For those with long memories, the Elmo is back ....



Only thing is, this place seriously lacks the grunge factor of the original. About the only thing it has in common with the original dive is the name (and the neon palms).

But I do remember seeing some big names there in the day.

#104
We called it slumming.

But the music was great

That it was. And so were the ladies. We had the Copacabana in Montreal.

Fireballing 15-year-old makes statement with 83 m.p.h. fastball
Abbotsford teen ignites debate over whether her pitch was hardest ever thrown by female player



Told to throw as hard as she could, pitcher Raine Padgham was just following instructions.

Except in this particular instance — a training session at last week's Baseball B.C. High Performance Camp at Whalley Athletic Park in Surrey — what happened next was as hot as her bright pink hair.

"Eighty-three," said Anthony Pluta, Canadian Women's Team pitching coach, reading out loud the velocity of Padgham's fastball for everyone to hear.

That's 83 miles per hour (which would be 134 km/h).

Eighty-three, as in possibly one of the hardest pitches ever thrown by a female player, and almost certainly the hardest ever thrown by a 15-year-old.

"I've seen some pretty hard fastballs," said Pluta, "but ...

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Isn't that the normal reaction for a horse?
They should have kept recording until the arrival of the ambulance.

Republican cowboy.

Is your point that there is lots of more room for Trump Towers?

Yep. On Mars. Donald can get a photo of himself turning over the first shovel.

And there be giants ...

All these years wasted in the gym ....

I shouldn't laugh but ...

Q: How many Trump supporters does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None. Trump says it's done, then everyone cheers and claps in the dark.

Amen to that ...