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    <title>topic Re: How can you afford it? in Community Spirit</title>
    <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/740445#M215656</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Any truth in this?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Figures released under Freedom of Information have confirmed that one third of existing premises NBN Co had counted as being "passed" by the fibre network as of the end of June this year could not order a service on the NBN.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;In &lt;A target="_blank" href="http://www.zdnet.com/au/nbn-co-reaches-fibre-target-misses-wireless-goal-7000017669/"&gt;rollout figures released in July&lt;/A&gt;, NBN Co said that it had met its revised target of passing between 155,000 and 175,000 existing premises by fibre at 163,500, and the company had also met its target of passing between 35,000 and 45,000 new premises by fibre at 44,000.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;There had been controversy at the time of the announcement, as NBN Co would not confirm the number of premises included in this figure that could then call up a retail service provider and order a service on the NBN.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It had been speculated that as many as 55,000 premises in places such as apartment blocks or shopping centres were unable to connect to the service due to issues that NBN Co had with obtaining permission to access those lots.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;ZDNet has confirmed through a &lt;A target="_blank" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/159846965/ZDNet-NBN-Co-Final-FOI-Decision"&gt;Freedom of Information request&lt;/A&gt; that of the 163,500 premises passed as of June 30, 107,800 premises could order a service through a retail service provider on this date. NBN Co confirmed that the one third of premises that could not order a service were mostly located in apartment blocks, office blocks, or other multi-dwelling units.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"The majority of the remaining premises are MDUs (multiple dwelling units), which will be able to be connected in accordance with NBN Co's MDU processes."&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;All of the 44,000 premises passed in new housing areas were able to order a service according to NBN Co.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Despite the 55,700 premises passed that cannot actually order a service on the network, the company has defended its use of this terminology.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"A premises passed is a premises passed, even if that premises is, say, an office block that will receive services over the NBN outside standard order lead times," an NBN Co spokesperson said.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"We use the accepted industry definition of 'premises passed' — that is, homes and businesses passed by an active telecommunications network. That standard measure includes those complex premises that will receive services over the NBN outside standard order lead times."&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:06:52 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>poddster</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2013-10-09T13:06:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734529#M214270</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;After being away several months, I notice many of the same faces are still spending all day posting, despite their assurances that they work. One even spent a whole day waiting until 5.30 pm before posting just to prove she is employed!!! (only people unemployed or on benefits for years would assume the average work day is still from Nine-to-Five LOL!)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My question is, how do you afford to&amp;nbsp;be here so much? Do you live off savings, an inheritance, divorce settlement, or do you simply chat from a library or a second hand notebook on limited internet usage?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To get a decent computer costs at least $2000 and without good internet connection, chatting on a forum isn't even worth it, so are these regulars going into debt over the boards? Would a bank even loan or credit them enough to supplement their activites and time usage here?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It's all very puzzling...&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:49:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734529#M214270</guid>
      <dc:creator>how.about.another.slice</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T09:49:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734549#M214276</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Oh dear &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Some one is bored&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Date Registered&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;3 minutes ago &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Date Last Visited&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;3 minutes ago &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Total Messages Posted&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:55:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734549#M214276</guid>
      <dc:creator>poddster</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T09:55:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734559#M214278</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have a rich husband.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:56:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734559#M214278</guid>
      <dc:creator>crystal**flake</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T09:56:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734565#M214280</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Unusual hobby you have (bothering to note that much detail about other posters) &amp;nbsp;a bit creepy and obsessive really.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have a laptop, netbook, smart phone, that I can post from. None of those cost anywhere near $2000...what decade are you living in?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I pretend to work, but live on Govt benefits.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Way to go Crystal!!! I don't think the OP factored that into her/his choices...that is any sort of partner that has paid work out side the home and one that doesn't&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734565#M214280</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:01:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734567#M214281</link>
      <description>Lol, me too</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:59:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734567#M214281</guid>
      <dc:creator>debra9275</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T09:59:41Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734573#M214283</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;And some of us with high I.Q.s come to see how the other 90% interact with their peers &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734573#M214283</guid>
      <dc:creator>poddster</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:00:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734577#M214284</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I only come here when the adds are on tele&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileylol" class="emoticon emoticon-smileylol" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-lol.png" alt="Smiley LOL" title="Smiley LOL" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:01:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734577#M214284</guid>
      <dc:creator>trustmee-2013</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:01:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734581#M214285</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I am not rich, but this is Cheap entertainment hahaha&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:02:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734581#M214285</guid>
      <dc:creator>lionrose.7</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:02:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734583#M214286</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;Debra,I read your post as replying to Am3 at first&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734583#M214286</guid>
      <dc:creator>trustmee-2013</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:02:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734593#M214290</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;$10 p.w. for internet connection.. do you have to be rich to afford that? Cheaper than a pack of cigarettes I guess?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:04:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734593#M214290</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:04:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734597#M214292</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Should have asked&amp;nbsp;&lt;A target="_self" href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Are-we-getting-more-stupid/m-p/732787#U732787"&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734597#M214292</guid>
      <dc:creator>freakiness</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:05:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734605#M214294</link>
      <description>Eeek! I just posted a similar theory to poddy's on the smart thread. I think I am spending too much time here.&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I've been on LSL. &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734605#M214294</guid>
      <dc:creator>*elizabeths-mum*</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:07:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734607#M214295</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;@am*3 wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I pretend to work, but live on Govt benefits.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Thought so.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:07:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734607#M214295</guid>
      <dc:creator>how.about.another.slice</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:07:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734613#M214297</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Well, I work from home but really, my husband keeps me in the manner I have become accustomed to.............my pc is in my sewing room................ I do sometimes use my mobile device but rarely................&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;what about you, OP?&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:08:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734613#M214297</guid>
      <dc:creator>azureline**</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:08:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734617#M214299</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I also have a comfy feux leather computer chair I love to sit on&amp;nbsp;&lt;img id="smileylol" class="emoticon emoticon-smileylol" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-lol.png" alt="Smiley LOL" title="Smiley LOL" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:09:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734617#M214299</guid>
      <dc:creator>trustmee-2013</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:09:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734633#M214412</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Sometimes we have to search into things to unearth lies.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734633#M214412</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:13:52Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734639#M214413</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Why would anyone need a $2000 computer to post on a forum? LOL LOL LOL.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:14:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734639#M214413</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:14:50Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734641#M214414</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;LOL, you must be easily pleased if you think less than&amp;nbsp;$2000 buys you a great computer!&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;tell us about your set up?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;mine (quad core) cost me a grand and the specs are big everything&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:14:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734641#M214414</guid>
      <dc:creator>joz*garage</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:14:52Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How can you afford it?</title>
      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734651#M214415</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/161335"&gt;@joz*garage&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;LOL, you must be easily pleased if you think less than&amp;nbsp;$2000 buys you a great computer!&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;tell us about your set up?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;mine (quad core) cost me a grand and the specs are big everything&lt;/P&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;They are living in the early 2000's I think.. not many people pay $2000 for computer/laptop these days.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:16:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734651#M214415</guid>
      <dc:creator>cherry*135</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:16:28Z</dc:date>
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      <link>https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/How-can-you-afford-it/m-p/734653#M214312</link>
      <description>&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;&lt;a href="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/437353"&gt;@poddster&lt;/a&gt; wrote:&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;P&gt;Oh dear &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Some one is bored&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;TABLE&gt;&lt;TBODY&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Date Registered&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;3 minutes ago &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Date Last Visited&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;3 minutes ago &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;TR&gt;&lt;TD&gt;Total Messages Posted&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;TD&gt;1&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;HR /&gt;They must have got bored with their quiche id. And their toowoomba tart id, and their baby.jane.begins id, and the curse of pretoria id, and the id's that are too vulgar to repeat.&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;IMG align="middle" border="0" title="troll" alt="troll" src="https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/9259iD6BAA1D2D7411EA6/image-size/small?v=mpbl-1&amp;amp;px=-1" /&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 10:16:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>the*scarlet*pimpernel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-10-07T10:16:35Z</dc:date>
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