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		<title>Cleaning The Roof</title>
		<link>https://boomersclub.com.au/2019/02/12/cleaning-the-roof/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Gray]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 07:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dave always thought of himself as a handyman fixing things around the house that need some TLC. &#160;Last summer Dave thought the roof on his eighteen- year old house was in-need of a good clean. Over the years Dave&#8217;s terracotta tiles had been growing a garden of dusty greyish green Lichen. &#160;The roof had a ... <a title="Cleaning The Roof" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2019/02/12/cleaning-the-roof/" aria-label="Read more about Cleaning The Roof">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>There are things you can ask any soldier you meet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clive Sanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 08:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are things you can ask any soldier you meet; Who&#8217;s a friend or relation, or lives on your street. Did you travel to countries that we&#8217;ve never seen? Did you take lots of photos of the places you&#8217;ve been? Did you try all the foods in those countries afar? Did you fly there, or ... <a title="There are things you can ask any soldier you meet" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/09/12/there-are-things-you-can-ask-any-soldier-you-meet/" aria-label="Read more about There are things you can ask any soldier you meet">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>My Me</title>
		<link>https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/09/10/my-me/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Elliott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 08:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A poignant and somewhat disturbing short story by Samuel Elliot set in a Victorian era sideshow.]]></description>
		
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		<title>He Always Knew</title>
		<link>https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/08/28/he-always-knew/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Irene Herceg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 07:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[He woke with a start, not knowing what had disturbed his sleep. Closing his eyes to the darkness, he rearranged his pillow and his legs. Something was wrong. He couldn&#8217;t hear the refrigerator gurgling and rattling in the kitchen. He raised his head to hear better but still no gurgling and rattling. He waited for ... <a title="He Always Knew" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/08/28/he-always-knew/" aria-label="Read more about He Always Knew">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Daily Pressures</title>
		<link>https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/07/19/daily-pressures/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elio Baldan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 23:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It got to the stage when one is forced to wonder if it was worth it! The idea had been maturing for a while, it had got to the point when it is either put to action or discarded like a soiled nappy. &#8220;It&#8217;s now or never!&#8221; She said, and I who must listen and ... <a title="Daily Pressures" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/07/19/daily-pressures/" aria-label="Read more about Daily Pressures">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Scarf for Alfred</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Irene Herceg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There was a rhythm to the clicking of the knitting needles as the scarf grew longer. Her fingers were knobby and stiff but they never faltered, stitch after stitch, row after row. Her brown eyes were as bright and alert as those of someone much younger. The knitting yarn was the color of the sky ... <a title="A Scarf for Alfred" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/07/02/a-scarf-for-alfred/" aria-label="Read more about A Scarf for Alfred">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Katy and Me – An obsession most peculiar</title>
		<link>https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/06/28/katy-and-me-an-obsession-must-peculiar/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Elliott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 22:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Like all twenty-nine-year-old heavily-tattooed males, I harbour an obsession for pop sensation Katy Perry. Hear me out and try and work this out. When driving, I exclusively listen to her immortal Teenage Dream album. Now, I&#8217;m not alone in my love of it, that self-same album placed Perry in the record books in being the ... <a title="Katy and Me – An obsession most peculiar" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/06/28/katy-and-me-an-obsession-must-peculiar/" aria-label="Read more about Katy and Me – An obsession most peculiar">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>An interview with Lex Hirst</title>
		<link>https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/06/25/an-interview-with-lex-hirst/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samuel Elliott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 08:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While Lex Hirst&#160;has undoubtedly become a leading authority on the Australian literary landscape, it is perhaps her passion for working closely with new authors which has distinguished her most from her contemporaries. The recent immense success with debut novelist Daniel Findlay&#8217;s&#160;Year Of The Orphan&#160;has demonstrated not only her aptitude for identifying outstanding Spec-Fiction titles, but ... <a title="An interview with Lex Hirst" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/06/25/an-interview-with-lex-hirst/" aria-label="Read more about An interview with Lex Hirst">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Old Mike</title>
		<link>https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/06/24/old-mike/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clive Sanders]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2018 08:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The veterans were at a reunion, And pleased that they’d met once again. They retold a thousand old stories, Of adventures, drinking and pain. An old soldier then finished his story, And said, “You’ve now made me think, Of old Mike, who was once in our section, And by Christ, he really could drink.” Dave ... <a title="Old Mike" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/06/24/old-mike/" aria-label="Read more about Old Mike">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Short back and sides</title>
		<link>https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/06/23/short-back-and-sides/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elio Baldan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2018 23:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Though at my age I am no longer hirsutely challenged, I still long for the time in my youth I spent on the barber&#8217;s chair. Fully pneumatic and with armrests so high I had to stretch to reach. I sat there as if I had acquired a new status, as if my wish to be ... <a title="Short back and sides" class="read-more" href="https://boomersclub.com.au/2018/06/23/short-back-and-sides/" aria-label="Read more about Short back and sides">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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