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		<title>Pubs and beer and food and Indian and rain and cold and wind &#8211; but mainly pubs , beer and food</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned before about my friend from school, H, who&#8217;s wife died a little while ago. Unfortunately, I could only go to the funeral for the day but I made the effort and went over on our long holiday weekend &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8796">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I feel somewhat sorry for him as this is shit.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no good.  I&#8217;ve tried everything, short of half a bottle of wine or something. I get up and get myself a glass of milk, my cigarettes and my book, the one I started months and months ago (before summer?) &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=610">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Meat Markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was never really a fan of gay bars, discos or clubs.  When I was younger I was (now that I look back) quite a &#8216;pretty&#8217; boy.  Unfortunately, I never fully appreciated the significance of this, struggling as I was &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=514">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In Como with true friends.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before Hotel California &#8211; The Eagles And the conversation over dinner in this rather nice and not so &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=483">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In other news&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am afraid, in spite of my promise not to post, I still am. However, the bulk of the insanity is now relegated to elsewhere and I am making a serious effort to lighten this one up a bit, not &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=471">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t even be bothered to give this ramble a title</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sit here, being paid for something else, not this. Of course, my &#8216;waiting&#8217; thing is still going on, a little like &#8216;The Final Question&#8217; &#8211; still not finalised. I would prefer to be doing the thing I am paid &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=460">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The mysterious case of the disappearing curtain pole and other things.</title>
		<link>http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=413</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 09:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bought two curtain poles and fixings. The first was yellow as the curtains and lounge is a mixture of yellows and red. The second was white as the bedroom curtains and walls are white. After successfully putting up the &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=413">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Final Conclusion or The Final Betrayal; Travelling and Quandaries; Not as Gay as I was?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 13:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Final Answer to The Final Question has been confirmed in the affirmative. This has made V very happy despite it being too late in certain respects. Of course, The Final Answer is not the end of it. There will &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=407">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I go to the dentist (and once was enough) &#8211; an update from the previous post</title>
		<link>http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=404</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[S phones her husband &#8211; who owns the dental practice where I now go. I can go in at 12.30. I arrive. I am lucky (?) to have both dentists at my disposal. I explain what has happened and that &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=404">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I take a trip to the chemist (twice)</title>
		<link>http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=403</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 09:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decide I must go the chemist after all. It&#8217;s 3 and I decide to drive, walking will take too long and I can&#8217;t use public transport. I get in the car and start the drive. I know which chemist &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=403">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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