Following his triple success in Beijing, Olympic gold medal hat-trick hero Chris Hoy is set to become a millionaire within weeks, reckon marketing experts. What do you think about that then?A fantastic achievement by Chris Hoy. Th
e boy is head and shoulders above the rest of the world at the moment. It is great to see such performances and is desperately what is needed in Scotland – a fantastic role model – which will hopefully get more children interested in cycling.
He deserves all the financial rewards he gets. Compare the work he puts in to that of an overpaid, underachieving footballer, of which there are many.
Pen Fold, HereFantastic! Well done Chris! Shame Edinburgh Council are set to reward his achievement by destroying track cycling in the East of Scotland. Still, the consolation prize is an open-top bus tour and a possible MBE...
In my opinion..., EdinburghThis is great. What is the Olympics for if not to allow athletes to cash in on their medal-winning fame?
Prin the Dissolving DonkeyAnother news items that had you taking to your keyboards was the one about the fire crew that rescued Teddy, a 13-year-old cat who got himself stuck under a Leith bridge. Surely you can't take offence at that, can you?
More public money wasted. It's only a cat for heaven's sake.
The Real Paul VoltaireThey would probably be sitting watching TV in the fire station anyway. A nice wee day oot.
2 Road Raga, EdinburghHow do you expect firemen to keep up their snooker skills if they are out saving stupid cats!
RandanOh dear. All the 'I've seen London's Burning therefore I am a Fire and Rescue Service expert' are emerging from the woodwork to proclaim how firefighters play pool, sleep and drink tea all day. I'm not going to waste my breath by trying to explain in a way that your thick heads will comprehend, so all I will say is that the fire service has changed and so has the culture.
And this rescue was worth it. It allowed the crews to put the equipment, skills and training into effect at a real-time incident. Next time it could be human who is trapped and the crews have now demonstrated that what they do works and is effective. All the training in the world is not as good as doing it for real.
CynicaltalkThat's right Cynicaltalk, you tell 'em. And talking of telling 'em, motormouth councillors now face a traffic light system to prompt them into shutting up when they overrun their debating time-slot at the City Chambers. Tomias had a better idea, though.... Those mobile traffic bollards which rise upwards should be installed under each seat, and used.
tomias, EdinburghOoyah. Finally, a positive response to plans to extend next year's Edinburgh Military Tattoo across central Scotland with free events as part of Scottish Government's Homecoming Scotland programme. Edinburgh is a great city with first-class festivals. Well done and roll on 2009.
alex paterson, edinburgh
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