Category Archives: Health

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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The 1974 Health and Safety at Work Act

Posted on January 19, 2017 by odeboyz

Some readers of the blogs I post on these pages, might view my stories of “daring do” on building sites in my younger days as frivolous or even down-right stupid. To be honest, I would have to agree. I was … Continue reading →

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Bette Midler (71) congratulates Mick Jagger (73) on the birth of his eighth child

Posted on January 10, 2017 by odeboyz

“Congrats to Mick Jagger becoming a dad again at 73. Which reminds me, I need to pick up a pregnancy test, because I’m, like, 936 weeks late!” Chris

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Three Men in a Boat syndrome: the use and abuse of statistics

Posted on October 7, 2016 by odeboyz

I remember going to the British Museum one day to read up the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch—hay fever, I fancy it was. I got down the book, and read all I came to … Continue reading →

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A Brazilian mosquito meets a Russian athlete

Posted on August 23, 2016 by odeboyz

Ray E.

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An ingenious smuggler or an exploited woman?

Posted on August 16, 2016 by odeboyz

December 21, 2011, Fiumicino airport (Rome):- … a Spanish model coming from Sao Paulo in Brazil is detained. A search reveals 2.5 kilos of pure cocaine crystals inserted in her artificial breasts and buttocks. Roberto Saviano ZeroZeroZero p366 Chris

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Should Governments Prevent Preventable Harm?

Posted on May 27, 2016 by odeboyz

Fluoridation of water is a cheap, effective and harmless mechanism for combating tooth decay. It’s pumped into the general water supply. Tooth decay is rarely life threatening but can be painful and disfiguring. The argument goes that as there is … Continue reading →

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