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		<title>Bogans and their vicious pets</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/bogans-and-their-vicious-pets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny how dogs reflect their owners&#8217; personalities. Bad dogs = bad owners. Case in point. Staffy/bull terrier-like dogs, who have a reputation for being aggressive. This type of dog attacked my little Silky x Maltese two days ago, leaving it &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/bogans-and-their-vicious-pets/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=152&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relishing the rugby</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/relishing-the-rugby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[james o'connor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally we can start (hopefully) to begin enjoying rugby union again. The prospect of this weekend&#8217;s Australia v NZ game is one of the most anticipated I can recall for a long time. I&#8217;m hoping the &#8220;new boy&#8221;, Radike Samo, &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/relishing-the-rugby/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=150&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>James O&#8217;Connor: spoiled, little boy</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/james-oconnor-spoiled-little-boy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[james o'connor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[James O&#8217;Connor displayed the utmost arrogance in dumping the Western Force. How can a 20-year-old kid dictate terms to a rugby team? He can&#8217;t, so the Force did the right thing and ended negotiations. O&#8217;Connor reckons he&#8217;s bigger than the &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/james-oconnor-spoiled-little-boy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=146&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tea, anyone?</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/tea-anyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 01:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know Australia is a nation (predominantly) of coffee drinkers. But it wasn&#8217;t always so. In the many years after we were colonised by the British, we drank tea. That changed when migrants from Meditteranean nationas (mostly Greece and &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/tea-anyone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=142&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AFL&#8217;s poor grasp of integrity</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/afls-poor-grasp-of-integrity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aussielife.wordpress.com/?p=137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These AFL criminals wear their jail time like a badge of pride. The cross-fist salute is an abomination. The AFL has again shown what a pathetic grip on integrity it has by not condemning the displays. Not offensive, my backside. &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2011/04/11/afls-poor-grasp-of-integrity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=137&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Concert crowds need a lesson in manners</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/concert-crowds-need-a-lesson-in-manners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 07:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First up, let me say, I drink alcohol (beer and wine). Two concerts in three days. Bon Jovi, then the Eagles last night.  Both were great (Eagles superb). But the events were partially ruined by many of the audience who, &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/12/11/concert-crowds-need-a-lesson-in-manners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=132&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apple iTunes Store a joke</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/apple-itunes-store-a-joke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to get fucked around by Apple. Search for an album, which (as I discovered) is not available on the Australian site. So I get taken to the US site. But I can&#8217;t buy there, because it keeps rejecting my &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/apple-itunes-store-a-joke/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=129&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup disappointing</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/world-cup-disappointing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[soccer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Cup opening ceremony was one of the worst events of its type I have seen. I&#8217;m not sure if it was SBS&#8217;s coverage, or just the fact the South Africans have got no idea. As someone who has &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/world-cup-disappointing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=127&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the road to oblivion</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/on-the-road-to-oblivion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 06:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The just handed-down Australian federal budget has done little to inspire confidence in our nation&#8217;s leadership. It was an insipid document, showing little care for the things that matter – the environment, the underprivileged. The Rudd government has shown scant regard &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/on-the-road-to-oblivion/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=125&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rudd on the downslide</title>
		<link>http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/rudd-on-the-downslide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 03:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Smith, personal trainer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like Kevin Rudd and Co. are in for a hard time at this year&#8217;s election. People are starting to wake up that the bespectacled bureaucrat is short on substance. Like many, I was prepared (to a point) to give &#8230; <a href="http://aussielife.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/rudd-on-the-downslide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aussielife.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1793375&amp;post=123&amp;subd=aussielife&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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