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			<title><![CDATA[Haiku thread]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5182.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 15:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=38">Keith the Elder</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I cannot find it.<br />
Can anyone help me, please?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I cannot find it.<br />
Can anyone help me, please?]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[I'm Batman!]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5135.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=50">NewYorkjoe</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[What follows is a true story told to me by a former coworker:<br />
<br />
There was this guy who worked for a three-letter agency (which shall remain nameless) posted TDY to Amsterdam.  He had a penchant for the ladies, so he cruised the areas where ladies-of-the-evening displayed their wares in windows.  He became a frequent customer of one particular lady, so much so, that they began dating and she didn't even charge him!<br />
<br />
(Now, here I would have become suspicious, but this guy imagined he was God's gift to women and was flattered.)<br />
<br />
She even arranged for and paid for their hotel room in advance.  This went on for over a week, then one night, she asked if she could tie him to the bed.  Nothing loath, he agreed, looking forward to a kinky encounter.  However, what he got was not what he wanted!<br />
<br />
After he was bound and helpless, she put on her clothes and left, despite his entreaties.  As soon as she closed the door, a closet burst open and a naked man, wearing only a Batman mask jumped out.  "Batman" proceeded to have his way with the hapless victim repeatedly and at length, leaving him bound and helpless (and sore) the next morning.<br />
<br />
Our victim, naturally, never was able to find his erstwhile girlfriend again, as she was probably enjoying a vacation thanks to "Batman," and he realized who had been paying for their hotel trysts all along, and observing the action from the closet.  <br />
<br />
Unfortunately, our victim made the mistake of confiding the occurrence to a "friend" at this same, nameless three-letter agency, who, though sworn to secrecy, found it to be too good a tale to keep.  So, often when the victim walked down the halls, he had the old Batman theme from TV as background.<br />
NYj]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What follows is a true story told to me by a former coworker:<br />
<br />
There was this guy who worked for a three-letter agency (which shall remain nameless) posted TDY to Amsterdam.  He had a penchant for the ladies, so he cruised the areas where ladies-of-the-evening displayed their wares in windows.  He became a frequent customer of one particular lady, so much so, that they began dating and she didn't even charge him!<br />
<br />
(Now, here I would have become suspicious, but this guy imagined he was God's gift to women and was flattered.)<br />
<br />
She even arranged for and paid for their hotel room in advance.  This went on for over a week, then one night, she asked if she could tie him to the bed.  Nothing loath, he agreed, looking forward to a kinky encounter.  However, what he got was not what he wanted!<br />
<br />
After he was bound and helpless, she put on her clothes and left, despite his entreaties.  As soon as she closed the door, a closet burst open and a naked man, wearing only a Batman mask jumped out.  "Batman" proceeded to have his way with the hapless victim repeatedly and at length, leaving him bound and helpless (and sore) the next morning.<br />
<br />
Our victim, naturally, never was able to find his erstwhile girlfriend again, as she was probably enjoying a vacation thanks to "Batman," and he realized who had been paying for their hotel trysts all along, and observing the action from the closet.  <br />
<br />
Unfortunately, our victim made the mistake of confiding the occurrence to a "friend" at this same, nameless three-letter agency, who, though sworn to secrecy, found it to be too good a tale to keep.  So, often when the victim walked down the halls, he had the old Batman theme from TV as background.<br />
NYj]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[What's Happened?]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5134.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2018 19:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=50">NewYorkjoe</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[What's happened to the RJ Forum?  It looks as if hardly anyone visits and posts any more?  I realize there were some flaming arguments and a few ad hominem attacks in the past, but at least it was lively and not boring.  Ever since the new Draconian rules were instituted, it's like a morgue!  I lost interest and stopped visiting after I was banned for a couple weeks for making a political comment.  Any chance the rules can be relaxed and breathe some life into the forum?<br />
<br />
NYj]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[What's happened to the RJ Forum?  It looks as if hardly anyone visits and posts any more?  I realize there were some flaming arguments and a few ad hominem attacks in the past, but at least it was lively and not boring.  Ever since the new Draconian rules were instituted, it's like a morgue!  I lost interest and stopped visiting after I was banned for a couple weeks for making a political comment.  Any chance the rules can be relaxed and breathe some life into the forum?<br />
<br />
NYj]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Lion Never Forgets]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5131.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=50">NewYorkjoe</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[The summer after my first year in college, I had a part-time job walking dogs in my Manhattan neighborhood.  At this one building, on York Ave., occupied by multi-millionaires (General Sarnoff, who owned NBC, had an entire floor as his apartment there), I met the superintendent.  He was a big, white-haired Irishman and he told me this story:<br />
<br />
"I was born on a British ship on the Irish Sea, between Ireland and England.  Because I was born under the British flag, I was a British citizen, which angered my father, a staunch IRA supporter (When I wanted to get his goat, I would get a block or two away and yell "God save the king, then run like Helll!).<br />
<br />
I became a captain of merchant ships and ran guns for the IRA during the fight against the British for independence.  Eventually, I was caught and sent to prison on the Isle of Man.  After a couple months, the armistice was signed and I was released, but I was told that I had lost my British citizenship and could never set foot on British soil again.<br />
<br />
In 1940, my ship was docked in Liverpool, when the request was broadcast for volunteers to sail to Dunkirk and rescue the British troops trapped there (Operation Dynamo).  When I volunteered to take my privately owned boat to  Dunkirk, two Special Branch (Scotland Yard) detectives came to my ship and escorted me to my boat.  I made six round trips and was given a certificate by the British government.<br />
<br />
Many years later, a relative who had died in England left me a bequest and I visited the British embassy to obtain a visa.  The visa official turned down my request, citing the terms of my prison release.  I pleaded, "But, I have this certificate from the government for my service during the Dunkirk evacuation.  Doesn't one hand wash the other?"  He shook his head and said, "No, I'm afraid not."  "You mean the lion never forgets, don't you?"  And, at this he nodded and smiled." <br />
<br />
NYj]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The summer after my first year in college, I had a part-time job walking dogs in my Manhattan neighborhood.  At this one building, on York Ave., occupied by multi-millionaires (General Sarnoff, who owned NBC, had an entire floor as his apartment there), I met the superintendent.  He was a big, white-haired Irishman and he told me this story:<br />
<br />
"I was born on a British ship on the Irish Sea, between Ireland and England.  Because I was born under the British flag, I was a British citizen, which angered my father, a staunch IRA supporter (When I wanted to get his goat, I would get a block or two away and yell "God save the king, then run like Helll!).<br />
<br />
I became a captain of merchant ships and ran guns for the IRA during the fight against the British for independence.  Eventually, I was caught and sent to prison on the Isle of Man.  After a couple months, the armistice was signed and I was released, but I was told that I had lost my British citizenship and could never set foot on British soil again.<br />
<br />
In 1940, my ship was docked in Liverpool, when the request was broadcast for volunteers to sail to Dunkirk and rescue the British troops trapped there (Operation Dynamo).  When I volunteered to take my privately owned boat to  Dunkirk, two Special Branch (Scotland Yard) detectives came to my ship and escorted me to my boat.  I made six round trips and was given a certificate by the British government.<br />
<br />
Many years later, a relative who had died in England left me a bequest and I visited the British embassy to obtain a visa.  The visa official turned down my request, citing the terms of my prison release.  I pleaded, "But, I have this certificate from the government for my service during the Dunkirk evacuation.  Doesn't one hand wash the other?"  He shook his head and said, "No, I'm afraid not."  "You mean the lion never forgets, don't you?"  And, at this he nodded and smiled." <br />
<br />
NYj]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[AncestryDNA]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5130.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=50">NewYorkjoe</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I received my DNA results via email the other day, after waiting nearly two months (they are seriously backed up).<br />
<br />
I was curious since I've never met my actual, biological father.<br />
<br />
Results:<br />
<br />
Great Britain:  33%<br />
Ireland/Scotland/Wales:  25%<br />
Scandinavia:  22%<br />
Europe East:  13%<br />
European Jewish:  3%<br />
<br />
No German or Cherokee at all!  Also, they tell me I have a first cousin who also had his DNA tested.<br />
<br />
All this info from a small vial of spit!<br />
<br />
NYj]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I received my DNA results via email the other day, after waiting nearly two months (they are seriously backed up).<br />
<br />
I was curious since I've never met my actual, biological father.<br />
<br />
Results:<br />
<br />
Great Britain:  33%<br />
Ireland/Scotland/Wales:  25%<br />
Scandinavia:  22%<br />
Europe East:  13%<br />
European Jewish:  3%<br />
<br />
No German or Cherokee at all!  Also, they tell me I have a first cousin who also had his DNA tested.<br />
<br />
All this info from a small vial of spit!<br />
<br />
NYj]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kickstarter for Metal Cthulhu Dice Set]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5114.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 14:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=170">johntfs</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I don't usually shill for projects and I'm pretty sure the role-playing interest on this site if likely low, but...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/q-workshop/call-of-cthulhu-metal-dice-set-by-q-workshop-and-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/q-w...shop-and-c</a><br />
<br />
just look at those weird, beautifully ugly things!  When the Ally and the Otherness gamble for control of a reality, these are the dice they use.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't usually shill for projects and I'm pretty sure the role-playing interest on this site if likely low, but...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/q-workshop/call-of-cthulhu-metal-dice-set-by-q-workshop-and-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/q-w...shop-and-c</a><br />
<br />
just look at those weird, beautifully ugly things!  When the Ally and the Otherness gamble for control of a reality, these are the dice they use.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Who are waiting for Panacea in july?]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5102.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2016 09:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=2665">elynsaks</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[He is coming with another thriller and suspense in July . :yuck:Are you waiting to thrill and excite]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[He is coming with another thriller and suspense in July . :yuck:Are you waiting to thrill and excite]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Still Checking In?]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5097.html</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 01:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=253">t4terrific</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I'm just wondering if any of the old regulars are still checking in.<br />
<br />
Ken V crossed my mind today, and it occurred to me that this was once an extremely active forum.<br />
<br />
It seems pretty dead, but I wonder who's still keeping up.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm just wondering if any of the old regulars are still checking in.<br />
<br />
Ken V crossed my mind today, and it occurred to me that this was once an extremely active forum.<br />
<br />
It seems pretty dead, but I wonder who's still keeping up.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[End This Triffidism Now]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5096.html</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=785">godhatestriffids</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am not sure why, after six years, F. Paul Wilson is once again up to his shenanigans with these horrid plants!<br />
<br />
We thought he was a smart man, but this carelessness and general disregard for mankind puts him dead center in "Enemy to Humanity" bulls-eye!<br />
<br />
Now, it appears that he has tossed the body of one of his plants into the reservoir! Why not burn it Mr. Wilson? Why not turn it into compost? Do you have any idea what you have done? This is the start of the end! We ALWAYS assumed the end would come from New Jersey, just not like this. We assumed it was coming in the form of Chris Christie winning the Republican party nomination.<br />
<br />
We don't understand why anyone would want to keep these plants as "pets". They are hideous, vile, and disgusting. They make the most annoying sounds. They are the pug of the plant world.<br />
<br />
We warn you, find your plants and destroy them...burn them!<br />
<br />
For more information, please visit our blog: <a href="https://triffidsmustdie.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://triffidsmustdie.wordpress.com/</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I am not sure why, after six years, F. Paul Wilson is once again up to his shenanigans with these horrid plants!<br />
<br />
We thought he was a smart man, but this carelessness and general disregard for mankind puts him dead center in "Enemy to Humanity" bulls-eye!<br />
<br />
Now, it appears that he has tossed the body of one of his plants into the reservoir! Why not burn it Mr. Wilson? Why not turn it into compost? Do you have any idea what you have done? This is the start of the end! We ALWAYS assumed the end would come from New Jersey, just not like this. We assumed it was coming in the form of Chris Christie winning the Republican party nomination.<br />
<br />
We don't understand why anyone would want to keep these plants as "pets". They are hideous, vile, and disgusting. They make the most annoying sounds. They are the pug of the plant world.<br />
<br />
We warn you, find your plants and destroy them...burn them!<br />
<br />
For more information, please visit our blog: <a href="https://triffidsmustdie.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://triffidsmustdie.wordpress.com/</a>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Triffids - Show of Hands]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5094.html</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=38">Keith the Elder</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Besides me, how many out there have actually seen Triffids?<br />
<br />
I guess not many, because that Day was in the 60's and most were blind.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Besides me, how many out there have actually seen Triffids?<br />
<br />
I guess not many, because that Day was in the 60's and most were blind.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday, FPW]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5078.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2015 17:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=299">IanSF</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/IanSF/happy-birthday-1.gif" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: happy-birthday-1.gif]" class="mycode_img" />]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Podcasts]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5063.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=1378">allyn666</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Can people recommend some good podcasts?<br />
<br />
I recommend:  Serial, This American Life, Radiolab, Invisibilia.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Can people recommend some good podcasts?<br />
<br />
I recommend:  Serial, This American Life, Radiolab, Invisibilia.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dupuytren's contracture]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5050.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=5">DaveStrorm</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hey Paul ... I saw on the main site page under the "My So Called Life" section that you are recovering from a procedure on your hand for Dupuytren's contracture.  Both my dad and my oldest brother have/had that also.  My brother had some type of procedure several years ago (I think it was also a needle aponeurotomy) and I recall him saying his recovery was somewhat painful.  My dad, who is 91 now, decided to just let his go.  I'd say his ring finger is pulled forward at about a 30 degree angle.  It does affect his use of that hand a little but not significantly.<br />
<br />
I sure hope your recovery is as quick and painless as possible.  And I hope it has not caused too much interference in your writing output!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hey Paul ... I saw on the main site page under the "My So Called Life" section that you are recovering from a procedure on your hand for Dupuytren's contracture.  Both my dad and my oldest brother have/had that also.  My brother had some type of procedure several years ago (I think it was also a needle aponeurotomy) and I recall him saying his recovery was somewhat painful.  My dad, who is 91 now, decided to just let his go.  I'd say his ring finger is pulled forward at about a 30 degree angle.  It does affect his use of that hand a little but not significantly.<br />
<br />
I sure hope your recovery is as quick and painless as possible.  And I hope it has not caused too much interference in your writing output!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy New Year 2015!]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5042.html</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=0">rjack_fan</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hope everyone has a great year.<br />
<br />
Any resolutions or goals you want to share?<br />
<br />
I'm hoping to finally finish the home renovations.  We've spent 3 years, and a lot of energy, dealing with planned and unplanned projects.  They need to be Done or I may not end this year with my sanity (or spouse, lol!).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hope everyone has a great year.<br />
<br />
Any resolutions or goals you want to share?<br />
<br />
I'm hoping to finally finish the home renovations.  We've spent 3 years, and a lot of energy, dealing with planned and unplanned projects.  They need to be Done or I may not end this year with my sanity (or spouse, lol!).]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[So who got some new books for Christmas?]]></title>
			<link>https://repairmanjack.com/forum/thread-5041.html</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2014 05:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://repairmanjack.com/forum/member.php?action=profile&uid=0">rjack_fan</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[I pretty much buy what I want, but I'm hoping some goodies from my wishlist might still be on their way.  We have two more family celebrations this week.<br />
<br />
Anyone here get new books?  I sent my nephew Good Omens and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (he already has the YA Jack books, I sent personalized copies as they came out).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I pretty much buy what I want, but I'm hoping some goodies from my wishlist might still be on their way.  We have two more family celebrations this week.<br />
<br />
Anyone here get new books?  I sent my nephew Good Omens and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (he already has the YA Jack books, I sent personalized copies as they came out).]]></content:encoded>
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