Author Archives: odeboyz

Tony Hancock* is reading

Posted on August 19, 2021 by odeboyz

Hancock: Do you mind? I’m trying to read, don’t interrupt! I’m on the edge of me seat here. Sid James: Good, is it? Hancock: Good? This is red hot, this is, mate. I’d hate to think of a book like … Continue reading →

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Married Women’s Property Act, 1870: Britain’s first ‘Feminist’ legislation

Posted on August 19, 2021 by odeboyz

“…a woman, on marrying, relinquished her personal property—moveable property such as money, stocks, furniture, and livestock— to her husband’s ownership; by law he was permitted to dispose of it at will at any time in the marriage and could even … Continue reading →

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A job interview

Posted on August 16, 2021 by odeboyz
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The monetary value of biodiversity

Posted on August 16, 2021 by odeboyz

Swiss bee colonies, for example, have been shown to ensure “a yearly agricultural production worth about US$ 213 million by providing pollination,” and the value of an improved microclimate from 400,000 trees planted by local authorities in Canberra [Australia] has … Continue reading →

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British and Russian Cossacks

Posted on August 12, 2021 by odeboyz
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Police ‘Mafia’ in Baltimore, USA

Posted on August 12, 2021 by odeboyz

Sergeant Wayne Jenkins1 and his officers didn’t just take drugs and money from the criminals they caught: they planted drugs and guns on people who weren’t criminals (or who weren’t doing anything criminal); they broke into the homes of people … Continue reading →

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Talons

Posted on August 8, 2021 by odeboyz

If you wish to read more about this photograph go to 30-Foot Fingernails: The Curious Science of World’s Longest Nails | Live Science

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Oscar Wilde On Religion

Posted on August 8, 2021 by odeboyz

“Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn’t there, and finding it.”

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Too much expertise to be comfortable

Posted on August 5, 2021 by odeboyz

A wine merchants chief wine taster died and they advertised for a replacement. A drunk applied for the job. The HR director gave him the standard tasting test beginning with a glass of wine. The drunk sniffed it, rolled it … Continue reading →

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The Unflappable Harold MacMillan: Athens 1944

Posted on August 5, 2021 by odeboyz

“MacMillan seems to have taken the daily risks with a mixture of unflappability and almost enjoyment. He and the Ambassador insisted, as a matter of principle, on using the official study, remarking in his memoirs only that ‘bullets came through … Continue reading →

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