Ken Tone

Quite. Since it is a number between 3 and 4 times another number between 3 and 4, you should get an answer bigger than 9 but not as big as 16 ( 4x4) . If you get the point in the wrong place and get an answer of 1100 odd ,you know you've cocked it up.

It's quite simple.. If you use 3.50x3.25 then multiply 350x 325 and make sure there are 4 numbers after the point. If you use 3.5 x3.25 multiply 35 x 325 , then make sure there are 3 numbers after the point.

That has to be the most cumbersome calculation method I have seen for years! How on earth is that easier than 35 x 325 then put decimal point 3 places in from the right?

Not unless you are married. ( or didn't you mean Bearsy?)

All good advice you've been given, from people like Minty especially. Your main weakness would be if you lost your temper in the discussion with the accountant, or swore.That might constitute gross misconduct and warrant dismissal in itself. If not ,and you simply were part of a calm discussion there are no grounds to dismiss you unless your contract expressly forbids discussion of salary. The call from your manager ought to have been followed up by a formal letter. He ought to warn you that there is a possibility ,or even a probablilty that you may lose your job, but not a certainty. ACAS guidance is that he also ought to tell you that you are entitled to take a 'friend' with you -- usually a union rep or other employee. Most firms deny access to a solicitor as a friend. All this ought to be set out in your conditions of service .. staff handbook or similar. If you have not been at the firm long you are in big trouble , because our caring government has taken away most unfair dismissal rights for employees until you've worked for 2 years. If you have been there over 2 years though, you have a very strong case for a claim from what you have described. See a solicitor who deals with employment issues if you are not in a union. Much also depends on the size and nature of your employer. Some big foimrs wil jiust do what they like, regardless, and risk paying up compensation afterwards if they have to.

For watching Greco-Roman wrestling, you deserve medals! It's the fuss about the torch that amazes me. Towns all round the country are planning to come to halt for the day, just because someone we've never heard of will drive close with a bit of metal in a van, then one of them will get out and jog for a bit with the bit of metal, then they'll put the torch back in its van and get back in their coaches, and drive to the next town. Once you learn that it is driven in a van further than it is carried by a runner , and that the flame usually goes out quite often, it rather loses its 'magic' doesn't it?

Good grief! What was this thread doing languishing down about 10th in the list? Are we so convinced they are disappearing that we've already lost interest? Come on -- there's still hours of fun to be had yet from their futile hope.

Whenever you listen to the majority of football managers it makes you wonder if they have the brains to manage a cake shop, let alone a multi-milion pound business.

Thank god someone finally mentioned him. I only read this thread for the first time just now, and was beginning to lose faith in my fellow fans.

Not if they are a Liverpool fan! But I don't see why we shouldn't aim and indeed plan to become bigger than clubs like Everton. Our potential fan base is massive. I'm particularly looking forward to the sons (and daughters) of current PFC fans coming to watch us as they grow up, with PFC 2013 ltd playing in non-league. Does Westwood have any kids? Arrghh -- the thought of him procreating is stuck in my head now.

Didn't see that shot. Tevez should be banned too then. As to Barton's likely ban -- will they add more for bringing the game into disrepute for his twitter comments about trying deliberately to get a City player to retaliate?

Or maybe he just has better things to do with his life apart from swapping insults with a prat like Barton? Very hard to believe that Barton would know anything about Lineker that would not have leaked out in the media by now.

Has anyone seen anything to support Barton's excuse that Tevez hit him before he elbowed him? Can't say I could see any sign of that on the match of the day replays.

Going back to the original Bolton or QPR issue .. How did that Stoke goal stand? Refs usually give a foul if a players so much as sneezes on the keeper. I haven't seen an assault on a keeper like that allowed since the days of black and white tv. Really tough on Bolton to go down like that, with QPR losing so the one goal made all the difference

Does anyone have the definitve answer to what hapens to the players' contracts if (when?) they are liquidated? I heard variations from 'the players get paid up in full by the league (or PFA?) and then are free agents' , through to ... 'their registration defaults to the league who then in effect try to sell them to another club' . If it is the former, no player in his right mind will leave now. If the latter, they mght still have some hope of a few sales before they go bust.

Trolling again Turkish? Don't you ever get bored with it?

Given that professional sport is really part of the entertainment industry, surely pay and prize money ought to relate to the income brought in? So IF women's tennis brings in the same crowds and the same sponsorship and advertising etc as men's, the money should be the same. Ditto every other sport. If ever women's rugby gets as popular as men's, then pay them the same. Of course by the same token, there is therefore no justification whatsoever for any money at all in men's beach volleyball

Only entertaining in the same way as the Kray twins! The man's a thug anda bully with no self control. How he is still in professional football after the incident in 2004 where he stubbed out a cigar in the face of one of his club's youth players is beyond me.

I buy most waterproofs etc whenever I see them in a sale! But if you want decent walking boots, and they are too essential to leave till the next sale, I'd recommend the Cotswold Outdoor shop in Hedge End. It's part of chain, so maybe all their branches are good... I don't know. But the staff at Hedge End really know their stuff and genuinely help you find a pair that fit. It's worth the wait for an assistant if they are busy. You can sometimes blag a discount too if you have any provable link with a sports or youth organisation.

But did he finish 17th?

I've appointed a few pompey fans to work at my place over the years. I see it as part of our equal opportunities, equality and diversity programme.

Oh, I don't know. Lots of the things Dune says make me laugh.

I don't care if its name is Spearmint. That's not what I meant. Now take it out of the stadium ..and stop laughing