Wimbledon

[Lateralthinking1]

Exciting match. Good result. I felt that the clock showed 11pm for more than one minute.

I would definitely have stopped it at 5-1 in the fourth set. Rules is rules.

Lest we forget, a Jubilee year winner:



Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon in 1977

[Beef Oven]

Exciting match. Good result. I felt that the clock showed 11pm for more than one minute.

I would definitely have stopped it at 5-1 in the fourth set. Rules is rules.

Lest we forget, a Jubilee year winner:



Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon in 1977

Valery Singleton!

[Lateralthinking1]

Valery Singleton!

I stayed up all night making a flag with the Blue Peter symbol. It was exceptionally good but when she passed me in the veteran car she was as frosty as hell and didn't wave.

Now I get it. It was obviously Virginia Wade in the De Dion Bouton and the boat meant absolutely nothing to her. I do think though that Andy can win if he meets Betty Stove in the final.

(They should get rid of tonight's umpire. He was pure Hollywood.)

[Beef Oven]

I stayed up all night making a flag with the Blue Peter symbol. It was exceptionally good but when she passed me in the veteran car she was as frosty as hell and didn't wave.

Now I get it. It was obviously Virginia Wade in the De Dion Bouton and the boat meant absolutely nothing to her. I do think though that Andy can win if he meets Betty Stove in the final.

(They should get rid of tonight's umpire. He was pure Hollywood.)

[Richard Tarleton]

Can anyone explain equal prize money to me? Equal money for 3/5 of the work, or less?

Loved the US umpire, very droll.

[Lateralthinking1]

Can anyone explain equal prize money to me? Equal money for 3/5 of the work, or less?

Loved the US umpire, very droll.

When the change occurred in 2007, John McEnroe said:

"I think when you've got men and women playing at the same tournament, it is ludicrous to have a difference in pay. It would be setting an example to the rest of society in general to have equal prize money. There's probably no other sport, and very few professions in this world, where a woman can earn as much as a man."

Billie Jean King said: "Women's tennis is the leader in women's sports. Equal prize money is a no-brainer".

I do have an issue with money in tennis. It is that they all get paid far too much. However, I really don't see what the few male tennis players who oppose the differential - is that you Gilles Simon? - are arguing other than that they should get paid even more.

In the wider world, the amount of work is rarely linked to pay, except for the likes of those on the minimum wage. In 2009, as a member of Barclays' Asia-Pacific Advisory Committee, Francis Maude received payment of £9,230.23 after tax for 15 hours work.

[Northender]

didn't they know that the roof and lights were there ?

EDIT - I have the sound turned down - who is the man in the bow-tie and gold-braid in the crowd? - the president of Baghdatis-land ?
The camera lingered on him, I thought he must be important

Ilie Nastase?

[Richard Tarleton]

Thanks Lat, I'd forgotten what they said.

[amateur51]

In the wider world, the amount of work is rarely linked to pay, except for the likes of those on the minimum wage. In 2009, as a member of Barclays' Asia-Pacific Advisory Committee, Francis Maude received payment of £9,230.23 after tax for 15 hours work.

A pittance when you consider how much it costs to put on a kitchen-supper on these days and how much unspecified volunteering the man does as part of The Big Society

[mercia]

Ilie Nastase?

ah yes, could well have been
half-dressed as an admiral ?

[amateur51]

ah yes, could well have been
is he an Admiral in the navy ?

Or a Bond villain?

Or both?!

[mercia]

so why haven't they got the roof on in the rain ?

[Northender]

ah yes, could well have been
half-dressed as an admiral ?

I think that was he - perhaps he'd popped in during a break in rehearsals for the Raynes Park G&S Society's new production of 'HMS Pinafore'.

[Richard Tarleton]

The grunts from that Italian woman were truly dreadful. At least Sharapova yelps prettily...

[Northender]

The grunts from that Italian woman were truly dreadful. At least Sharapova yelps prettily...

Well, she's gone as well, Gott sei Dank!