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		<title>Bathtime at Baz&#8217;s&#8230;. plan B!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I woke this morning to a rather unpleasant surprise in the kitchen&#8230; water running down the wall! Because of the time of year and the weather recently, I just assumed I had a burst pipe or the boiler pipe &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/bathtime-at-bazs-plan-b.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson dies &#8211; and Fox News advertising is less than sympathetic!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, yesterday was a sad day for music, as the King of Pop Michael Jackson died. Despite his murky past, nobody can deny his musical and dancing abilities and of course his unique way of drawing a crowd. However, following &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/michael-jackson-dies-and-fox-news-advertising-is-less-than-sympathetic.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Havering Social Services – A Bunch of Worthless Imbeciles</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strong words and a harsh conclusion? Thoroughly well deserved in the case of Havering Social Services, as the following elucidation will aptly illustrate. But first, I would like to make it perfectly clear that I would much prefer to be &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/havering-social-services-%e2%80%93-a-bunch-of-worthless-imbeciles.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jacqui Smith’s husband Richard Timney…TOP BLOKE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now whilst the world of politics generally leaves me utterly repulsed and disinterested due to the vile, self-serving, ineffectual and corrupt nature of all politicians of all shades. Occasionally, some redeeming characteristic emerges that completely and irrevocably changes my opinion &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/jacqui-smith%e2%80%99s-husband-richard-timney%e2%80%a6top-bloke.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Doncaster Social Services &#8211; completely pathetic organisation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you thought that no Social Services Department in the land could possibly sink any lower than the pathetic example to be found in Hackney; up steps Doncaster Social Services, who in a mad last minute dash for the &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/doncaster-social-services%e2%80%a6a-completely-pathetic-organisation.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Banning Plasma TVs &#8211; 21st Century, or the Victorian Age?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read with some bemusement, but no real sense of surprise about the latest EU wheeze to downgrade the quality of all our lives and ban Plasma TV&#8217;s at some time in the near future. Apparently, the unelected, unaccountable and &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/banning-plasma-tv%e2%80%99s%e2%80%a621st-century-or-the-victorian-age.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>John Lochrie &#8211; Galashiels</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>barry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Lochrie was born in Galashiels, Scotland, March 18, 1861, the son of Neil Lochrie and Janet Provan. His father was a coal miner and was working down the mines even before he was 10 years of age. Working as &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/john-lochrie-galashiels.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon Offsetting, Motor Racing and a Change of Opinion.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I periodically marvel at how obscure coincidences in life can lead one along totally new and unexpected avenues; how they can open series of brand new vistas and even lead to massive changes in ones long held opinions: so it &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/carbon-offsetting-motor-racing-and-a-change-of-opinion.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Looking forward</title>
		<link>http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/looking-forward.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, I hope that you all had a fabulous Christmas and even if we are now at an age where we are no longer surprised by magical gifts that were our true heart’s desire; I nonetheless sincerely hope that &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/looking-forward.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Boundary dispute…with the dead</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Biz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve often noted that once you start to actively watch out for synchronicity in your life, it tends to make itself felt more and more often. That has certainly been the case today…but let me back track a few days. &#8230; <a href="http://www.barrycooke.co.uk/boundary-dispute%e2%80%a6with-the-dead.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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