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		<title>Being self-employed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian website recently requested some readers&#8217; experiences of being self-employed. I sent them an offering which predictably they didn&#8217;t use, so I thought I&#8217;d post it here. Maybe they thought it was too trite. Anyway here is what the Guardian finally put up.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Guardian website recently requested some readers&#8217; experiences of being self-employed. I sent them an offering which predictably they didn&#8217;t use, so I thought I&#8217;d post it here. Maybe they thought it was too trite.</p>
<p><img title="On being self-employed" src="/wp-content/blog-images/guardian-self-employed-cartoon.jpg" border="0" alt="Cartoon about being self-employed" width="378" height="805" /></p>
<p>Anyway <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/28/self-employed-readers-respond">here is what the Guardian finally put up</a>.</p>
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		<title>100912</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img title="Talking phlegmish" src="/wp-content/blog-images/blog100912-doctor-phlegm-PMS.jpg" border="1" alt="Talking phlegmish" width="750" height="468" /></p>
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		<title>291110</title>
		<link>https://blogshank.com/2010/12/291110/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<title>220310</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<title>301109</title>
		<link>https://blogshank.com/2010/01/301109/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img width="750" height="459" border="1" src="/wp-content/blog-images/blog301109-david-hughes.jpg" alt="At the David Hughes private(s) view, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art." title="At the David Hughes private(s) view, Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art." /></p>
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		<title>220908</title>
		<link>https://blogshank.com/2008/10/220908/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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