FrankTheRabbit

Amazing work as always!

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The TT review mentions filling around 70yds of 14lb fluoro. The will prob also depend what line you use since each manufacuturer varies their line diameter.

My wife and I both signed up to the PC Financial Master Card. 20,000 pts can redeem $20 in groceries. We charge all our purchases with the card and we've redeemed so many points. Who doesn't like free groceries?

Easily, the best loyalty card out there for us. Made us wonder why we still have an Air Miles rewards card when it takes years just to redeem 1 ticket. lol.

Lived there for 3 years and I miss the place everyday!

You could try AirBnB. Certainly cheaper than a hotel and it feels like your home away from home. Try to figure out what part of the city you want to stay at.

There are some sketchy parts, but at the same time, $700k homes also exist in those same areas.

I lived in Verdun during the time I was there and it was very convenient to the DT core (15mins), close to the Metro, right by the St Lawrence (great small mouth fishing), close to the airport (15mins), and it's a very popular family borough.

Food wise, there are plenty. Really depends on what you want to eat. Old Port has some great fancy eateries, St Henri has some really comfort food, Verdun has some specials, and Plateau is another hot spot.

Regarding smoked meat, many people enjoy Schwartz and visitors always make a visit there. If you don't want to spend the time waiting, across the street is a place called Mains with no lineup and just as good! Lester's is another good classic joint, but my favourite was Smoke Meat Pete in L'île Perrot. Hey have nightly blues bands playing that adds to the entertainment.

Poutine is another popular thing that only the Quebeckers can do right! Fresh, squeaky cheese curds is a must, that someone other people that try to emulate it can't understand. La Banquise is a popular spot that's open 24/7.

Places like Joe Beef, Au Pied de Cochon, Tuck Shop, are all in their prime and highly recommend you book 2 weeks in advance.

I seriously can go on and on regarding the food! I can give you a weekend list of spots to eat that will guarantee you a 2lb weight gain! Lol.

You guys are still not addressing the fact that Edwin was looking for an offer before the start of 2016, where Jays management offered EE a 2 year deal. Does that sound like the team wants to keep you around?

And at the end of 2016, they gave him a $17.2mil qualifying offer. Does that sound like the team wants to keep you?

Jays management wouldn't be playing these games if they had 100% commitment having EE return. Rogers/Shapiro/Atkins were the new guys to the club and if they had any sense, would have fully realized the value that EE brings to the team. But no...they want to use their "metrics" to establish the quality of a player. Pearce and Morales do not equate to EE.

Again, if Jays management were completely serious keeping EE around, why wasn't the $80 mil 4 year deal pitched before the start of 2016, instead of waiting till the last minute? At that moment, it wouldn't have mattered what Jays management would have offered, the intent from them was never there to begin with.

Rogers/Shapiro/Atkins were given a championship calibre team and looking at the team now, they've regressed instead of progressed.

Playing games is what Jays management having been doing. EE stated way back before 2016 that he wanted to sign with the Jays, wanted to end his career as a Jays...What the Jays management did was exactly that...play games.

I'll give credit where credit is due...Happ and Estrada turned out to be great and without a doubt, the starting pitching was more than terrific.

Hindsight is 20/20. What if Edwin had signed with a different team and Morales and Pearce signed while they were waiting on Edwin to test the market. It's easy to say now that they should have waited for Edwin to make up his mind; but that could have losing Edwin and losing any chances of signing replacements.

 

It's also easy to say that they should have taken care of this a year ago. What would it have cost to sign him before the year started? Maybe the tried and it was Edwin who wouldn't sign. After all, he turned down and initial offer of $80 million over four years. And what if it was Edwin instead of Jose who had struggled with injuries last season? Then, you would be dumping all over the Jays for re-signing him early.

 

Criticizing decisions after the fact is a lot easier than making them at the time.

 

Oh I totally agree with you that hindsight is 20/20 and yes, this could have been avoided if they had taken care of this before the start of the 2016 season. I was under the impression that players are rewarded for their performance. Edwin has performed, without a doubt, so pay him for what he's worth. You can't take into consideration of what may or may not happen in the future, because time and time again, through the previous completed contract, EE has put up huge numbers and was a huge part in the Jays offence. The Jays "tried" to offer him a 2-year deal to him before the start of the 2016 season...That really is an insult because the Jays offered Smoak a two year $8.3 million contract, which in my opinion was not a smart move (made the Rangers record of 5 strikeouts in one game lol). There's no comparison between EE and Smoak...you don't offer an all-star player a 2 year contract.

When the Jays offered the $80 mil 4 year deal to EE after the fact, it was just to cover their own butts to give the appearance that "oh we tried...". I simply don't buy it. Why didn't they come out and offer that prior to the 2016 season and we could have avoided all of this?

There just doesn't seem to be any sincerity from the Jays management to sign players who produce, instead they rely on their "stats" to make their decisions. Signing Morales and Pearce doesn't come close to a player like EE. You'd have to have Morales and Pearce playing at the same time to equate the offensive numbers of EE. lol

Through this debacle with EE, I've seen no sincerity from Jays management that they wanted to keep him, aside from the smoke & mirrors $80mil 4 yr offer, that included a short deadline.

Rogers & Co. never really had intentions to have EE back. Again, this could have been avoided before the start of the 2016 season.

Does giving a short deadline to a star player sound like the team wants you back? Instead, they sign Morales and Pearce.

Such a shame. EE wanted to come back, told Rogers & Co., to work up a deal before the beginning of 2016.

Rumours were going around that EE wanted to come back for less money and Rogers turned it down.

EE taking Cleveland's offer further cements the fact that it wasn't always about the money.

Rogers & Shapiro/Atkins are turning the club into a pretender. Who are they trying to fool?

They could have had all this sorted out before the start of the 2016 season, but instead they're slowly ruining the team. They're trying to fill in the gaps with cheaper alternatives while trying to tell us with a straight face that they will remain contenders. Seriously?

I laugh at the idea that they're trying to build a better team...Eroding is the best word I can find to describe the process of the team. Each year is getting worse and worse until the epic collapse. Not a happy Jays fan...I should clarify that I'm not happy with Jays management.

Apparently, a settlement has been reached. Good luck to those affected.

https://www.vwcanadasettlement.ca/en/

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/volkswagen-emissions-scandal-deal-canada-1.3903045

I do hope I'm wrong.

If a team doesn't spend money on players like EE or JB, what's the incentive for other MLB players want to play in Toronto? Players must deal with crossing the border, colder weather, higher taxes and then play for a team that doesn't want to spend coupled with mediocre management personnel. And as it stands, the current roster is weaker than last year's squad. If we just squeaked into the playoffs last year, there's no chance of the Jays making the post season with the current lineup and especially when the Yanks, Red Sox, and Baltimore all getting better. Plus, for some reason, the Jays never play well against Tampa. That's a lot of lost games already and the it's not even 2017!

Regardless of individual stats, there's no denying that the current team is weaker than where it left off. Still over 100 days before the season starts, so let's see what they can still do.

And I'm one of those guys who's been against how the team is being managed by Rogers and Shapiro/Atkins.

Always doing an awesome job, Richard! Looking forward to your progress and updates!

WikiLeaks posted about how the DNC undermined the candidacy of Bernie Sanders. If true, that's the true undermining of democracy and they got a serving of humble pie putting their support behind Clinton, who wasn't even favourable to voters to begin with-so corrupted. I feel that they've failed on all accounts on doing what's best for the people. I'm sure the Clinton supporters were looking for a big fat pay cheque when Clinton was suppose to win the election. And they were probably even celebrating a bit too early when they realized that Trump was the opposition, thinking it would be an easy win. For the most part, I think their arrogance grossly underestimated Trump, as had most critics were in the early stages of the election, and it blew up in their faces.

This is all speculation on my part

I've had a chance to try out a few different brands, including Under Armour. Best bang for buck value are the Helly Hansen body wear.

Providing a link below to give you an idea of what they look like and for the price, just can't be beat. And they're warm.

http://www.dynamicaqua.com/helly.html

I think the best idea is to find out what your activity output is. For snowboarding/high output activities, you'll need one that provides you the best sweat management system. As we all know, when you get wet, you lose heat. If you're mostly going to be stationary, get the thickest one and just layer accordingly. And you should probably take into account what your own body generates heat. I know some people who just never get cold and with others, the total opposite. IMO, purchase accordingly.

Synthetics are great, durable, and dries fast. The only bad thing I can think of with synthetics is some people report them not smelling too great. Really, it's body dependant. Pros for merino is that they're natural, very minimal body itch in fact SUPER comfortable, and doesn't retain the stink that synthetics can. Cons being: Expensive and they don't dry as quickly as synthetics.

Intense game! The boys deserve a huge crowd come Sunday! The city is gonna be electrifying to say the least!

If someone is dumb enough to pull that sort of thing in front of 50k ppl, they deserve what they get. Calling the kettle black, this could have been avoided if they person decided not to do that in the first place. Was the beer tossing even warranted? Heckle, shout, whatever, but the person clearly crossed a line and you're willing to give them a free pass.

Dunno if the people the got splashed by the beer would feel the same way. If it's by accident, that's cool, stuff happens. People spend their money to watch a game, not to have stuff thrown at them because they couldn't handle their alcohol.

I think that's the crime right there...wasting beer lol.

But the line was definitely crossed when their started hurling racist remarks towards the two players.

Some people just shouldn't be allowed to consume alcohol. Although I can't confirm with 100% certainty, the tossed beer looked like a can of Carling. Who gets drunk and carried away drinking Carling? Lol.

I was just reading the article from the Toronto Sun and it read like a sympathy ad...Because he works for Post Media? I scrolled towards the top and it was penned by Joe Warmington...That totally explains it. lol

Warning, the article contains a lot of dribble near the end. lol "Copy & Paste" from the Jays news release. lol

 

It seems quite common for people to think that Rogers should be willing to lose money on the Jays because they have lots of money from other operations. I don't subscribe to that logic. I think each decision needs to make sense on it own merit.

 

The condo project is an investment that they hope will return a profit.

 

 

 

 

Walking EE last time setup the double play.

 

Walking him that time would have advanced a runner from 1st to 2nd and loads the bases. Moving the runner to second could result in a run if the runner on third was thrown out trying to score. Loading the basis also sets up the possible walk off walk for a hitter that does tend to walk a lot.

Ya, lots of scenarios. It was really a situation of dammed if you do and damned if you don't. There wasn't a good course of action given the circumstances. But ya, when Jimenez gave up two hits with runners on the corner, Britton should have stepped in to minimize the damage. I think they had 6 relief pitchers last night? Tillman only lasted 4.1 innings.

Toronto Police released a photo of the beer tossing guy. I saw the YouTube video and thought maybe it was a girl, but the video was so grainy, it was inconclusive to me.

http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/36107

Social media sure works quick. They're identifying him as Ken Pagan, who works as a copy writer at Postmedia. lol

I would like to know why the Showalter put out a pitcher with an ERA over 5 to pitch with a man on 3rd base and the clean up man at bat with their best hurler sitting in the Bull Pen with his jacket on? I thought it was mistake and couldn't believe it. I don't care if it is their best starter that pitched the day before. This is your entire season, 1 pitch, 1 single and you go home until 2017. All the sports talk shows today in the states want to know the same answer because they can't believe the move too.

Ya, it's definitely talk of the town down there. I could see how they justified putting off Britton until they scored a run. What I couldn't understand was why pitch to EE lol. No complaints on our end, but they walked EE his last at bat, but decide to pitch to him. Lol. Either way you think about it, JB would have been a tough at bat too. But still, walking EE in his previous at bat, but pitching to him with 2 on...lol.

 

 

What if an offer approaching market value was not in their budget? Do they insult him with a low ball offer? Perhaps they had no intentions of signing him because they knew that an offer approaching market value was not in their budget.

 

 

Yes, EE's value has gone up. But that could have gone either way. In fact, in Jose's case, I think it did. Jose Bautista may be worth less now than he was at the start of the year.

 

I am not sure what if any negotiations they had with EE & JB last year; perhaps they were just not willing to sign for an amount that the Jays were willing to pay.

Don't think they are short on money, because they made the news with their $1.5 billion development project in Mississauga. Lol.

 

Your comment makes sense if you have an unlimited budget. But the Jays are operating with a limited budget. They signed Happ, Estrada, Chavez and another reliever for about the same price as Boston signed Price. If they had signed Price instead of those four pitchers they would have been out of the post season altogether.

 

 

 

It would be great to see them back. But the limited budget comes into play here too. Stroman, Sanchez, Pillar, Osuna, Travis, etc. are all going to be need to be eligible for big raises in the coming years. It's pretty easy to say just throw tons of money at all these players; but there is a limit to what they're going to spend on the team.

I totally agree with staying in their budget, but an offer was never made to David Price. It says to me that Shapiro/Rogers had zero intentions of even signing him. At least make an honest offer and work from there.

The same can be said with EE & JB. They gave Shapiro/Rogers a chance to present them something and they just sat around doing nothing. EE's value just went up, with his 42HRs/127RBIs/99Rs and may have just priced himself too high for Shapiro/Rogers can afford. Their "wait and see" attitude is blowing up in their faces.

Don't understand why Jays "fans" were criticizing the champagne celebration when they secured their WC spot with Baltimore. Did they forget that they had a 21 year drought and making back to back post season appearances is more difficult than it looks? Some people...

Enjoy the successes of the team this year, because the Jays will have a new look next year. I'll be VERY surprised if Shapiro/Ed Rogers decides to sign EE & JB for next year, let alone, make an offer! The two guys who helped the Jays win the WC deserve to come back.

FYI: If Rogers/Shapiro had signed David Price back with the Jays, his 17 wins would have secured us a meeting with Cleveland and could have avoided the entire WC shenanigans.