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“Chat with Pat” banking lurks out there

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 27, 2012

If it’s in Hamilton, can it be far from South Batyview? It’s the Personal Assisted Teller (PAT) installed at several locations by the FirstOntario Credit Union. You bank by talking to a real live teller via monitor. The teller might be inside the closed branch, or maybe in another city. Creepy. But it does prevent bank robberies. Thus it become very helpful at high-risk times like Friday afternoon or evenings when holdups frequently take place. FirstOntario calls its service Chat with Pat. CBC.ca

Is this how Mayor Ford will defend himself?

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 27, 2012

Documents hint at Mayor Rob Ford’s defence in conflict of interest case Globe and Mail.

Cornflower Blue new sign and collection

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 26, 2012

There’s a nice fresh new sign at Cornflower Blue at 1606 South Bayview. The shop was closed this weekend as prepartions are made for the fall reveal. Cornflower Blue website. Also new and of note on the street, Jus de Vie has installed a neat little patio outside its front door on the east side of the street.

Rainbow Tan still working on Bayview Ave

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 26, 2012

The many friends of Rainbow Tan will be interested to know that she is still here on South Bayview three days a week. Rainbow is tending tables at Fukui Sushi 1612 Bayview. She works there Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Rainbow is well known on South Bayview because of her long service — nearly ten years — at Chai on Bayview and before that, Chai. Rainbow tells us that some of her friends have found her at Fukui but not all. Needless to say, she would love to see any who can come by. Fukui is a very established restaurant and as always, our most recent visit was a delicious experience.

Senator’s wife jailed for flight disruption

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 26, 2012

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Compatibility was the quality mother always talked about when giving advice on choosing a mate. There was very little of that apparently when Maygan Sensenberger, the 23-year-old wife of Manitoba Liberal Senator Rod Zimmer, 69, caused an uproar on an Air Canada flight Thursday night. Police say Ms Sensenberger had an argument with her husband and threatened him. She also threatened to bring down the plane. There was, of course, no real threat to the flight but the disruption caused the captain to land at Saskatoon where Ms. Sensenberger was arrested. She appeared in court Friday and will do so again tomorrow (Monday , August 27, 2012). The CBC says that will be the couple’s first wedding anniversary. Senator Zimmer was at one time a fund raiser for the Liberal Party of Canada.

Sunday looks like a spectacular day

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 26, 2012

A spectacular Sunday is coming. It will reach 28C. We’ll take it. See you on Bayview.

Extraordinary tricks to trap Lance Armstrong

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 25, 2012

Although he never tested positive, authorities pursued Lance Armstrong for more than a decade in an attempt to discredit his accomplishments and remove his titles. What they had was testimony from those who knew Armstrong. But they have never offered an explanation of how he could have eluded the random and advanced detection methods used to prevent doping if he was actually guilty. As the linked story recounts, his pursuers went to extraordinary lengths to entrap him. Wall Street Journal

First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 25, 2012

Next-door 54 division pending changes

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 25, 2012

Next-door 54 division, which sits across the Don River from South Bayview and 53 division, is in the process of structural changes, one of which is whether the headquarters office should be re-located. The headquarters is located at 41 Cranfield Road which is off Bermondsey Road one block west of O’Connor Drive. It is housed in one of the older buildings in use for police divisions in Toronto. Town Crier

Anchor’s canoodle gaffe an Internet favorite

by South Bayview Bulldog Admin • August 24, 2012

CTV Vancouver Island news anchor Andrew Johnson blundered into an embarrassing gaffe when he suggested — on the air — that he and his fellow employee, weather host Astrid Braunschmidt, would have a little canoodle after the program. Ms. Braumschmidt’s good-natured but firm response that they would be doing no such thing, tipped him off to his improper use of canoodle. The old-fashioned word is a verb and means to kiss and hug amorously. The embarrased Johnson said he thought it meant to chat. The exchange has become an Internet favorite with hits closing in on 625,000 in just a couple of days.