bridge too far

I'm into the fifth of a 6 book series by Karin Slaughter, American crime writer. It's called 'Faithless'.

Don't be such a smartie arse

I met him once when I was having physio at Bisham National Sports Centre - 'tis true

Some reports suggest that EJ is the biological father and that the baby was born to a surrogate mother.

Ooooh let me know if you find anything! We're looking to do the same, but also as a recce because next year I think we might do the Norfolk Broads. Have a look at websites for Country Cottages etc. That's what we've been doing, although we haven't found anything yet. I think, but don't know why, that Suffok is nicer than Norfolk. I did a lot of work in King's Lynn and wasn't that impressed with that part of Norfolk.

and still fitting tyres? Or at least kicking them?

I'm struggling to remember what Bitterne used to be like too. I can remember going to ballet classes in a hall near Dean Road and the coffee bar I referred to earlier but I reckon the pedestrianisation took place after I'd left Southampton. I remember the Ritz and the Bowling Alley there. Didn't it become Sainsburys? I lived in Sholing too and my dad built a lot of houses in Hedge End so we were often doing that journey. I'm sure we went along Bursledon Road and then turned left onto St John's Road. But that's a dead-end now, I think.

Stunning and surprising silence from dear old Corpsy. You'd think he'd be on here, bigging this up.

I wonder if Phil knows anything about this, shown on the News tab of the Convers website http://www.converssport.com/news/16.dubai-desert-classic-venue-adopts-powerplay-golf.htm Do you think the trainer manufacturing company Converse might have something to say about the use of (almost) their name?

That iBASE website - probably the funniest thing I've seen for a while Dreadful, dreadful spelling (must be the LLS influence), no contact details apart from Marky boy's email address. No telephone numbers or address. Soooooo amateurish

I really enjoyed watching that - thanks for posting it. I spent much of my early teenage years in Bitterne (I was a Sholing girl). I had my first alcoholic drink in the Angel when I was about 14 and I can remember playing Bar Billiards a lot there. I also used to frequent a coffee bar in West End Road at the old junction with Lances Hill - can't remember the name. But I'm puzzled by the picture of Lancaster & Crooke. My grandfather used to work for that firm, but in Obelisk Road in Woolston. I don't remember there being a branch in Bitterne but that could be my memory playing tricks.

In the United Kingdom, "political correctness gone mad" is a widely used catchphrase associated with the conservativeDaily Mail newspaper.[15] A literal interpretation might be that the catchphrase applies to instances where political correctness, desirable in moderation, is taken too far. In reality, however, "political correctness" is almost always used pejoratively and the catchphrase is applied to stories (frequently apocryphal) seen as representing extreme forms of political correctness Wiki says it all really.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothalamus http://www.rossde.com/editorials/childrenofgays.html I don't think children raised by homosexuals necessarily become homosexual any more than children raised by straight parents necessarily become straight themselves.

Quite an insult to Mike who, from the sounds of it, has done a brilliant job in difficult circumstances.

Not if being gay is a condition rather than a choice, it isn't. You might just as well say that you can't adopt if you are infertile. That is a condition too, not a choice.

No more than a heterosexual father would be likely to touch his daughter inappropriately. Although I think I'm right in saying that it seems that a significant number of cases of child abuse are carried out by members of the immediate family.

Turn that on its head (so to speak). I can think of many men and women who don't want / can't have children. What are you saying here - they shouldn't have sex since they don't intend to procreate? Tch! Increasingly science is suggesting that homosexuality is influenced by a number of factors including differences in the hypothalamus and having older brothers.

Too right - and nor am I thank goodness

Bless - I wonder when superspy will learn to cut and paste links

I don't think it's so much a lisp as an inability to roll his rrrrrrrrr s (don't know what the technical term is)

I shouldn't think he'd ever have to work again if he wanted. How do you know how much time they are going to spend with the child? He's already said he spends hours just singing and talking to him.

And cat vomit

That's for me (and my 3 children) to know and you to guess at

The age thing - Michael Douglas is 66. He has two children with Catherine ZJ. One is 11 and one is 7. I don't recall any gasps of disgust when that happened.

Absolutely - but a significant number of mothers don't breastfeed so that is a moot point.