Monthly Archives: January 2024

Grace Dent reviews non-alcoholic drinks

Posted on January 31, 2024 by odeboyz

“…if you’re like me and have stopped boozing, she [the owner] will tempt you over to the weird and wonderful world of experimental, low-intervention, funky, kombucha style brews – cloudy, whiffy things that taste like distilled elderflower marsh fog with … Continue reading →

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Cooking for Slackers: Crunchy Banana Toastie

Posted on January 31, 2024 by odeboyz

Toasted banana is lovely but not everyone likes its gooeyness. The classic recipe is grilling one side of bread then smearing mashed banana on the untoasted side. Grill that for a couple of minutes until it’s bubbling. Carefully get it … Continue reading →

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Grade ‘A’ Bickering

Posted on January 27, 2024 by odeboyz

Jim: For the last 30 years, all you’ve done is point out my mistakes. Margaret: 31 years.

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A Phil Silvers* quip

Posted on January 24, 2024 by odeboyz

All I’ve ever wanted is an honest week’s pay for an honest days work. Phil Silvers starred in the American TV army series Bilko

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The Strategic Context of the Israeli-Gaza War, 7th October 2023

Posted on January 24, 2024 by odeboyz

The Hamas attack was shocking but had probably been war gamed by Israeli chiefs of staff. Only the detail of the 7th October attack amazed and caused a military earthquake. The attack itself was a classic asymmetric hit-and-run incursion. Hamas: … Continue reading →

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The End of Nazi Germany

Posted on January 21, 2024 by odeboyz

The toll of the final struggle was immense, for Germans as well as for their victims and the Allies. Of the 5.3 million German soldiers killed in the war, half died in the final ten months. The Nazis threw Hitler … Continue reading →

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Ricky Gervais on Gay Marriage

Posted on January 17, 2024 by odeboyz

“Same sex marriage is not a gay privilege, it’s equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don’t.”

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Book Review: Tim Dorsey ~ Florida Roadkill (1999)

Posted on January 17, 2024 by odeboyz

Carl Hiaasen created zany Florida novels about the environment, corruption, casual murder and destruction all laced with quickfire humour.  He created a genre. Tim Dorsey cashed in. This book is a mini-homage by including Hiaasen in the narrative. So how … Continue reading →

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Change is hard to take

Posted on January 13, 2024 by odeboyz
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Hospital Visit

Posted on January 10, 2024 by odeboyz

Fred: “I visited Jim in hospital and took some grapes and a bottle of whisky.” Bob: “That was nice of you.” Fred: “Yes. I don’t think he’d noticed they were gone when I left.”

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