Monthly Archives: August 2019

Your Brain

Posted on August 29, 2019 by odeboyz
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Eight million Nazis: the challenge for the Allies in 1945

Posted on August 29, 2019 by odeboyz

The victorious Allies crushed Nazi Germany. Germany had eight million Nazis with a civilian population who were, mostly, complicit in Nazi atrocities. The Allies had to be pragmatic. They targeted the ‘worst of the worst’ with the new retrospective crimes … Continue reading →

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A lottery winner is interviewed

Posted on August 26, 2019 by odeboyz

Interviewer: Do you think that winning the lottery has changed you? Lottery winner: I don’t know. Tell you what I’ll ask my butler. Interviewer: How long has he worked for you? Lottery winner: A week. Based on an Adam Kay … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Len Deighton ~ Faith (1994)

Posted on August 26, 2019 by odeboyz

It was Deighton’s misfortune to be a brilliant author at the same time as John le Carre was also writing. Salieri had a similar problem with Mozart! So why read Deighton? I returned to Deighton after 25 years and was … Continue reading →

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A Polemic on Fish

Posted on August 25, 2019 by odeboyz

A friend, left me her fish As she moved, up north It’s a big goldfish But I think it’s bored. Back and forth it swims Like “Papillion” in the cell Instead of five paces Wall to wall, the tank is … Continue reading →

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Memory Lane

Posted on August 15, 2019 by odeboyz

Richard M.

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How supermarkets promote theft

Posted on August 15, 2019 by odeboyz

“A 2015 study of self-checkouts with handheld scanners, conducted by criminologists at the University of Leicester, also found evidence of widespread theft. After auditing 1 million self-checkout transactions over the course of a year, totalling $21 million in sales, they … Continue reading →

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No good deed goes unpunished: Hackney 1968

Posted on August 15, 2019 by odeboyz

One of my most horrifying experiences came about when I was called out to a routine job. I was told to replace a cast iron rain water pipe, at Lea View House in the Clapton area of Hackney. I pulled … Continue reading →

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A ten bob note

Posted on August 12, 2019 by odeboyz

The sash cords were rotted on My bedroom window, when it crashed down Dad said he’d fix it, for about half a crown Nip round to the oil shop, he said Ask for a knot of sash cord He gave … Continue reading →

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Community service

Posted on August 12, 2019 by odeboyz

A barber was convicted of a minor offence and was given community service. As he was self-employed the court ordered him to provide free haircuts for a week. His first customer was so pleased that he went out and bought … Continue reading →

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