Author Archives: odeboyz

Women of the French Resistance 1940-45

Posted on June 15, 2018 by odeboyz

After France was crushed, resistance to the German conquerors came from two principal sources: Communists and the Gaullist Free French. French women were critical to the entire resistance movement as they exploited their femininity. Women moved messages and small arms … Continue reading →

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Irony

Posted on June 12, 2018 by odeboyz
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America’s school shootings

Posted on June 12, 2018 by odeboyz

“This year, going to school has involved more fatalities than serving in the US military.” https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/05/saturday-assorted-links-162.html Chris

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Film Review: Performance (James Fox and Mick Jagger) (1970)

Posted on June 12, 2018 by odeboyz

An archive film from 1970 might not seem interesting, especially as it’s a pathetic attempt to cash in on Jagger’s fame and notoriety. Jagger was presumably intended to emulate the cute Beatles. Performance absolutely isn’t Help! What the producers got … Continue reading →

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Logic hard at work

Posted on June 8, 2018 by odeboyz

Chris

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Borrowing a bus at 2 a.m.

Posted on June 8, 2018 by odeboyz

Two drunks walk into an unguarded bus depot at 2 a.m. to borrow a bus to get home. Jim: Let’s have this one. Fred: That’s a 265. It doesn’t go anywhere near our street.

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Yobbish behaviour

Posted on June 7, 2018 by odeboyz

Living on a council estate in the east end of London, we are quite used to seeing wrong doing. It is fair to say, the police know this estate well. They know some of our residents very well. One or … Continue reading →

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Why the poor have bad diets

Posted on June 5, 2018 by odeboyz

When we walked through the door at midnight at the end of a shift, we kicked off our boots and collapsed onto our beds with a bag of McDonalds and a can of beer. We did not – and nor … Continue reading →

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Book Review: John Burdett – Bangkok Eight

Posted on June 5, 2018 by odeboyz

John Burdett’s book is a very exotic thriller. Burdett begins Bangkok Eight with a murder. Unlike routine thrillers this murder isn’t crude and obvious. This murder is exquisite in its sophistication. Bangkok Eight hasn’t anything like the Anglo-Saxon thriller genre. … Continue reading →

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Bleak Dystopian Future

Posted on June 4, 2018 by odeboyz

As time drifts ever onward Memory’s seem to fade faster, each day Short term memory loss, concerning Like a rubbed out black board Where only the odd word is still discernable. The once busy blackboard’s copious notes Instructions to be … Continue reading →

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