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	<title>Resident Hippy &#187; Hobbies</title>
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	<description>Not one of those groovy hippies, I’m more a wannabe hippy who tends to have an opinion on pretty much everything</description>
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		<title>Fancy dress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got bit of a fancy dress party at the weekend and in honesty in cant really be bothered to go, but a few mates are going so I best go. I&#8217;ve decided to just get some coloured contact lenses and dress as normal, I mean the coloured contact lenses are costing around &#163;30. Hopefully ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&rsquo;ve got bit of a fancy dress party at the weekend and in honesty in cant really be bothered to go, but a few mates are going so I best go. </p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve decided to just get some <a title="coloured contact lenses" href="http://www.shivaheadshop.co.uk/shop/coloured_contact_lenses/index.html">coloured contact lenses</a> and dress as normal, I mean the coloured contact lenses are costing around &pound;30. Hopefully I&rsquo;ll be able to keep them for a few months in some contact lens solution and a case. Which means I&rsquo;ll get to wear again hopefully.</p>
<p>It looks like F1 is going back state side over to Texas this time. The last time they raced over there was 2007. They&rsquo;ve raced in loads of varying places in the states from Long Beach &amp; California to Las Vegas &amp; Phoenix.</p>
<p>The track has been designed by Hermann Tilke, he&rsquo;s done loads of F1 tracks recently Valencia Street Circuit &#8211; Spain, Shanghai International Circuit &#8211; China and Bahrain International Circuit &ndash; Bahrain.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m nipping into my local Shops this afternoon to try and get some <a title="Coloured Contact Lenses" href="http://www.shivaheadshop.co.uk/shop/coloured_contact_lenses/index.html">coloured contact lenses</a>, if i cant find the ones that i want then i&#8217;ll have to order some off the internet this afternoon at work.</p>
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		<title>Fathers Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I can&#8217;t believe that father&#8217;s day already, I&#8217;m a bit lost as to what to get him. I&#8217;ve opted for an old music t shirt. There&#8217;s an online t shirt printing company that specialises in old rock bands, T shirts range from around &#163;9.99 to &#163;14.99. I&#8217;ve only ordered it today so hopefully it ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I can&#8217;t believe that father&#8217;s day already, I&#8217;m a bit lost as to what to get him. I&#8217;ve opted for an old music t shirt. There&#8217;s an online <a href="http://www.adlogo.co.uk/" title="t shirt printing">t shirt printing</a> company that specialises in old rock bands, T shirts range from around &pound;9.99 to &pound;14.99.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve only ordered it today so hopefully it will come with enough time to spare if not I suppose he&#8217;ll just have to wait.</p>
<p>It took me a few hours to find a <a href="http://www.adlogo.co.uk/printing/t-shirt-printing" title="t shirt printing">t shirt printing</a> company that I liked a design enough that i would order from them. I then got struck down with &#8220;What if he doesn&#8217;t like it&#8221;!</p>
<p>My hair algae problem is slowly getting better. Last week i did a water change and moved the RowaPhos around to stop it clumping up. I also got the old water tested and my Phosphates are definitely going down. I took all my rocks out and gave them a good scrub in the old tank water. This got the majority of the Hair algae off but over the past few days I have noticed that it&#8217;s been growing again so I think that I&#8217;ll be getting some more RowaPhos next month and probably some new light bulbs as they are around 6 months old.</p>
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		<title>Fluval Clearmax</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 10:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I did a water change last night and my nitrates where still the same. I was hoping that they might have dropped a little but I&#8217;ll re test again at the weekend to see if there has been any change.I don&#8217;t have an external filter to stick the socks in so I&#8217;ve placed one ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I did a water change last night and my nitrates where still the same.  I was hoping that they might have dropped a little but I&rsquo;ll re test again at the weekend to see if there has been any change.<br />I don&rsquo;t have an external filter to stick the socks in so I&rsquo;ve placed one in between the two media baskets in the internal Jewel filter and the one at the top where the water flows through.</p>
<p>If these Clearmax bags don&rsquo;t work I&rsquo;m not too sure what I&rsquo;m going to do, whether I try changing the bulbs or I try to add another bag only time will tell.</p>
<p>I&rsquo;d love to setup a Nano (small) tank around 50/90 litres but with my current troubles I&rsquo;d like to get them sorted a bit better first before I dedicate any more time to another tank.</p>
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		<title>Water Change Time Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it’s that time again, where the marine tank wants a water change, I’m hoping to nip to my local fish shop at lunch and get some water as well as getting my hair cut. Time wise it’s going to be tight as getting my hair cut will take around 30 minutes then 20 minutes ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well it’s that time again, where the marine tank wants a water change, I’m hoping to nip to my local fish shop at lunch and get some water as well as getting my hair cut. Time wise it’s going to be tight as getting my hair cut will take around 30 minutes then 20 minutes to get to and from the fish shop. I guess I could save time by not taking the water home to heat up straight away, although I would rather do that as I can then do the water change tonight as the water will be correct temperature. And not have to wait until tomorrow.</p>
<p>The UV unit has been running in my tank for around 4 weeks, but I still don’t want to put any new fish in just yet. I think I’m too worried about losing another fish.</p>
<p>Today the weather is lovely, so I’m kind of hoping that it will stay nice for tomorrow so that I can have a lovely day out. Whether we go to the coast or have a day out in a city somewhere I’m not too sure yet.</p>
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		<title>Iolite Vaporizer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I received a lovely iolite vaporizer , there is only a few niggles that i have with it which are the mouth piece can get quite warm after extended use and that it can be slightly noisy when you&#8217;re in a quite location. Apart from that I love it runs on lighter fuel and ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I received a lovely <a title="iolite vaporizer" href="http://www.shivaheadshop.co.uk/shop/vaporizers/handheld_vaporizers/products/i-inhale_compact_vaporiser.html">iolite vaporizer</a> , there is only a few niggles that i have with it  which are the mouth piece can get quite warm after extended use and that it can be slightly noisy when you&rsquo;re in a quite location.   Apart from that I love it runs on lighter fuel and it fits comfortably in your hand.</p>
<p>If The Sender Doesn&#8217;t want the <a title="iolite vaporizer" href="http://www.shivaheadshop.co.uk/shop/vaporizers/handheld_vaporizers/products/i-inhale_compact_vaporiser.html">iolite vaporizer</a> back then i think i&#8217;ll be sticking it up on eBay to make a few extra pounds</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve had 3 yellow tail damsels in the tank for a few months, but the biggest one seems to be picking on the smallest one which isn&rsquo;t in the best of health and i have seen him chasing my lovely clown fish arghh. I&rsquo;ve been to my local Fish Retailer today and they&rsquo;ve said that they will take them off my hands. They are only cheapish fish at &pound;3.99 each and the last thing i want killing is one of my paired clown fish.</p>
<p>When these three fish go from my aquarium I&rsquo;ll only be left with three a Yellow Tang &amp; a pair of Clown fish.  Which is a bit strange when a few weeks ago I had, 3 yellow tail damsels, Bi Colour Blennie, 2 Clowns, Blue Cheek Gobi and a Bi Colour Angel, 3 of these have died. </p>
<p>I&rsquo;m going to leave it a while before any restocking, and see how it goes with water quality and the lease of life.</p>
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		<title>This Week In Brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight i have pool again. We are playing at the same pub we played at last Thursday and won, but we are playing the team from that pub not a knock out cup team, Tonight&#8217;s team I below us but we tend to lose to the teams under us, I think we are hoping that ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tonight i have pool again. We are playing at the same pub we played at last Thursday and won, but we are playing the team from that pub not a knock out cup team, Tonight&rsquo;s team I below us but we tend to lose to the teams under us, I think we are hoping that if we play well then we know it&rsquo;s our table that&rsquo;s causing up problems and not our playing.<br />Tonight&rsquo;s pub is good for smoking as you can stand outside and smoke and still watch the game that&rsquo;s been played. I&rsquo;ll get some rollies made up before going out, I&rsquo;m well into my 1st box of <a title="rolling papers" href="http://www.shivaheadshop.co.uk/shop/rolling_papers___cones/index.html">rolling papers</a> so I I&rsquo;ll have to calm down, otherwise I run out quicker than expected</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve bought a Fish R Fun Internal 9W UV Sterilizer from <a title="ebay" href="http://www.ebay.co.uk">eBay</a>, in the hope that it might help the mystery of dyeing fish in my aquarium. I know it&rsquo;s not the best UV Sterilizer out on the market but I just want to keep everything in the tank as I&rsquo;m not ready for a sump yet as space is tight.<br />I&rsquo;m hoping it will turn up tomorrow, as I have a water change due at the weekend and ideally would like it in place for then.</p>
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		<title>Racing and Fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m trying to arrange a day out at the Cheltenham festival which is a massive horse racing event in the UK. The Gold Cup is the big race and probably the most well known after the Grand National. It takes place on the 19th of March.The last few races have been between a few famous ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&rsquo;m trying to arrange a day out at the Cheltenham festival which is a massive horse racing event in the UK. The Gold Cup is the big race and probably the most well known after the Grand National. It takes place on the 19th of March.<br />The last few races have been between a few famous horses Kauto Star and Denman.</p>
<p>If I don&rsquo;t manage to go, I&rsquo;ll b having a bet online, in which case I&rsquo;ll be looking for a new sign up on a betting site that will offer a nice <a title="free bet" href="http://www.freebettingonline.co.uk/">free bet</a>. On certain betting sites they recognise you from your card number so if you sign up make sure you&rsquo;re using a different card so that you get your free bets. <br /><a title="free bets" href="http://www.freebettingonline.co.uk/">Free bets</a> are usually around the value of &pound;20 so when you sign up make sure to find a gambling site that offers a sign up bonus / free bet.</p>
<p>I managed to lose another fish at the weekend, which was the bi colour angel which I had only recently bought. Local shop says that I could have a pathogen in the water and has advised me to get a UV steriliser. This should kill all infections in the water and help to keep it clear.</p>
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		<title>2010 Winter Olympic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New year new look, I decided today that I&#8217;d have a fresh look for my blog. I wanted to stay with the dark colours and the lines, and managed to sort this out. I&#8217;ve been watching some of the Winter Olympics over in Vancouver, when I catch it I&#8217;ll watch it in depth. We won ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New year new look, I decided today that I&rsquo;d have a fresh look for my blog. I wanted to stay with the dark colours and the lines, and managed to sort this out.</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve been watching some of the Winter Olympics over in Vancouver, when I catch it I&rsquo;ll watch it in depth. We won two medals back in 2002, one Gold for women&rsquo;s curling and one Bronze for Alex Coomber for Skeleton. Right I didn&rsquo;t know what this was but it uses the same track as the Luge, but you go down on a sledge facing forward on your stomach, the rider uses skis on their feet to steer and brake.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 219px"><a href="http://www.residenthippy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2010-winter-olympics.jpg"><img src="http://www.residenthippy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2010-winter-olympics.jpg" title="2010 winter olympics" alt="2010 winter olympics" class="size-medium" height="300" width="209" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">2010 winter olympics</p></div>
<p>In honesty I don&rsquo;t think we&rsquo;ll be getting a high medal count this year either, we might get a curling and skeleton the same as 2010 but anything else would be a bonus and unexpected in my mind.</p>
<p>A work colleague has just come back from holiday and brought me back a nice box of rolling papers which was nice of them. It was a box of Rizla Blue&rsquo;s so each packet has 100 papers in and the big box has 25 packets in  so that&rsquo;s 2500 <a title="Rolling Papers" href="http://www.shivaheadshop.co.uk/shop/rolling_papers___cones/index.html">rolling papers</a> , hopefully that should see me through this year.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.shivaheadshop.co.uk/shop/rolling_papers___cones/index.html"><img src="http://www.residenthippy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Rolling-Papers.jpg" title="Rolling Papers" alt="Rolling Papers" class="size-medium" height="213" width="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Rolling Papers</p></div>
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		<title>Time To Get My Old OCS Shirt Out !!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HippyDave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its my birthday on the 21st of Feb and I&#8217;ve been and booked my self 2 tickets to go and see Ocean Colour Scene. They are playing at Bradford&#8217;s St Georges Hall on the 22nd of February. I&#8217;ll have to dig out my old Knebworth T shirt that i got when Ocean Colour Scene supported ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its my birthday on the 21st of Feb and I&#8217;ve been and booked my self 2 tickets to go and see Ocean Colour Scene. They are playing at Bradford&#8217;s St Georges Hall on the 22nd of February.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll have to dig out my old Knebworth T shirt that i got when Ocean Colour Scene supported Oasis back in 1996.<br />I thought a head though and bought a large t shirt so it should still fit and if the <a title="T Shirt Printing" href="http://www.adlogo.co.uk">t shirt printing</a> was upto standard then it should still look fresh.</p>
<p>Moseley Shoals was Ocean Colour Scene&#8217;s 2nd album and their biggest album featuring their 2 biggest songs &#8220;The Riverboat Song&#8221; and &#8220;The Day We Caught the Train&#8221;.</p>
<p>I bought a new fish at the weekend for myself a lovely Yellow Tang. i&#8217;ve just been and bought it some Green Sea Weed for its food.</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.residenthippy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Yellow-Tang.jpg"><img src="http://www.residenthippy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Yellow-Tang.jpg" title="Yellow Tang" alt="Yellow Tang" class="size-medium" height="200" width="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Yellow Tang</p></div>
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		<title>This week</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I managed to get a tobacco tin bought last week and its arrived this morning its great i went for one of those airtight ones as they where only around &#163;3, I choose one with the St Georges flag on the front. I can fit quite a bit of tobacco in and still manage to ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I managed to get a <a title="Tobacco Tin" href="http://www.shivaheadshop.co.uk/shop/tobacco_tins___pouches/index.html">tobacco tin</a> bought last week and its arrived this morning its great i went for one of those airtight ones as they where only around &pound;3, I choose one with the St Georges flag on the front.  I can fit quite a bit of tobacco in and still manage to get a lighter and filters in.</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m rather looking forward to the weekend, I&rsquo;m hopefully going to get a few new fish for my marine aquarium i have been to my local Fish shop at lunch today and they have a few Yellow Tangs in and a few other fish that took my eye.</p>
<p>Sunday will be much of the same lunch around 1-2 and then a quick afternoon nap till 4 and then a movie.</p>
<p>This week&rsquo;s gone really quick, I had Tuesday off but ended up moving loads of furniture so it wasn&rsquo;t really one of those relaxing days off that you get, i did manage to to sneak an hour or 2 of xbox.</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ve currently been playing pure and i reckon i must be bout half way through completing the races, i&rsquo;ve just bought Farcry as well which I rather like but it&rsquo;s a bit strategy based for me.</p>
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