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		<title>How to Deal with the #1 Roommate Hassle</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Whose dishes are these in the sink?&#8221; &#8220;Why doesn&#8217;t he ever pick up after himself?&#8221; &#8220;How come I&#8217;m the only one who changes the toilet paper roll?&#8221; Do these thoughts sound familiar? I hope not, but there&#8217;s a good chance that if you are living with other people at some point you will find yourself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Pays to be Fussy When Choosing Housemates</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the biggest problem housemates have? According to a survey of 2000 people, 76% cited cleanliness and neatness as a major issue. The second ranking problem, 46%, taking food or drink without permission.  More than half of those surveyed said they lost their friend or had a really strained relationship as a result of living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Software to the Rescue-Housemate’s Companion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confused by the bills you need to track in your shared home? Tired of using an spreadsheet and working out the formulas? Housemate&#8217;s Companion by Slamdunk Software comes to your rescue.  It&#8217;s brand new and looks exactly like the basic tool that everyone needs. It not only offers easy management of the bills, it sends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Methods to divide chores</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every home needs to be cleaned.  When people share housing the question arises about how the common areas that everyone uses are cleaned.  Here are three methods that work. Hire a Pro If you can afford it, the easiest, best way to get the house cleaned is to have someone else do it. Seriously &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Messy Housemates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I find myself grumbling about mess in the house, something along the lines of &#8220;Why doesn&#8217;t he EVER clean up after himself?&#8221;  Years of experience have taught me to look again. Oh, I say to myself, &#8220;That&#8217;s mine and that&#8217;s mine and that&#8217;s mine..&#8221; It is a very natural human tendency to look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleanliness – the Kitchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 10:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The kitchen is the most used common room in a home. When there are housemates, the kitchen is often the place for casual conversation, laughter, and sharing.  It can also be a source of irritation and anger when members of a household don&#8217;t have the same standards of cleanliness and/or guidelines are not followed. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private space vs. Common space</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For four years I had a housemate who was an incredible slob in his room.  There was stuff all over the floor with barely a path to his bedroom. Did I ever say anything to him about that? No! That was his room to do with as he pleased.  He was perfectly neat in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch House Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is some excellent advice. It&#8217;s good anytime you are sharing housing whether as a resident or as a house guest. I read them on a tile in a wonderful house in Western Massachusetts. I gather from a little Web exploration that there are other versions. This one seems very good to me. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managing the &#8216;Fridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annamarie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keeping Good Housemates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh yuck&#8230; you open the fridge and it&#8217;s full of nasty containers of dead stuff. Or is it? Who knows? You know they aren&#8217;t yours, so you can&#8217;t throw them out. Can you? No, you can&#8217;t. Allotting Space in the Fridge The refrigerator in most house-share situations is a communal appliance. And it is THE [...]]]></description>
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