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	<title>Alive &#38; Twitching</title>
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	<description>A personal retirement blog</description>
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		<title>A favourite author: Vikram Seth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vikram Seth is an Indian writer who was born in Calcutta in June 1952. He was educated in both India and England. As far as I am aware, he writes professionally only in English. A writer of great versatility, he has published several volumes of poetry, including translations of Chinese poems, a travel book, a children&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aliveandtwitching.co.uk/a-favourite-author-vikram-seth-710/</link>
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		<title>RIP Raoul Moat You Legend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was saddened to read in The Times yesterday that  David Rathband, the policeman who was shot in the face by Raoul Moat, has been advised by doctors that he has been blinded in both eyes. At the end of the article it was mentioned that more than 21,000 people had joined a Facebook tribute [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aliveandtwitching.co.uk/rip-raoul-moat-you-legend-703/</link>
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		<title>English football: the tarnished generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So England are out of the World Cup. What remains of the much-heralded “golden generation” has failed in a major tournament yet again. Their performances this time were so abject that even the most biased supporter cannot sensibly argue that the team did not get what it deserved. After the humiliating defeat by Germany, my dominant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aliveandtwitching.co.uk/english-football-the-tarnished-generation-697/</link>
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		<title>A corny old joke &#8211; The sequel!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a few days, despite the sadness that weighed heavily on his heart owing to the tragic death of the armless campanologist, the bishop resumed his interviews for the post of bell ringer of Notre Dame. The first applicant to approach him said, &#8220;Your Excellency, I am the twin brother of the poor armless wretch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aliveandtwitching.co.uk/a-corny-old-joke-the-sequel-694/</link>
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		<title>A corny old joke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After Quasimodo&#8217;s death, the bishop of Notre Dame Cathedral sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was needed. The bishop decided to conduct the interviews personally in the belfry. After observing several applicants demonstrate their skills, he had decided to call it a day when an armless man approached him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aliveandtwitching.co.uk/a-corny-old-joke-686/</link>
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		<title>Playgrounds for senior citizens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have taken one of my granddaughters to a couple of children&#8217;s playgrounds recently where she has had great fun on a swing. She&#8217;s not quite 12 months old and therefore we used the type where the child is held securely by a wooden bar. There were other swings nearby for the use of older [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aliveandtwitching.co.uk/playgrounds-for-senior-citizens-681/</link>
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		<title>The Lord Triesman scandal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, 16th May, The Mail on Sunday published an article based on a secret recording of a private conversation between Lord Triesman, the then Chairman of the Football Association and the leader of England&#8217;s bid for the 2018 World Cup, and a woman named Melissa Jacobs who had previously worked for him and who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.aliveandtwitching.co.uk/the-lord-triesman-scandal-679/</link>
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		<title>Chinese Sick Leave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hung Chow calls his work  and says:  &#8221;I no come wok today, I really sick. Got headache, stomach ache and legs hurt. I no come wok.&#8221; His boss says: &#8220;You know, Hung Chow, I really need you today. When I feel sick like you do, I go to my wife and ask her for sex. [...]]]></description>
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