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No words needed from me, just watch and admire Team Hoyt.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flRvsO8m_KI

Norman wrote:- Totally agree, as I said on another thread. These half-wit nonentities would be of no interest if it wasn't for the accident of who screwed their mother. More serious is the extraordinary stupidity of the great British public who don't see this together with the ridiculous so called 'Golden Summer' of the two Olympics as a way of diverting attention away from the disastrous policies and record of the failing coalition .............................................................................................................................................................................................. I wonder how many of you spluttering in your early morning coffees buy OK and Hello magazines to look at the pictures of "celebrities" falling out of taxis or showing too much flesh whilst on a private holiday? I bought the "Closer" the other day to see what all the fuss was about. It's seems to be the same sort of stuff as in OK and Hello. As for the Olympics I watched a session in the velodrome and a couple of days in the athletic stadium watching some wonderful performances by some world class athletes, apparently they were handicapped! It didn't appear so from where I was sitting, they just seemed like fantastic competitors to me. It was a brilliant experience and one of the best of my long life. I looked up the biographies of some of the competitors when I got back. I am now even more in admiration of them all. Yes I know, how stupid of me to be taken in by it all!

Sorry, I must have missed earlier discussions about the performances at the Olympics, I only caught sight of one that consisted of gripes and whines about the Olympics disrupting peoples lives.

Just over a week ago I was just sitting watching a man with no left arm or left leg being assisted onto a bicycle. He had to be helped because he appeared to be disabled, which I suppose he was as he didn't have prosthetic limbs to help him. That was until he was on his bike, then he went like a rocket for 3000 metres without seeming to slow down. It was a really amazing performance from a man with one leg and one arm! There were many others like him in the velodrome that day all of them producing amazing performances. Then in the athletic stadium, for the three sessions I attended, I witnessed fanatastic athletes doing fantastic things which I and 80,000 people a session were privileged to watch. Tennis just looks like a couple of people knocking a few balls about between taking a picnic and having a wash and brush-up.

JJ wrote:- I just love Usain Bolt striking a pose, like something between an archer and a javelin, and that smile, cool guy. I think you will find that it is a "lightning bolt".   On another subject. How nice to see a bit of passion on the forum, instead of the usual sterile postings where you all appear to agree with each other. Maybe though it's just that I am new here.

Yes, a fantastic day for Ennis, Farah, Rutherford, the rowers and cyclists. Not sure about Murray though, as it's hardly an Olympic sport (imho).

Not me, it's only just started. Bring on the athletics, as I shall be glued to the telly every day. Then I am off at the end of August to watch some cycling in the velodrome and athletics at the Paralympics. I am rather glad I missed out on tickets for the main games as I put myself down for £1400 quids worth. As it is it cost me £80 for for 16 tickets for the Para's, and that includes free travel to the games with London Transport.  

Exactly what I said in answer to your first enquiry.[:D]

As far as I can recall it has never been on their website. You have to book by phone and ask for the discount.

Some newsreel footage about French resistance. http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=60937

Get a Henry. I have had one for years and years and does the job perfectly. No bags to empty, just take the top off to tip the rubbish out.

All the subsequent advice on the forum (following my OP) advocating calling for trained medical assistance, is of course what anybody should do if they can. The point about my posting was for anybody alone in the car and maybe not near immediate help, which is what it said right at the beginning. If you think the advice was a load of rubbish, so be it.  

When I first received the email (from a friend) my first instinct was to delete it as I never usually forward these (send it on to 10 people you know) emails. But I thought that as there were a large number of old duffers on this forum it may be of some help to someone. Whether it works or not who knows, but if you find yourself on your own when it happens it might just make the difference until proper help comes. As has already been stated, this coughing mullarkey is no substitute for proper medical assistance. Incidentally I come into the category of an "old duffer" myself and I wonder if I would be able to remember this advice if the circumstances ever arose.

Whether you are young or old this might be useful knowledge one day. http://www.senior2senior.org/HeartAttack.pdf

Granted it is a bit late but nevertheless. Dear God,   All I ask for in 2011 is a big, fat bank account and a slim body.   Please, don’t mix these up like you did last year.    Amen