It seems that £5,000,000 was spent in Portsmouth, building an Olympic Size swimming pool, in a bid to attract international events and generate millions of pounds of revenue. Shame , then, that some cunt fucked up, because it's been declared 2 inches too short!
The pool itself is in fact the required 50 metres, but the touch-sensitive boards needed at each end (essential for professional swimmers) are two inches thick. Result - the facility is little better than the Aldershot Lido of the 1970's. Some local chap tried to defend the pool, saying that it would be fine for amateurs and the general public (no shit, Sherlock - as if I give a fuck about a touch-sensitive board to time my 3 minute lengths!) and that professionals would still be able to train at the pool, using a stopwatch instead.
So let's get this straight; five million quid for a pool, which cannot now be used for major events; and the only way athletes can use the facility to train/practise is for 'Jim the trainer' to press his thumb on a clapped out fuckin' Timex stopwatch - again from the 1970's!!! Twats!
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