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  1. Not sure why you would laugh about a Canuck player's injury, perhaps you are not really a Canuck fan?
  2. Trucker story for ya. We are unloading the ship and a b train clay hauler won't start, the rig is parked in a spot that blocks off the entire starboard side of the car deck. I mean we are hooped, can't load anything on that side. I look out to the parking lot on shore and notice that an owner operator, working for City transfer, is out there with just his tractor. I talk to the mate, and get to go up and ask if he can help us out somehow, inside of two minutes he has backed onto the ship, put chains on the disabled rig and pulled that B train clear of the choke point. Ship is now back in service, would have taken hours to get a tow unit big enough to do the job.
  3. I've never driven the big rigs, but I do talk to a lot of the drivers, down on the cat deck. Haven't met a jerk yet.
  4. 1 Alex Trebek 2 Mel Brooks 3 Prince Phillip 4 Kirk Douglas 5 Alan Alda 6 Howie Meeker 7 Harry Neale 8 Carl Reiner 9 Bob Barker 10 Carol Burnett 11 Henry Winkler 12 Jimmy Carter 13 Bob Dole 14 Bob Cole 15 William Shatner 16 Michael Caine 17 Olivia de Havilland 18 Betty White 19 Donald Trump 20 Bob Newhart
  5. That is sad news, hope the cat gets better.
  6. He has been working out, hard, for two weeks according to this https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/nfl/the-nfl-world-reacts-to-marshawn-lynch-rejoining-the-seahawks/ar-BBYihLj?ocid=spartandhp "Inside Marshawn Lynch’s secret workouts with his longtime coach @tareqazim, who basically beat the hell out of him for 2 weeks after a visit to #Seahawks HQ made #BeastMode believe this unlikely reunion could happen. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap"30
  7. Gal in the middle has wonderful smile.
  8. Small oil spill in the Galapagos Islands: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/barge-with-600-gallons-of-diesel-sinks-off-galápagos-islands/ar-BBYhpzd?ocid=spartandhp " Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel sank into the waters off the Galápagos Islands on Sunday after a crane toppled onto a barge and caused it to overturn, the authorities in Ecuador said, prompting an emergency cleanup in one of the most revered natural destinations in the world. The authorities said that 600 gallons were on the barge when it sank off San Cristóbal Island, threatening the nearby environment. They declared an emergency and said they had ordered an investigation into the episode. Advertisement It was not immediately clear how much fuel had leaked out of the ship, but photos posted on Twitter on Sunday by Ecuador’s Ministry of the Environment showed officials with the Galápagos National Park and the country’s Coast Guard on boats racing to contain the spill. Sign up for the Morning Briefing Newsletter On Monday, Lenín Moreno, the president of Ecuador, said on Twitter that the spill was under control. Dramatic video of the crane collapse shows workers trying to load a shipping container onto what appears to be a relatively small vessel called the Orca. As the crane hoists the container over the ship, the container comes crashing down onto the Orca, pulling the crane with it. The crane tumbles over the Orca and into the water, and the ship flips onto its side as people on board dive into the water. It was not immediately clear if anyone had been injured in the episode or how significant the environmental damage was. Government officials said in a statement on Sunday that emergency responders had placed hydrocarbon materials and containment barriers around the Orca to prevent leaks from the vessel. The Galápagos Islands, which are about 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador, are known for their role in inspiring Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution after he visited there in 1835. The islands have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. Their scenery and unique wildlife — including marine iguanas, flightless cormorants and giant tortoises — have made them increasingly popular with tourists, though scientists have warned that more visitors could threaten the area’s fragile ecosystem. Warming oceans increasingly threaten the islands. UNESCO has warned that they are one of the places most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Sunday’s accident paled in comparison to a spill in the islands in 2001, when a tanker slammed into a reef off San Cristóbal Island and poured 150,000 gallons of diesel and bunker fuel into the water. While winds sent much of the slick out to sea, sparing some Galápagos wildlife, scientists found that the population of marine iguanas on one island, Santa Fe, declined to 10,000 from 25,000 in the wake of the disaster."
  9. fish farm burns and thousands of fish escape up by Port Hardy: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/nearly-all-atlantic-salmon-escape-bc-fish-farm-pen-after-damaging-fire/ar-BBYfyJi?ocid=spartandhp " Thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon have escaped their pen at a Vancouver Island fish farm and entered the waters after a damaging fire, the company confirms. Roughly 21,000 fish were inside the pen at the Robertson Island farm near Port Hardy when the fire broke out sometime overnight between Thursday and Friday, Mowi Canada West said in a statement. The company said late Saturday that "most" of those salmon have escaped the circular pen, which sits with several others in the waters of the Queen Charlotte Strait. READ MORE: Studies shed light on impact of PRV virus on farmed Atlantic salmon in B.C. "Those fish remaining in the pen have been secured, and will be removed," the statement reads. The cause of the fire has not been determined. Mowi said the pen will be towed to land for an investigation after the remaining fish are removed. Mowi said the 21,000 fish in the pen at the time of the fire were left over after harvesting took place last week. The company says it has alerted "federal regulators and area First Nations about this development." Global News has reached out to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the nearby ‘Namgis First Nation for comment. Tavish Campbell, a freelance videographer who captured images of the pen from a helicopter Saturday, said the damage is significant. "One pen was half sunken and just a wash, and a number of birds were crowded around and feeding on something, likely an escaped salmon," he said. Campbell said environmentalists and local First Nations are concerned about the breach, as Atlantic salmon are non-native species that have now invaded the Pacific waters. READ MORE: Time to end open-water salmon farming, says Pacific Salmon Foundation "It's pretty disgusting," he said. "The risk of pathogen transfer is very high because we know these farmed salmon are carrying a lot of viruses and pathogens that aren't native to Pacific waters. "They're now mixing with our wild salmon and moving into spawning areas, so I hope there's an effort by the company to capture these fish." The company has not provided details on what efforts may be taken to recapture the salmon. Open-net fish farms have come under fire in the past for net breaches. In August 2017, net pens owned by Canadian company Cooke Aquaculture Pacific — the largest Atlantic salmon farmer in the U.S. — collapsed in the waters off northwest Washington. Up to 263,000 invasive Atlantic salmon escaped into Puget Sound, raising fears about the impact on native Pacific salmon runs. READ MORE: Opponents hope B.C. mirrors Washington state Atlantic salmon farm The incident inspired Washington state to introduce legislation that would phase out marine farming of non-native fish by 2022. Groups like the Pacific Salmon Foundation have called for the B.C. and federal governments to do the same in Canada. In B.C., concerns about the decline of Pacific salmon have already risen to peak levels after the Big Bar landslide in the Fraser River near Kamloops, which scientists say could result in the extinction of multiple salmon runs by 2020.
  10. Where is Rob_Zepp? did he get the ban hammer?
  11. New Blue Jay: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/players/playerpage/2048656/travis-shaw " December 22, 2019 10:40 AM Blue Jays' Travis Shaw: Lands one-year deal with Toronto by RotoWire Staff | RotoWire Shaw agreed to a one-year, $4 million contract with the Blue Jays on Sunday, Jon Morosi of MLB Network reports. It's not surprising that he settled for a one-year deal, as his age-29 season was easily his worst as a big leaguer. He hit .157/.281/.270 with seven home runs and a career-worst 33 percent strikeout rate -- well above the 18.4 and 22.8 percent rates he logged in 2018 and 2017, respectively. Per Scott Mitchell of TSN.ca, the plan is for Shaw to play almost every day at first base, which leaves Rowdy Tellez to fight for at-bats at designated hitter. His contract could end up being worth $4.675 million with incentives. Batting Summary Year Team G AB R H HR RBI BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG 2018 MIL 152 498 73 120 32 86 78 108 5 2 .345 .480 .241 2019 MIL 86 230 22 36 7 16 36 89 0 0 .281 .270 .157
  12. Having Sid out injured, will make a difference.
  13. Benning was actually saying Hairgap, but feels that with Brock "the flow" Boeser, signed we are all good.
  14. And they also spend large amounts of time talking about bars, Moj's eating habits and on and on. I'd rather that time be spent discussing sports.
  15. "Bethel Church told KRCR that the page was set up to cover unknown expenses for the family during this time — as well as future expenses for their child, who is still deceased." Future expenses for a deceased child? Other than a funeral, what other future expenses could there be? What ever happened to "It was God's will"? Now this church seems to be supporting a rebellion against God, who the heck do they think they are?
  16. There are other sports than hockey and even other teams in the NHL as well as other leagues of hockey.
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