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		<title>BT (Bastards Telepunish) Woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 09:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My ISP, BT, have got my goat again. They&#8217;re punishing me by crippling my (already joke-worthy) download speeds, because I used a lot last week. So they&#8217;ll probably charge me for that (fair enough, I suppose). I understand that they &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/bt-bastards-telepunish-woes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Automatically Added Start Menu / Desktop Icons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just allowed Adobe (Acrobat) Reader to update itself, fair enough, though it is still remarkably slow to load on first use. I keep a clean desktop, with shortcuts only for the things I use on a regular basis &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/automatically-added-start-menu-desktop-icons/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You get what you pay for&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.jezmckean.com/you-get-what-you-pay-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PC World, TechGuys (PC Service Call), Parceline &#8211; One of them screwed up. The fianceé&#8217;s laptop died on a Thursday. It would POST, but it would simply restart itself before Windows started loading. It&#8217;s a Vista machine so I tried &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/you-get-what-you-pay-for/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BT (&#8216;British&#8217; Tele-extortion) Woes</title>
		<link>http://blog.jezmckean.com/bt-british-tele-extortion-woes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BT have me in a head-lock. I get my phone and broadband service from them, and am charged, on average, £30 per month. This is not overly excessive, but I wanted to reduce it somehow, since I&#8217;ve been made better &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/bt-british-tele-extortion-woes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I might leave my bank: The NatWest Card Reader</title>
		<link>http://blog.jezmckean.com/why-i-might-leave-my-bank-the-natwest-card-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have received in the post a Card Reader from NatWest. They have designed this device to beef up the security around the (excellent btw) online banking. The flaw? The fact that we will eventually have to take the damn &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/why-i-might-leave-my-bank-the-natwest-card-reader/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ticketmaster Rip Off!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 20:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just bought tickets for me and the gf to see Jimmy Carr in June. £18.50 each, seems okay. Total cost once Ticketmaster have added excessive fees and exorbitant postal charges: £46.75! That&#8217;s an extra 25%. Absurd, but we have &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/ticketmaster-rip-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Communist Britain</title>
		<link>http://blog.jezmckean.com/communist-britain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2007 08:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is being reported that private schools may be blackmailed into lending teachers to state schools. Private schools provide a service to those who can afford it, just like any business, but face the prospect of having to share their &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/communist-britain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>AFBO &#8211; Anti Fat-Bastard Order</title>
		<link>http://blog.jezmckean.com/afbo-anti-fat-bastard-order/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting on a local train today, I watched as three larger-than-healthy people got on and found seats near me. The gran, mum and son struggled to sit at a table designed for four, while I sat at the table on &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/afbo-anti-fat-bastard-order/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Brits Reputation</title>
		<link>http://blog.jezmckean.com/brits-reputation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst in Andorra snowboarding* for a week, I found that it was my fellow Brits who were the most annoying. It was a Brit who decided to leave his board in the middle of the learners&#8217; hill. After my gf&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/brits-reputation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Too Fat</title>
		<link>http://blog.jezmckean.com/youre-too-fat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is today reporting on the suggestion that &#8216;Plus-Size&#8217; clothes tags should include obesity help-line numbers. I agree &#8211; it&#8217;s a fact that many &#8216;heavy&#8217; people are fat because of lack of will-power (rather than any of the rare &#8230; <a href="http://blog.jezmckean.com/youre-too-fat/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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