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	<title>Gremlin's Fireside Chat &#187; Life</title>
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		<title>British Army Field Rations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not too sure what period the following covered (prob in the last 10 years) but they are the Meals-ready-to-eat (MRE or &#8216;Field Rations&#8217;) that are issued to troops in the field who are not near a army canteen or mobile kitchen. There are a number of &#8220;menu&#8217;s&#8221; and which one you get on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A starling discovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Came home to the view of starling looking out at me from the sitting room window. Poor bird fell down the chimney and obviously scared flew around spreading excrement everywhere – guess what I will be doing this evening.  I don&#8217;t know what they eat – looks like berries of some kind – but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>25% of Europeans have never used a computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this article on the BBC 25% of all Europeans have never used a PC. Even my mother (non tech as you get) has used a PC at least once. I am gobsmacked!!! 
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		<title>Back in work&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The post holiday blues have kicked in after arriving home from a 12 excellent days with the Family in Bavaria Germany. Will post more when i have gone through 982 email messages and uploaded my holiday snaps.
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		<title>Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-and-farrah-fawcett/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a visit to the circus I heard about the tragic and untimely death of Farrah Fawcett &#8211; a woman I had pubesent hormone induced lust rushes over as a teenager when she starred in the original &#8220;Charles Angels&#8221;. Ms Fawcett and I never met, but those &#8220;warm and fuzzy&#8221; memories have lasted the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where there is life and hope</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/05/23/where-there-is-life-and-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 22:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On wednesday, you know the black day when I lost and then recovered my laptop I heard about a ship in harbour that was a sailing book-shop of 6000+ books. Well being a bibliophile I took my daughter (her mom having gone to a hair-dressing appointment) to visit the ship in Dublin harbour. I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What a bloody awful day</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/05/20/what-a-bloody-awful-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 22:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a bloody awful evening it has been. It started after work at 17:00 in Dun Laoighaire in the pouring rain. I managed to get to the train-station in time for the 17:06 train to Donabate &#8211; my usual train. But not today. Today the train was canceled because &#8220;flooding on the track between Glenagery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling a real plonker</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/01/29/feeling-a-real-plonker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/01/29/feeling-a-real-plonker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life as a father of a one year old, as many of you will understand, is a tiring thing. You never get enough sleep and you always sleep lightly so you can keep an ear out for any cries in the night. I have to admit to thinking I am handling this well. Well not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maeve is One Today</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/01/16/maeve-is-one-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2009/01/16/maeve-is-one-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My &#8211; our  beloved daughter Maeve today is one years old; and what a treasure she is, and what joy she brings to each and every day of our lives. Today is Friday and apart from work we spent it quietly together as a family. Maeves first party is on Sunday with the family decending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You know the Gods are out to get you when&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2008/09/23/you-know-the-gods-are-out-to-get-you-when/</link>
		<comments>http://www.garyleeson.com/index.php/2008/09/23/you-know-the-gods-are-out-to-get-you-when/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gremlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know the Gods are out to get you when &#8230;

On the way to work the train in front of you breaks down and you are stuck for an hour (yesterday morning).
On the way home another train breaks down and you are stuck for 30 minutes (Conolly yesterday evening).
The toilet seat breaks when you are [...]]]></description>
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