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[Number 1 Jasper]

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Glad I don't live anywhere near Heathrow - a report has backed the construction of a third runway. 800 homes would have to be demolished.

And the owners would make a killing . Not saying anyone should have to go , but if they had to go ,

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

Yes, something should be done about it in my view. Every sodding time she hits the ball it sounds like she's having a baby.

I liked this post and I do , sure I read somewhere though that it does help ( the player obviously ) .

 

[TheSecondStain]

I liked this post and I do , sure I read somewhere though that it does help ( the player obviously ) .

Really.? She's actually wasting energy.

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

I'd ban her. Puts me off even beginning to watch women's tennis. Then there are all the rest who think it's OK to do it.

I'd make her sleep with me , trust me , she would not be screaming then

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

Really.? She's actually wasting energy.

Never said I was right .

 

[fran-MLs little camera]

Yelling by tennis players (male and female) should be banned. They don't all do it, so it isn't essential, but it is annoying to everyone else. If they were fined, they would soon stop. I think it's a stupid fashionable thing, but totally unnecessary.

 

[saintrichie123]

Monica Seles used to make a funny old noise....

 

[AberdeenSaint]

I`ve just been to the Bombay Sapphire gin distillery - it`s on the River Test. That ends up in Southampton, by the way.

 

[TheSecondStain]

Yelling by tennis players (male and female) should be banned. They don't all do it, so it isn't essential, but it is annoying to everyone else. If they were fined, they would soon stop. I think it's a stupid fashionable thing, but totally unnecessary.

Going way back, I remember Jimmy Connors used to do an almost apologetic grunt occasionally when serving during a long match, but that was about it. Now the blokes are grunting here and there, and the women are screaming their bloody heads off. No thanks.

 

[Puck]

Really.? She's actually wasting energy.

According to the article below there are two benefits to grunting:

1) The grunting player hits the balls 4% harder without working significantly harder
2) The player at the other end doesn't react as quickly

http://regressing.deadspin.com/why-do-tennis-players-grunt-because-it-works-1597557402

Deliberate grunting IS banned but how would you prove it?

 

[TheSecondStain]

According to the article below there are two benefits to grunting:

1) The grunting player hits the balls 4% harder without working significantly harder
2) The player at the other end doesn't react as quickly

http://regressing.deadspin.com/why-do-tennis-players-grunt-because-it-works-1597557402

Deliberate grunting IS banned but how would you prove it?

Anyone, anything, that converts power into something else is more efficient if they/it are/is quieter. Bog standard physics tells us that.

Psychological benefits to the hitter, I'll accept, but I'd ban them. It turns spectators off, and ultimately that'll stop it.

 

[fatletiss]

Really powerful piece of writing by Gary Younge about leaving America and the rising racial tension. Well worth your time.

http://bitly.com/1NuwSs0

Good read LTL. I felt it started a little presumptive and certainly defeatist before opening up. I still have the last part to read too.

 

[fatletiss]

kids today!!

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[Whiteley Saint]

Got to be bulbs.

Ever grown your own?

Got some growing in the garden now. Looks nearly ready. It's Solent Wight from guess where.

 

[fatletiss]

Got some growing in the garden now. Looks nearly ready. It's Solent Wight from guess where.

I need to get me to that farm over there. Fran hair won't put me and the family up for the week

 

[Whiteley Saint]

I need to get me to that farm over there. Fran hair won't put me and the family up for the week

It must be big to put you all up!

 

[fatletiss]

It must be big to put you all up!

Oops don't know what happened there!

 

[davecg69]

If we don't do something about Heathrow, then it will start to lose a lot of traffic to the likes of Schipol and Frankfurt.. It is, honestly, probably beyond it's limit, capacity wise.

That's exactly the problem - and I don't see it changing. There were plans in the 70s I think to build out east of London with a fast rail link. Hindsight's easy, but this would have been a better plan. Can't see a 3rd runway being approved, therefore Heathrow will gradually decline - a bit like the British economy ........

 

[davecg69]

I`ve just been to the Bombay Sapphire gin distillery - it`s on the River Test. That ends up in Southampton, by the way.

On my list of planned places to visit - my brother was there a few weeks ago, said it's excellent!

 

[fran-MLs little camera]

England's men's hockey team beat Pakistan in the World League Championships to set up a semi against Australia and, more importantly, qualify for the Rio Olympics. The ladies team qualified for the Olympics a few weeks ago. I can remember a time we'd have stood no chance against Pakistan in hockey. With our concentration on football, we sometimes forget all these sportsmen and women doing their best elsewhere (often in difficult financial circumstances).