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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/4066039/Mario-Balotellis-footie-kitty.html MARIO BALOTELLI is doing his bit for homeless animals in Manchester. The Italian striker has taken a shine to a stray cat called Wimblydon who is a frequent visitor to the Manchester City training ground. Animal lover Mario, who enjoys visiting zoos and wildlife parks, now makes daily checks on the ginger moggie, which has been allowed to roam the complex for more than a decade. A source said: "Mario loves Wimblydon and would love to take him home. "Every day he comes in and makes sure the cat has come in to training and been fed. "He was quite bemused at first that a cat was allowed to roam the grounds but it appeals to his sense of humour. "Mario is always keeping an eye out in the car park to make sure none of the lads actually run over the cat. He's very protective of him." The cat received its name from former Colombian fitness coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who had trouble pronouncing "Wimbledon" a few years back. Mario bought two chow chow puppies before Christmas and has another dog – black labrador Lucky – back in Italy. Good job he's picking up a decent wage at City, his pet food bill must be huge.

It's just another normal day in Pompey Land.....

Yep, I can see the similarities.....

Indeed. But at least this incessant selective quoting in the left wing press gives the Tory bashers something to vent their spleen over day in, day out... ;-)

I've got a feeling that varies depending on the country one is visiting. I'd be surprised if EU countries have such a long expiry overlap period. I've got a feeling I read once that, technically, you don't need a passport at all in order to leave a country and that the only actual legal stipulation (within the EU at least) is that you need to provide "photographic ID" when entering another country. Of course, the most convenient and hassle free form of photo ID when travelling is ye olde passport but I'm sure it's not explicity a legal requirement to travel with one. That said, try telling that to the border guard when quizzed about it! There again, I probably heard it on QI so pinch of salt territory no doubt

Cheers

Can I watch the South version online?

@jordansibley: For those asking, Falque's first name is spelt Yago, not Iago - direct from the lad himself #saintsfc

That can't be right.....the "Fail" (*chortle*) are never right. FFS

Falque

@jordansibley: Spanish starlet joins on loan. Full details on www.saintsfc.co.uk #saintsfc

Owen?

^ This

@jordansibley: First long day in the office of this January transfer window. Find out why on the official site in the next 10 mins. #saintsfc

This thread would have been c.10 times funnier if no-one had replied.

Tenants Extra? No further questions your honour.

Nope. Found it independently. There's more than one sad Googler out there it would seem.... ;-)

That's a nice summary of c.80% of the last 12 pages or so on here. A few gaps but they've pretty much covered all the source info on Cala Corp.

A little gem from 'The Maltese Times' letters section from 2007: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20070927/letters/value-of-the-shipyards.3868 http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20071004/letters/joseph-cala-and-the-shipyard.3145 # Edit: ah, just seen that Pompey-Online article has also unearthed the above Maltese letters. Back into my basket I go....

Found some follow up pieces to those original 'stockpatrol.com' articles posted on here last week (Pages 941 / 942 if memory serves me correctly)... http://www.stockpatrol.com/results.php?query=cala All news of Cala Corp on that site seems to dry up after 2001. I guess this can be classed as "old news" but it certainly seems to give an insight into how this now "dormant" company used to operate.

Like this one from as recently as May 2011.... NEWS OUT! Outerspace, May 25, 2011 (HYPER WIRE) -- The Cala Corporation dba Under Sea Resort and Casino, has just begun negotiations with aliens. After giving up on trying to get any takers on the financing on planet Earth the One Man Show CEO Joeseph Cala has decided to finally take it a step further. After intense negotiations, the aliens finally bit and have agreed to a joint venture to build a 300,000 square foot Undersea Resort and Casino on the Moon. Yes on the Moon. The Moon, unlike planet earth has limitless real estate with no cost at all to purchase. The only problem is no water. So the Company will be named Moon Resort and Casino. Guests will be shot there by standard rocket launch procedure or by a causeway built to reach. The aliens agreed to put up the full cost of building the resort, which is estimated at approximately 900 Billion Dollars (US). This was a huge relief to the CEO, since his Company does not have any assets or money left. Mr. Cala offered the aliens to build a free golf course, supply a lifetime of olive oil, build a couple of Italian bakeries and even build a waste treatment plant for them on their planet in exchange for them paying off Cala Corp.'s 15 million accumalted debt. They have remained undecided on this offer. With the trillions of dollars in profit, Cala Corp will start making plans to purchase a certain bridge in New York City. In addition there will be plans to buy some oceanfront property in a state somewhere in the South West of the US (planet earth). WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW! CALA IS GOING TO THE MOON AFTER ALL. GO CCAA!!!

Gosh....a whole section of an investor messageboard dedicated to Cala Corporation....page to the end for all the posts....Haven't read them yet but the post titles look interesting! http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=136

At least Cameron's swift nipping-in-the-bud of Gove's idea meant that Milliband and Balls didn't get chance to come around to agreeing with yet another Tory policy.... ;-)