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    Lots of promises as big day approaches

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 02/04/2023

    » With the Great Event, otherwise known as election day, just around the corner, like most countries in the world we will have to brace ourselves for regular helpings of political poppycock including plenty of promises from prospective candidates. Still, it could be fun.

  • OPINION

    Shaking off the laundromat blues

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/03/2023

    » In last week's item concerning boutiques I wondered whether their influence could extend as far as the world of laundromats. My thanks to reader Jenifer Divine in Hamburg for informing me that in the German city's St Pauli district there is a laundromat dedicated to Jimi Hendrix which just about gives it boutique status.

  • OPINION

    One fishy tale of becoming a Mister

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/03/2023

    » I got into a tangle last week referring to the Italian immigrant restaurateur Caesar Cardini as Senor when of course it should have been Signore. Apologies to all. I should have known better than to start dabbling with foreign honourifics. I have enough problems dealing with Mr, Mrs and Ms.

  • OPINION

    The Ides of March and perils of power

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/03/2023

    » This Wednesday will be the 74th day of the year, which admittedly doesn't sound like something to get too excited about. But it is not just any old day. Known in Roman times as the "Ides of March" the 15th marks the anniversary of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

  • OPINION

    Celluloid sleuths more fun in the old days

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/03/2023

    » I was watching a US cops and robbers film the other day in which the police were using those large portable phones that were around just at the start of the cellphone revolution. Nothing dates a film more than the type of phones they are using. Those unwieldy early portable phones look quite comical these days and seem more cumbersome than convenient.

  • OPINION

    When the answer is just a click away

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/02/2023

    » When I was about 12 I committed some misdemeanour in class and as a punishment the teacher ordered me to write a thousand-word essay on baseball and hand it in the next morning. This was something of a challenge as being an English kid I knew absolutely nothing about baseball other than it was some weird ritual they indulged in across the Pond.

  • OPINION

    Spies in the sky blowin' in the wind

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 19/02/2023

    » The current "balloon" wars have been quite entertaining in a weird sort of way with a strange mix of espionage, propaganda and porky pies that are just enough to capture the public's imagination. Perhaps secretly we would like one of these unidentified flying objects (UFO) to be something a bit more mysterious than simply a common weather balloon. But we haven't quite yet reached the "little green men" stage.

  • OPINION

    It's important to know your onions

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 12/02/2023

    » There was a news photograph recently in which a Filipina bride in Iloilo on the island of Panay carried a bouquet of onions down the aisle rather than flowers. She explained that while flowers would soon be thrown away the onions would last and ensure the newlyweds have something to eat in the ensuing weeks. Now that is a practical housewife.

  • OPINION

    Cops are queuing up for inactive posts

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/02/2023

    » It has been quite an entertaining week although admittedly not everyone involved will see the funny side. An Air Force officer says he is happy he was caught after snatching a necklace at a gold shop because he wanted to get away from his wife and a prison cell would do nicely. A rather bizarre motive, but he got his wish. Apparently a lengthy spell in the slammer beats a daily nagging.

  • OPINION

    The rubber tree and the hopeful ant

    News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/01/2023

    » Throughout January PostScript has been written from my house balcony in Chaiyaphum while taking in a view of avenues of rubber trees with the occasional intrusion of stray chickens. In fact, I am surrounded by rubber trees.

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