<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post9110114974386912942..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6381874605584782434</id><published>2009-05-01T19:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-01T19:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lit critic EP Thompson said &quot;the working class com...</title><summary type='text'>Lit critic EP Thompson said &quot;the working class community of the early 19th century was the product neither of paternalism nor of Methodism, but in a high degree of conscious working class endeavour.  In Manchester or Newcastle the traditions of the trade union and the friendly society, with their emphasis upon self-discipline and community purpose, reach far back into the 18th century... by the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/6381874605584782434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/6381874605584782434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241221320000#c6381874605584782434' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5829918470225860048</id><published>2009-04-30T14:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T14:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Marooned on a planet of slackers...&quot; I&#39;M CRACKING...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Marooned on a planet of slackers...&quot; I&#39;M CRACKING UP, OUT LOUD, RIGHT NOW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I&#39;ve said in the past that you remind me (and I do only mean in the best sense) of some of the men from my working class family, THIS is one of those examples making the grade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My working class roots have me HATING sleep, thinking sleep is a waste of time.  I do dream therapy so I can remember </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/5829918470225860048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/5829918470225860048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241116020000#c5829918470225860048' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13148611902772898013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vy9H2bBCxYk/SMaL6fmKV4I/AAAAAAAAAZE/n1EfTHmp830/S220/BIG+E.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3792406072151626054</id><published>2009-04-30T12:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T12:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As you&#39;ve written before, though, you also sleep a...</title><summary type='text'>As you&#39;ve written before, though, you also sleep a miniscule amount, right? How do you do it? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have fun! write poems!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--Andy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/3792406072151626054'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/3792406072151626054'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241110080000#c3792406072151626054' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6k4HvGxKtyg/SVPBwJ5AtYI/AAAAAAAAACI/AIiTa7_THRM/S220/Shadow+Head.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6318738834592283866</id><published>2009-04-30T10:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T10:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe the reason you share Gertrude Stein&#39;s &quot;body ...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe the reason you share Gertrude Stein&#39;s &quot;body type&quot; is that you spend too much time at the computer.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like Cathy Guisewite&#39;s reasoning:  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moderator:  What&#39;s your excuse for eating too much?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CG:  I don&#39;t need any excuses!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/6318738834592283866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/6318738834592283866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241101680000#c6318738834592283866' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-25140483578070382</id><published>2009-04-30T09:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T09:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I had a discussion about your productivity with a ...</title><summary type='text'>I had a discussion about your productivity with a friend of mine, who is also a reader of your blog. He had picked up in one of your posts that you don&#39;t sleep very much at night. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I knew what you meant when you said in this post, &quot;After an hour of sleep.&quot; But it still gave me a chuckle.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/25140483578070382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/25140483578070382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241097720000#c25140483578070382' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5624155480344885483</id><published>2009-04-30T08:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T08:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>baseball  these days the only &quot;reality&quot; on the tel...</title><summary type='text'>baseball  these days the only &quot;reality&quot; on the telly&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it bees in a right-now-time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess  &quot;over there&quot;  a-cross the pond  it is akin to live football (sockher) matches  doesn&#39;t Manchester have a terrific soccer team! and fans who know how to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;party-hearty? (hardy)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;beats hell out of kipping away&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well  as I often say...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Sleep?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/5624155480344885483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/5624155480344885483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241095800000#c5624155480344885483' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4018700354137840299</id><published>2009-04-30T07:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T07:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Blimey! 24 hours into Jolly Old What-Have-You and ...</title><summary type='text'>Blimey! 24 hours into Jolly Old What-Have-You and the television has already become the telly?? That really takes the biscuit, eh wot? Quick, Ron, run away as pronto as possible, or you will morph into Linda McCartney before you can say &#39;tickety-boo&#39;!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/4018700354137840299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/4018700354137840299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241091060000#c4018700354137840299' title=''/><author><name>Tortilla ex Machina</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HakneZ76Pf4/SXat8k7CPrI/AAAAAAAABCg/KoiLztV8_Ro/S220/ricky-maine.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8179462791759607566</id><published>2009-04-30T07:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T07:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve never heard the phrase &quot;baseball game on the ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve never heard the phrase &quot;baseball game on the telly.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you calling Robert Pinsky a slacker?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A British guy gave me Graham Gooch&#39;s All-Star Cricket which came on a floppy for Windows 98 or something.  I played it a few times to learn the game but when someone hit the ball far, the screen would freeze up and Graham&#39;s teeth would turn green.  Cricket knowledge is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/8179462791759607566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/8179462791759607566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241089920000#c8179462791759607566' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6570082677258450366</id><published>2009-04-30T02:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T02:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tell your kids, I&#39;m capable of watching a five-day...</title><summary type='text'>Tell your kids, I&#39;m capable of watching a five-day cricket Test match on the idiot box. There again, I write much shorter poems than you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/6570082677258450366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/9110114974386912942/comments/default/6570082677258450366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html?showComment=1241074620000#c6570082677258450366' title=''/><author><name>Andrew</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13667691610987101902</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_j8hpZsi3qRg/R4R-KdS6ViI/AAAAAAAAAlU/ihJixngoj6w/S220/Jen+%26+Andrew.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/fresh-off-airplane-in-manchester-i-find.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9110114974386912942' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/9110114974386912942' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2052419699"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2009"/></entry></feed>