bridge too far

Tim can answer for himself, I know but I suspect you're talking about different 'shares'. You're talking about the share of total tax take. Maybe he's talking about an individual's share of income paid in tax.

It was for Bompey, I'm sure

Sensible and right. Some so-called fans need to grow up IMO.

I guess because a) they're knackered after the Olympics and b) because the bikes are heavier, it needs a different level of expertise? Just a guess, mind you. However, here's a little bit of info about Barney Storey who won silver as a pilot http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19422244 He was training with the National Sprint Squad when he was asked to consider being a pilot.

OK this registration - and 'caveat emptor' here because we're talking about Poopey - if the club holds a player's registration but doesn't play or pay him but refuses to relinquish that registration then, to my mind, that amounts to 'restraint of trade'. I think that could be challenged in the European Court.

Good article in the Guardian today (can't see that it's been posted yet) http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/sep/02/southampton-manchester-united-survival

I was listening to someone who knows all about these blades. He said that the length of the blades is related to the athlete's centre of gravity. He said that if an athlete has blades that are disproportionally long to his / her centre of gravity, he or she is more likely to fall over than to complete the race.

Absolutely this

Sort of old news but funny to see it in print in today's Observer http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/sep/01/said-and-done-portsmouth-tottenham

Has this been posted elsewhere? Apologies if it has: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/aug/31/joy-of-six-manchester-united-southampton

Yep - checked it out a little while ago and I 'liked' all the negative comments lol

Ellie Simmonds - what a star! New world record to go with the gold - awesome.

I own a dress once worn by Margot Fonteyn (not a ballet costume - a cocktail dress)

Didn't they put Fulham out in the previous round?

Sue, Hamster and Trousers????????????? WTF?

And additional grandchildren! Good luck to all you soon-to-be dads and best wishes to the mothers too

So let's get this straight: 1. They're signing loan no. 6 - although they're only allowed 5 loanees 2. They're signing more players - I thought the FL had said they couldn't sign whilst in administration?

Another good book, for when the child/ren are beyond absolute baby stage is ' They F*** You Up: How to Survive Family Life' by Oliver James. Bit scary though although it does explain why some people turn out to be absolute scrotes.

Gripe water and would he sleep on his side - with his knees drawn up to his chest?

I put mine in their own rooms from the start (mind you, this was a long time ago). I never had any problem with them sleeping through the night - from about 10 weeks I think. A lot will depend on how long they need a midnight feed. Having said that, when my eldest daughter was about 2 weeks old, I 'felt it in my water' that something wasn't right one night. I went into her room and she wasn't breathing! Luckily we got her breathing quite quickly and eventually the GP sent her to the Children's hospital for observation. She was there for 10 days with me going in every 4 hours to feed her (with a 2 year old in tow). Turned out she had a very small hole in her heart that cleared up spontaneously. I often wonder that, if I hadn't had that gut feeling, she might have been a cot death - 'twas in the days when the received wisdom was to put babies to sleep on their stomachs. Both my girls (who are both due their second children within the next four weeks or so) had their babies in their rooms with them and they, too, went through the night from about 10 weeks.

Interesting article on BBC Football page about out of contract players: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19405554

And another one bites the dust! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19396772

Tell you what - that couple from Scotland that some people mocked would put a great many 'rich' people to shame: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19392529 As well as paying for this little girl's operation, they've also funded artificial legs for a young lad.

11 GCSEs and 2 A levels (Art - B, Geography - D) according to this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1531553/The-family-qualifications.html It amazes me that so many of them got into Cambridge with relatively poor A levels!

Genuine question here: Would that usually get someone in at the level he's in, in the Army or did he get special dispensation. I know nothing about army careers.