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		<title>Pain in my ring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>I have a pain in my ring. I suppose it could be construed as frustration. I am out of sorts and I can’t really put my finger on it. Well, that’s a bit of a porkie pie, I am angry at a few things. In the past at this stage I would be in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dance of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>In Spain they have a saying which goes along the lines of this – “Do not mind how your past has been, because the dance you have danced is yours and no one can take that from you.” It sounds a lot sexier and more meaningful in the native tongue, especially if it is spoken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Alcohol Help Your Sex Life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>I’ve spoken to quite a few people about this and am trying to get to the bottom of the facts (no pun intended). Does being boozy turn you into a floozie? I talked last week about whether getting into bed with women was helped by a man’s consumption of alcohol. I will conclude that with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are women easier when you&#8217;re drunk?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 07:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>This is the first in a series of stories and thoughts on the relationship between alcohol and sex. Let’s face it – most of us would still be single, at home, fiddling with ourselves if it weren’t for the wondrous ability of alcohol to encourage cheekiness, confidence and looseness. It has been the oil with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy Bradshaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>Jimmy Bradshaw gets up at seven every morning. He has done for the last fifty eight years, ever since he was fifteen. He was told that only the sick and the dying stay in bed after seven. He takes his time in the bathroom, carefully cleaning his dentures, tooth by tooth, then deck by deck, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Porch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>Spike Milligan once said “My father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic” My own father was a stoic and authoritative figure and there was a time when he would sit me down, look me in the eye and tell me the secrets of the world. We used to sit in the rickety [...]]]></description>
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