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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.carnivalconnections.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>John Heald&amp;#39;s Blog : Carnival Valor</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/tags/Carnival+Valor/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Carnival Valor</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Debug Build: 20917.1142)</generator><item><title>A Winter’s Day</title><link>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/11/22/a-winter-s-day.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:48:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0655a56b-2503-4342-b806-50877dcd70da:178748</guid><dc:creator>John Heald's Blog</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=178748</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.carnivalconnections.com/cruisetalk/blogs/john_heald/archive/2008/11/22/a-winter-s-day.aspx#comments</comments><description>So, I spoke to my mate Ken the maitre d yesterday&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;.well&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;&amp;#8230;..when I say spoke we, of course, used the e mail thingy but we had a good conversation. 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We spent the day pulling women around by the hair, hunting, drawing on the walls and crapping in the corner. 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