John Bacon

I think it may be a Tohatsu. It looks very similar to my 2.5 hp Nissan. Tohatsu makes motors for Nissan, Mercury, and Evinrude.

I am not sure where you pulling those figures from. Ottawa has missed the playoffs more than 3 times.

They better unload them quick before they ruin a shot at a decent draft pick.

If you think it might be salvageable try connecting it parallel to a good battery and then connect the charger to the two batteries. Sometimes this will allow an apparently dead battery to take a charge. If it doesn't work, it is still worth $10 towards a new battery.

The seats are full regardless of how bad the Leafs play. Taking a few years to rebuild the team isn't going to change the fact that all seats will be sold for all regular season games. If they make the playoffs, then they not only sell out the regular season, but the playoff games as well. The playoff games are far more profitable than regular season games because the charge more and their cost is lower. So, it is in their financial interest to make the playoffs, and preferably for more than one round.

It is a lottery, they don't have to finish last to get the first pick. Chicago got the first pick after finishing 25th in the league. The Leaf's are currently 26th but have the worse record in the NHL over the 25 or so games. If their slump continues they may very well drop even lower in the standings. The worse they finish the better their chances of getting the first pick; but they win all of their remaining games, they will have a chance.

None. If they take the time to do a proper rebuild then it will the first one in a very very long time. They have changed the team many times; but these were not proper rebuilds. Rask for Raycraft, draft choices of Toskala, are not proper rebuilds.

Did you miss the part about it being a Sens game?

I don't think that it is so much a real versus non-real fan issue. I view if more as a short versus long term view. Do want to see them win a game this year? Or, watch them win a playoff series a few years down the road? A better draft choice due to a poor finish this year makes the latter a lot more likely. Especially if some of those losses are helped by a few veteran for draft choice trades.

The first pick does not necessarily go to the last place team. There is a lottery to select the fist pick. Every team that misses the playoffs has a chance to win the lottery. The last place team has better odds than a team that just misses playoffs; but any team that misses the playoffs does get a chance. The Leaf's will miss the playoffs, and thus, will have a shot at McDavid. The worse they do, the better their odds. Looking at the standings now. If Buffalo wins 9 of their last 24 and the Leafs win 2 of their last 24, then Leafs will finish behind Buffalo. So if the Leafs continue at their current pace, then dead last is possible and second last is probable.

I would want the lake to be completely frozen from shore to shore before I head out south of the islands. A mile or two of ice can break up pretty fast when there are twenty or so miles of open water out there. If there was a two or three week cold snap after the lake froze solid from shore to shore, then maybe it would be worth testing the ice for safety. I would want a group of people spread out with float suits over wet suits, ice pics, ropes, etc. I think that ice forming over an area that does not usually freeze would be much less predictable than ice in areas that usually freeze every year. I believe that the west end of the lake did freeze completely many years ago. One day the lake could be crossed on the ice; the next day the ice was gone.

Here is a link to a site where invasive species can be reported. http://www.eddmaps.org/Ontario/

Does anybody know what the snow conditions are in the Beaverton area? A friend of mine wants to head out for some perch on Sunday. But we may have to walk out there. I would appreciate it if someone can give me an idea of the conditions. Would we be walking on top of some hard packed snow? Or, through three feet of deep snow?

Some of the Lake Ontario salmon fisherman have mounted GoPros to their down riggers. They are rated for some pretty deep water. They don't have any remote controls; they just turn it on before sending it down and see what they get later.

I think it is already too late for safe ice to form on the main body of the lake this year. There is still a lot of open water on the lake. Most of the areas that look frozen are just floating pieces of ice. You can see the wave action if the wind picks up. Even if an area froze solid; I would want to wait for a prolonged cold snap after the initial freeze to thicken it up. Otherwise a good wind can break everything up very quickly. We are already in the latter half of February. Even if a cold snap froze the lake solid, I think it would break up before it became safe.

There will be information sessions Feb 18 in Mississauga and Feb 24 in Ajax to discuss the Lake Ontario North Shore Urban Recreational Fisheries Plan. http://aquatichabitat.ca/wp/recreational-fisheries-plan/

I agree, but if they are going to take the time to do a long term rebuild then he isn't likely to have that number one centre for a few years yet. By the time they get all of the pieces in place for a play off run his contract will be up. They need to be rid of these bad contracts before they can put together a good team. There is no guarantee that Kessel will be around if and when that finally happens. If they can get some young talent for him now; it would make sense to make a trade. This is what the Leafs are up against. Three of the 10 worst contracts: http://www.sportsbreak.com/nhl/10-worst-nhl-contracts-in-the-salary-cap-era/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_campaign=Outbrain_SportsBreak_Desktop_CA&utm_medium=cpc

Yeah, but during their previous rebuild they traded Tuuka Rask for Andrew Raycroft; 1st, 2nd, & 4rth round draft choices for Vesa Toskola; two 1st and one 2nd round choice for Kessel. Six draft choices and an eventual Vezina winner for two goalies that were not good enough to remain with the team and one controversial forward is not the type of trades that help a team rebuild. In previous rebuilds the tried to make a quick turn around and mortgage the future for short term gain. Hopefully they have the patience to take the time to do it right this time. The fact that they acquired a draft choice in a trade indicates they may actually be serious about a proper rebuild.

What don't you recommend? Using the phone in the shower; or, using it to play One Direction tunes?

Nice to see them acquire a draft pick in a trade instead of trading one away. That is something they should have done 10 years ago. Hopefully, they have some decent scouts and coaching in the minors so that they can get some production out of their draft picks.

I am sure that TUFA (Toronto Urban Fishing Ambassadors) would take them. They organize fishing events in the Toronto area and like to have equipment to lend to new fisher people. They have a booth the Fishing and Boat show if you plan to go. I am in Scarborough, so I can pick them up and deliver them to TUFA if you are interested.

They can be life size... until he catches the next world record at least.

Better late than never I guess. They should have started that midway through the year after the first lockout. It was obvious the team wasn't going anywhere then and it was time to start trading for draft picks... not trading draft picks.

I think that was one of about four or five first round picks they have. I think Buffalo had the NHL record for most draft choices.

Establishments that provide unclothed entertainment tend to have rather high prices for their beer. I am not sure how shooting arrows is connected.