' So the rock 'n' roll edge, having a rock guitar, was kind of the icebreaker to say we're familiar.

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But as the billions roll towards the edge of the UK's underfunded health service, Tony Blair and his ministers made it clear that they have no intention of simply watching them plummet off into the darkness.

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Then you get to do the fun part roll it out, hold the edge and rotate it so that gravity pulls the dough into a circle, and toss it in the air.

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If I roll them evenly, this disproportionate edge pressure remains, and at a high speed the skis bend into two differently shaped arcs, rather than ideally parallel twins, meaning they are making two different turns of different radii and different speeds, and occasionally this results in a seemingly unexplainable fall.

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Whether it turns out to be the bleeding edge or leading edge, some of the best deals in our portfolio over time have come from the roll-up-your-sleeves model of venture creation.

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The end of the boom days also means that locals' favourite spots, such as Duryea's Lobster Deck, at the edge of a rotting, abandoned pier in Montauk - the New England Clam Chowder and Lobster Roll are essential summer pleasures - are now relatively peaceful on weekdays.

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Senator John McCain, the Republicans' 2008 candidate, and Sarah Palin, his running-mate, voiced similar misgivings: better to have helped the rebels clinch their victory when they appeared to be on a roll than come to their defence when they were at their last gasp on the edge of defeat.

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