This old saying saves people like me trying to explain it and getting dragged into a snake pit of debate....
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I CAN’T GET STARTED – Bunny Berigan 1937
“I CAN’T GET STARTED – Bunny Berigan 1937”.
Peace, a faraway place
It was a clever plan. The warring sides could meet for peace talks on a train straddling the border. The...
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The blanket principle
"I would rather be cold under one blanket than warm under 10 blankets owned by the Anglo American Corporation."...
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A blast from the past. Don’t miss it
It's just days away on Saturday Aug 2. Get your diary out and make a plan. It'll be worth it....
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Anyone for tennis?
Two of them were betting on the Wimbledon final. The one whose barks and yelps favoured Jannik Sinner won...
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Money doesn’t grow on trees …
Money doesn't grow on trees but there's plenty of it to be found beneath and beyond. There are risks in...
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Howie Burditt, our all-weather china
(china: old southern Africa lingo from London Cockney rhyming slang 'china plate' or mate.) Obituary-Howard Burditt, long-serving Reuters photographer in...
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Buckets full of bull
So much bull around these days it’s hard to keep up. Who is the craziest billionaire of them all?...
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Felicity Wood: Another legend gone
Harare, Zimbabwe Felicity Wood, a beacon in our contemporary history, has died after a long and fearful battle with cancer....
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