Tag Archives: family life

A quick route to poverty

Posted on November 29, 2025 by odeboyz
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Latch Key Kid, Leeds, 1950s

Posted on November 12, 2025 by odeboyz

During the war my father worked brutal hours building bombers. He worked for 20 days and then had a day off. His shifts were 12 hours on, 12 off, which alternated every 20 days between days and nights. He made … Continue reading →

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A cosy night in

Posted on November 5, 2025 by odeboyz

Jim and Sarah were watching TV when he got up and left the room. After a couple of minutes, he came back in wearing a coat, hat and scarf. “Are you going out Jim?” “No. I’ve turned the heating off.”

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Victoria Wood on vegetables

Posted on October 29, 2025 by odeboyz

“My children won’t even eat chips because some know-all bastard at school told them a potato was a vegetable.”

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Hidden homelessness?

Posted on August 30, 2025 by odeboyz
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Book Review: Ben Elton ~ Inconceivable (1999)

Posted on August 30, 2025 by odeboyz

Sadly, I read this book the same week it was announced that fertility levels in Britain were at a record low. All of which means that this book is apposite. Thousands – tens of thousands – of people are going … Continue reading →

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Old Fashioned Parenting

Posted on July 13, 2025 by odeboyz

The Competitive Dad

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A milkman delivers

Posted on April 19, 2025 by odeboyz
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Meal Time Prayers

Posted on March 19, 2025 by odeboyz

Jenny: Do you pray before you eat? Eleni: No. My mum’s Greek and she knows how to cook.

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Jewish mothers and their sons

Posted on September 25, 2024 by odeboyz

(Three Jewish mothers are arguing over who has the most loving son.) Ethel: “My son sends me flowers every Shabbos.”Pattie: “You call that love? My son phones every day!”Miriam “That’s nothing. My son goes to therapy five days a week … Continue reading →

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