Author Archives: odeboyz

Book Review: Ian Rankin ~ In a house of lies (2018)

Posted on March 11, 2019 by odeboyz

Ian Rankin is a magnificent storyteller. His principal character and main achievement is Rebus. Rebus has been developed by Rankin in a way that other crime writers have not. Rebus is now old, ill with COPD, and retired. Rankin however … Continue reading →

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American teachers learn how to shoot in a school situation

Posted on March 7, 2019 by odeboyz

We continue training for three more days, eight to twelve hours a day. We will be taking the Ohio Peace Officer Training Assessment at the end of the course. It is the same test required for Ohio police officers, but … Continue reading →

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Freddie Mercury’s birthplace

Posted on March 7, 2019 by odeboyz

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Going to my first dance hall

Posted on March 6, 2019 by odeboyz

In about 1959, I and four friends from the plumbing course at our senior school met regularly outside of school hours. David Day, Terry Stockbridge, Malcolm Murray and Mickey (Jumbo) James, were more like brothers than my own real family. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Peter James ~ Dead if you don’t (2018)

Posted on March 4, 2019 by odeboyz

Although I think that the Roy Grace novels are excellent I nearly finished reading this one at chapter two. The three pages (pp4-6) of that chapter sickened me with their sadism. They were a reiteration of the Nazi Dr Mengele,1 … Continue reading →

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A modern Faustian pact

Posted on March 4, 2019 by odeboyz

An attorney was working late one night when, suddenly, Satan appeared before him. He made him an offer. “I’ll make it so you win every case for the rest of your life. Your clients will worship you, your colleagues will … Continue reading →

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When I was young, I wanted to be old

Posted on March 3, 2019 by odeboyz

I’d like to be told No, you’re not getting old, That I’m still a fine figure Full of bright charm and vigour. But the truth is , I’m not so blest Can’t run for a bus Without pains in my … Continue reading →

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Satire was murdered in Missouri

Posted on February 28, 2019 by odeboyz
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A wonderful insight into the charm of the Queen

Posted on February 28, 2019 by odeboyz

The queen was having a meal with David Nott a surgeon who’d just returned from Aleppo. She asked, as she always does, where he was from and he said he’d just returned from Aleppo. She asked him what it was … Continue reading →

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Laptops, exercise books and textbooks

Posted on February 28, 2019 by odeboyz

Exercise books and textbooks are obsolete. Both are quaint relics in an era of search engines such as Google. Teachers and schools may well feel that ditching exercise books and textbook is too revolutionary. There’s also the possibility that entrenched … Continue reading →

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