Dave Bailey

Caught on April 1st under the Brooklyn Bridge I'm guessing?

How think do you sloshed I am?

...I'm going to indulge in copious quantities of beer and bacon until this design looks like the old one to my eyes. Who's with me?

Could have used that 40 years ago. I have a small blurred patch dead centre of my right eye, makes it difficult to aim at all. Don't know how I ever got my Leading Infantryman qualification, must have been a backlog on the paperwork that day. I could fire off a full 20-round magazine with the old FN 7.62mm C1, and when I looked at the target it wasn't much of a grouping, more like an area code.

Okay, we need a new font on the home page, I thought it said "Get the most out of your nut heater", and went down an entirely different path.

DDT, not CFCs. Big difference.

MNR quote: If they don't nest there again then the mortality rate for that location is, in essence, 100%. "Oh dear, they might get killed flying into a turbine so let's prevent them breeding at all!" I think there might be more to this than we've heard so far. No real ideas, just a feeling.

After calling games here for six years he's heading home. Article

Don't forget to print out a calendar as evidence.

Relax, the latest archaeological research indicates that once the musky hunter calendar ends it simply begins anew, but those who follow it are now required to target rock bass for the duration of the next calendar. I think it's carp after that...

Found it on

Dang, it was a good one. Another guy came along in a boat and did circles at a fairly high speed, and gave a little turn as he passed by the burning one, sending a big wall of spray over it and dousing the flames on the first pass. About three more passes and there was hardly any smouldering smoke left.

This is sheer genius!

Fascinating stuff. I've often wondered why it is that dinosaurs never seem to have colonised water, there were enough of them around for a long enough time that you would expect some to try it. Ditto for the air, until birds evolved. It wouldn't surprise me at all if one day an aquatic dinosaur fossil was found, but no sign yet.

Fake, with explanation.

DONE!

My thoughts on Friday's tragedy. I am NOT against gun ownership and hunting, but I am against the gun mentality, and the idea that anyone should be able to get anything. The 2nd amendment argument is garbage. When it was drafted the only firearms were muzzle-loaders, not assault rifles with 30 round clips. And despite what the NRA tries to instill in people's minds, it isn't inviolate. Amendments are able to themselves be amended, in fact it's been done. Prohibition was a constitutional amendment that was repealed with another amendment. People also like to scream that registration is the first step in taking away your guns. More garbage. We've been registering cars, aircraft, and powerboats, for a century, I haven't seen any attempts to take them away. It's just scare-mongering to trick the stupid and gullible. Yes, I know our gun registry was a financial boondoggle, but it didn't need to be, that was just typical bureaucratic mismanagment (And since I know one of the guys in charge I speak with some knowledge of just how inefficient he can be. I also trained him on the use of the FN C2 when I was in the army reserve, and he's dangerous around weapons). And forget those who say that automatic weapons are the problem, so we can restrict everyone to semi-autos and everything will be okay. That only applies to some weapons. I carried an FN 7.62mm C1A1 for 10 years, and one of the first things every Canadian infantryman learned to do was turn it from semi-auto to full-auto in a few minutes with the simple placement of a piece of folded paper in the trigger group. Ditto for restricting magazine size, we would use gunner's tape to double-mag or even triple-mag for faster reloads. Finally, I don't buy the argument that the citizens need to be armed in order to prevent the government from getting out of control. Unless you want to argue for private ownership of B-2 bombers, F-15 Strike Eagles, Apache helicopters, M1 Abrams tanks, and all the munitions that go with these weapons systems (and the NRA probably would lobby for such possession), then you're not going to do much when your rag-tag gang of drunken hillbillies goes up against a professional armed forces that will vastly outnumber you. Most of the excuses are just pulled out the asses of people who are so paranoid of everything around them that they feel the need to swagger around with a gun, as if it makes them tough. Truth be told, if someone started shooting most of them would forget they had a weapon, they would be too busy crapping their pants and crying. Most of them think they are carrying it in case they need to use it, when actually they are carrying it as a security blanket. And a blanket won't stop a bullet.

Autism is now viewed as a very broad spectrum disorder, with many different levels, almost as individual as the numbers of people with it. And many other mental health issues are now being re-classified as on the autism spectrum, that's why there has been an apparent rise in the number of cases, when in reality there are no more diagnoses of mental illness in children than before.

'Possession' is not an explanation, there is no such thing. And he was human. The latest info is that he was autistic, therefore not fully capable of judging his own actions. There is no evil here, just a mentally ill person who was just as much a victim as anyone else. Nobody asks to be mentally ill.

Back in the 90s I saw a guy catch one in the Humber, at the site of the old marina off South Kingsway.

I would say that the Ford C. Frick Award is long overdue, but still nice to see. Wish he was still here to enjoy it.

Watch at 720p and full screen for the best effect. 20X optical zoom, night setting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVbVpW2TW80

I was referencing last year's performance, I believe he was around .345 or somewhere.

Unlike some I've heard on the radio, I'm not worried about Cabrera's post-drug performance. Testosterone may give you a bit more oomph, but it doesn't give you a good eye for the ball or the timing needed to make good contact (although with a bit less strength he may need to adjust his swing a bit). He will drop a few points off his average, but if he can manage anywhere near .300 he'll be a fine addition.

Okay, THAT'S a good one! I might steal it...