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Pass the Vaccine, Please

PASS THE VACCINE, PLEASEEvery age brings forth great men.  Scholars, painters, literary geniuses, musical virtuosos, inventors and newspaper journalists.  (Incidentally, it's rude to laugh when someone is being serious.)

Looking On the Bright Side

LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDEIf laptops had come along earlier, I would have learned to compute at school and would not now be pecking at my keyboard with only one finger.  

Does the Virus Dislike Children?

DOES THE VIRUS DISLIKE CHILDREN?I chased after the circus caravans as they trundled out of town but perhaps fortunately never caught up with them.  I wouldn't have been a very good tightrope walker or trapeze artist, owing to my fear of heights, and would have felt uneasy putting my head into a lion's mouth on account of my fear of enclosed spaces.  Although my wife reckons I would have made a good clown.  

Portugal Best

PORTUGAL BESTPortugal can become the 6th most important country in the EU!

Possession is nine tenths of the law

POSSESSION IS NINE TENTHS OF THE LAWI have always wondered why this expression is so enduring.  It is scarcely enshrined in the law, but the common law apparently gives effect to this adage by showing that one who claims ownership of any chattel must prove that ownership.  In some jurisdictions, apparently, where ownership is disputed, the possessor must prove his right to ownership.

Post Corona Blues

Post Corona BluesLike many husbands I have a pretty small suitcase.  Well, small, anyway.  All the better in this day and age, I hear you say, it will take up less space in the imminent era of permanent distance-awareness.  

A Shot in the Arm

A SHOT IN THE ARMUntil a few minutes ago, I thought the letters VHS meant Video Home System, one of the two competing video systems of my younger days.  The other was called Betamax, a coinage based on the Japanese beta-beta, "all over", but which sounded more like it was claiming only second place, like beta in the Greek alphabet.

Slavery in the Alentejo

SLAVERY IN THE ALENTEJOEveryone likes to have cheap food – but there are limits, and one limit that’s been hiding in plain sight over the last ten years or so finally saw the light of day last week.