<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:45:48 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@dnair28/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The war against fake news....]]></title><description><![CDATA[...rages on!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@dnair28/the-war-against-fake-news</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@dnair28/the-war-against-fake-news</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:58:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2QzXtfBg5Tso9yihKTVEZu72DoeBrCey8aKVz7YfchAdWi2H55yZK572TEz8b8id6HXYeaC9Gy9jdEBcu7jormNn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perils of crossing farmland]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@dnair28/the-perils-of-crossing-farmland</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@dnair28/the-perils-of-crossing-farmland</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 11:35:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNeNEaETsgLvVhAhzAraoBVVw4pYaMwnVX5xtJcP9frS6imts97eVdxsUwfKTDNsnNpe4CXbMQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadowy Reflections]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dnair28/shadowy-reflections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dnair28/shadowy-reflections</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 03:42:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs758rib9WJExUm4T1r49wS56U6yZ89Dus4TLL5bm5nzf4nYMC41X47CMQXxnJ1UTNvWSJnG1GBeNRB5THumTBJWJrtpyBta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Poor to Rich - How much sweat it takes to become a billionaire]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rich/@dnair28/from-poor-to-rich-how-much-sweat-it-takes-to-become-a-billionaire</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rich/@dnair28/from-poor-to-rich-how-much-sweat-it-takes-to-become-a-billionaire</guid><category><![CDATA[rich]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 12:10:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa3eU12fM94qhQiFswYKc6juPDqBL4JPR5C85V8KoebL6Eo4xtws8ZCrDbXXiDGPPifz9pwKEC6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proof of Residence]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bank/@dnair28/proof-of-residence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bank/@dnair28/proof-of-residence</guid><category><![CDATA[bank]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 04:13:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf3btgmbKAVSuJHHMTTGNKqozh7oHMRHoKFQP4gUFwMguSUbqj7cAMxWr2ey8Ayn3BBcHSzrTGzvKxJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunset at the tip of India]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is Kanyakumari - the southernmost point in India, where the Indian Ocean meets the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dnair28/sunset-at-the-tip-of-india</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dnair28/sunset-at-the-tip-of-india</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 04:17:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVe6jYFnBp1NFCTepS3RLDep6oFhGdP2c6ahZbdFPmUzLwWXHAy8uoNTD4qNv5dXCnZJpzd7wMhpdBo4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom of a former Management Consultant]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rising through the ranks at Andersen Consulting in the 1980s one learned the same lesson, which was translated as “After a while the normal people leave.” Clients may be trying to hire firms with only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@dnair28/wisdom-of-a-former-management-consultant</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@dnair28/wisdom-of-a-former-management-consultant</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:13:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driving without shoes - is it illegal?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s a great level of uncertainty surrounding whether or not it’s illegal to drive barefoot in the UK, with numerous reasons cited as to why you’re breaking the law if you do so. While these may all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/driving/@dnair28/driving-without-shoes-is-it-illegal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/driving/@dnair28/driving-without-shoes-is-it-illegal</guid><category><![CDATA[driving]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAo1rvi3NBVjpN18GFbXJsKCEc6DfaAp3NYNxWzyPcX5CxCj4KGtahxjTkTPdLFSJoGGjoEhRVe9BdoeUEQde4xUiJEUPfNLv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Facebook or not to Facebook]]></title><description><![CDATA['That is the question.' I did not take any notice of Facebook until I went to India some ten years ago and my somewhat-younger-than-me aunt complained that she couldn't get news to me or of me unless I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/facebook/@dnair28/to-facebook-or-not-to-facebook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/facebook/@dnair28/to-facebook-or-not-to-facebook</guid><category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 06:49:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The land of the Cobra]]></title><description><![CDATA[Freetown is one of three cities in the world where cobras are endemic. I didn't know that until the British Council sent me a wad of familiarisation documents, before my first trip to Sierra Leone in 1983.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cobra/@dnair28/the-land-of-the-cobra</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cobra/@dnair28/the-land-of-the-cobra</guid><category><![CDATA[cobra]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 06:48:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please make Steemit more user-friendly for authentic photographs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Currently Steemit does not support embedding images in posts. For those of us who wish to post authentic and original photographs directly without posting them elsewhere and then linking to them on Steemit,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dnair28/please-make-steemit-more-user-friendly-for-authentic-photographs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dnair28/please-make-steemit-more-user-friendly-for-authentic-photographs</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:08:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cars and Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have this theory that our cars say something about us. Particularly the inside of the cars. My last car, a 16 year old Honda,  smelled of compost and garden things. There was black mud in the back]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cars/@dnair28/cars-and-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cars/@dnair28/cars-and-me</guid><category><![CDATA[cars]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 08:42:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Einstein met Chaplin...]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Albert Einstein met Charlie Chaplin. Einstein said, "What I admire most about your art, is its universality. You do not say a word, and yet ... the world understands you." "It's true", replied Chaplin,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dnair28/when-einstein-met-chaplin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@dnair28/when-einstein-met-chaplin</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:07:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNcexr7CN6oLFxdYPTk9EAY9hdGJZM5wxLb8Jbjf8UczwEQ5nkEYcBNUd1NB1dV2Bh1VJs1kPgCzxVPrGiZPAJCH4adYY8dQd8c8EbWJp5u14z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sick Days]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/work/@dnair28/sick-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/work/@dnair28/sick-days</guid><category><![CDATA[work]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9RyT8n833JecaMiQKRwZAg3zH6wWM6Pi87hBbkSM8hp42Ji8HejTPcgZJS8hVHeq3xxku2jczKZDgLR3xKV7YzFn9KgKd5wp9udSqcaaMChVLj8ozYxpjbtrqRTy2BugM4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fat Inspectors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week we had a workman in to check the boiler. Now we all know workmen come in different shapes and sizes, hues and natures: This one, Keith, was quite lovely. He actually finished his work and chatted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fat/@dnair28/the-fat-inspectors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fat/@dnair28/the-fat-inspectors</guid><category><![CDATA[fat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:59:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misplaced Respect for Marriage]]></title><description><![CDATA[My friend and mother's sister, Baby, got me thinking. She claimed that, in India, women have to be married to be respected. Now, Baby is a couple of years younger than me, so this is not a generational]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/respect/@dnair28/misplaced-respect-for-marriage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/respect/@dnair28/misplaced-respect-for-marriage</guid><category><![CDATA[respect]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dnair28]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2016 05:04:39 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>