Category Archives: Health

Our intolerant society: a rough sleeper in our tower block – London Borough of Havering 2017

Posted on August 11, 2017 by odeboyz

On our Council estate in north-east London we have a diverse group of people including some very obnoxious individuals. At the repulsive end of the spectrum our caretaker came across a woman sleeping rough in the basement of one of … Continue reading →

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Alzheimer’s

Posted on July 27, 2017 by odeboyz

Six years ago a nice elderly couple moved into our tower block opposite our flat. I was quite pleased as it meant we would probably have neighbours who wouldn’t cause any nuisance, with loud music or have weird young yobs … Continue reading →

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Organic Food Eaters

Posted on July 14, 2017 by odeboyz

“Most people don’t realize this, but you can eat organic, all natural, gluten-free food without telling everyone around you.” Chris Rock

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My disabled son and SCOPE

Posted on June 29, 2017 by odeboyz

This is a true story about my then young family. My eldest daughter Rita was about eleven years old whilst my three sons Terry, Steven and Robert were seven, five and three. So from about 1982 I was wearing several community … Continue reading →

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The Pearl Levitt theory of pain management

Posted on June 28, 2017 by odeboyz

What can’t be cured must be endured. Chris

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The tragic death of Martin Walker: a Hackney Dustman

Posted on June 9, 2017 by odeboyz

I first met Martin in 1977 when I was foreman plumber at the Defoe Road depot in Stoke Newington, Hackney. He was a plumbers mate on my team. He wasn’t a skilled man but he was essential to us plumbers … Continue reading →

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Pollution in the ‘Good Old Days’: New York 1880

Posted on March 14, 2017 by odeboyz

By 1880, there were at least a hundred and fifty thousand horses living in New York, and probably a great many more. Each one relieved itself of, on average, twenty-two pounds of manure a day, meaning that the city’s production … Continue reading →

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Euthanasia: a civic right

Posted on March 10, 2017 by odeboyz

They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow… They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. … Continue reading →

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A Victoria Wood Joke

Posted on February 7, 2017 by odeboyz

Everything was wonderful until some little bastard at school told my son that chips were vegetables. Chris

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To Whistle

Posted on February 3, 2017 by odeboyz

In my younger days I used to hear various tradesmen like the milkman, coalman, knife sharpener etc. whistle as they went about their daily tasks. Drunks coming out of the pub late at night were either singing or whistling as they … Continue reading →

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