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Dave Bailey

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  1. You're evil, pure evil I tells ya. Pass the barbecue sauce.
  2. Nice stuff!
  3. If you are waiting to see it in the Hyades star cluster, the info I have says it will be tomorrow night.
  4. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/experimental-lakes-area-research-station-officially-saved-1.2594161
  5. http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/carpe-diem-a-fishy-story
  6. They no longer do that. Twice in the past few years I've been pulled over for plate issues, the first time it was the front one, it had fallen off, I had retrieved it, but hadn't yet reattached it. The second time was because the officer said it was so faded he couldn't read it. (I told him that i wished he worked for the 407, they never seem to have any trouble) In each case I was given a ticket, and then, months later, had to go to what's called 'first attendance', where you go into a little room with a court official, explain the situation, tell them that you've cleared up the problem, and they rescind the ticket. To do that you have to take time out of your day, and use court resources that could probably be put to much better use. And in neither case did the official come to my car to see if I was telling the truth. It's a ridiculous waste, it would have been cheaper, easier, and faster, to just go to the nearest police station immediately. Heck, with the hookups in their cars now I could have just pulled up to the nearest cruiser and had them run it through and clear it. Maybe if they put police computers in doughnut shops...
  7. I did get stopped in a spot check once, and had left my wallet at home. I was only a block away, didn't walk because it was threatening rain. I apologised and said "I can give you my license number and you can check it out". He looked a little stunned, but I rattled it off, he checked his computer, and then came back and said I was the first person he had run into who memorized their driver's license, and let me go with a warning. Back in the 70s I had a medical problem for which my license was suspended for 6 months, and during all the wrangling with the ministry it got burned into my brain. Glad it was!
  8. The authorities need to meet people halfway on this one. Let's face it, the only reason why you are required to carry any sort of license with you is because it makes the officer's job easier. So here's what they should do: issue the ticket; but if you can produce the license (fishing, driving, whatever) within a set period of time, maybe two business days, it will be rescinded. Otherwise it's little more than a cash grab. If I go out in my car but leave my wallet at home, does it mean I become an unsafe driver because that little piece of plastic isn't with me? Heck, if I realise it isn't with me when I'm a hundred kilometers from home, I'll probably be a safer driver until I get back!
  9. This just blew my mind: http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/how-wolves-change-rivers/#.Uwdiw9bQ0DD.facebook
  10. Hold on, it really hasn't been saved. Last night at our local skeptics pub night, we had a presentation by Dan Weaver, a scientist and member of Evidence for Democracy. EfD is a group composed of scientists, who are publicizing and fighting federal government restrictions on science. He had something interesting to say about the ELA; while the provincial funding is keeping it open, there is, at the moment, no work being done due to federal government intransigence. Before any experimentation can be done, which often means using chemicals to affect changes in the lakes, federal permission must be obtained. It has not been forthcoming, so it exists in name only, with no experiments being conducted.
  11. Second World War soldier reunited with helmet after 70 yearshttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/second-world-war-soldier-reunited-with-helmet-after-70-years-1.2544415?cmp=fbtl
  12. The poor guy who designed the Death Star gives his side of the story, and he makes a good case: http://www.dorkly.com/article/59234/an-open-letter-from-a-death-star-architect
  13. Back in the 70s there was a floating restaurant that cruised part of the Kawarthas. Not licensed, but a selection of burgers, hot dogs, fries, lots of snacks and drinks, just like a roadside chip truck but on pontoons. You pulled your boat up beside it and placed your order. I patronized it a few times on Cameron Lake, and somewhere in my basement is a scratchy old Super8mm of it. It seemed popular with the boaters, don't know if it's still going, or when it stopped.
  14. One of our drivers had to take a part up to Huron Park on Monday. He left Mississauga around noon, didn't get back until after 10. I asked him how the roads were, he said he wasn't sure because he couldn't really see much of them.
  15. Here's mine. Somewhere in the middle is the 2" rock bass that fought me.
  16. As far as I know, propane is fairly safe to use indoors, that's why a lot of forklifts have been converted to it, and they run around in warehouse all day with people operating around them. They turn out CO2 and water vapour, not CO. And the main danger with CO has little to do with weight, but rather the fact that it combines with haemoglobin easier than pure oxygen does, therefore even in small concentrations it will kill you.
  17. Nah, I guarantee my nickname would be Crash.
  18. This was posted on an aircraft modeling board I hang out on, rather well done. Approach procedures for Santa's North Pole base: http://avherald.com/h?article=46d7a548&opt=1024
  19. Next time you head there take him to a hobby shop and let him pick out a model aircraft kit. Teaches him to read instructions, follow directions, and how to turn a few odd shaped lumps of plastic into something way cool! Revell has a series of kits that are snap-together, no glue required, or if you feel confident enough with him working with glue you just get something simple with a small number of parts. You might want to pick up a few, that way if he gets hooked you don't need to go all the way back to Winterpeg! Here's a Yellow Pages list of hobby shops there: http://www.yellowpages.ca/search/si/1/Model+Construction+%26+Hobby+Shops/Winnipeg+MB
  20. When I worked at YYZ there was usually 4 or 5 hanging around each winter. They would sit on a post while you charged by in a noisy truck, but slow down for a picture and they were gone. There should be a few in the Barrie area, keep your eyes open!
  21. Yeah, you can stick them on your fishing rod, your hat, your boat, whatever. Sooner or later someone will stick one on a fish. But try this for excitement: http://www.loopinsight.com/2013/12/05/go-pro-strapped-to-a-mig-31-foxhound/?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed
  22. Dave Bailey

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    Jar Jar Binks with a bad afro.
  23. The Beaverton is Canada's version of The Onion, and that one's an instant classic!
  24. Place it scalloped side up, those will be waves. Then paint, or print, an underwater scene on it, preferably with a big bass about to take a lure.
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