, ice, ice-skates, indoors, knowledge management, literature, melt, niece, quiz, sea, seashore, snow, speaker, speakers, statement, statements, stature, study, teach, tutor, white board, wooden, Word
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Parking problems in Loughborough (Rousse)
Given that my vehicle was a long, orange single decker bus, it was hardly surprising that I was struggling to park it in Loughborough. Nevertheless, LC was still appalled when I attempted to reverse and took out a white-painted post … Continue reading
