# Calgary Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804 "2006-05-15T05:48:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FluffyBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@FluffyBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FluffyBob)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/21 "2006-05-17T04:41:36Z")
Thought I might add that Fort Mac isnt your only option with a welding ticket. The oil patch is booming everywhere. Lots of opportunities for skilled workers where they will fly you in and out of camp for two or three week stints. People are even being flown in from out of province. If a job is all you want, you may not even have to move. About the training, [PITS](http://www.pits.ca/index.htm) may be a place to start. Our summers are nowhere near as hot as Barrie’s, in fact they are pretty cool for the most part. Personally it is my intention to leave Calgary in the not to distant future for some place closer to real swimming. ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/22 "2006-05-17T04:42:07Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] - No nearby lakes. You can swim in mountain lakes, but they never get warm enough for anything but a polar bear dip. [/QUOTE] :eek: _Yee gods_, woman, these lakes are all glacier melt fed! When I soaked my tired feet in Bow lake, it felt like it would give even a polar bear a case of hypothermia (and me a heart attack) ! But then again, anything below 80F is too cold for comfortable swimming, imho 😃 Now can someone tell me where all these huge SUVs towing expensive powerboats on Country Hills are going??? I see some new names here. We need another dopefest to meet all the new folks. June works well for **SeriousLark** and I. \*\*kawaiitentaclebeast: \*\* 1. Congrats on graduations! 2. Don’t worry about driving the wrong way downtown, it’s a rite of passage for new Calgarians. I know 2 other people who’ve done it, as well as your truly. :o 3. Hi Opal! 4 We’re almost neighbors! (We live near the Superstore!) ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/23 "2006-05-17T05:07:53Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. Congrats on graduations! > 2. Don’t worry about driving the wrong way downtown, it’s a rite of passage for new Calgarians. I know 2 other people who’ve done it, as well as your truly. > 3. Hi Opal! > 4 We’re almost neighbors! (We live near the Superstore!) 1. Thanks! Technically UoC doesn’t do convocations until later in the year (or next year) but I finish all my coursework in 6 weeks. 2. You don’t understand. I’ve lived here for _seven years_, and I just did that the day before. 😛 1. Hi Opal! 2. My backyard faces Edgemont Blvd, Superstore is right across the street. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/24 "2006-05-17T05:11:45Z")
[QUOTE=Declan] So , is there any place like monster dot ca , or what ever that i can fire off my resume to , to see if I get any bites, or is it pretty much pounding the pavement, want ads in hand. [/QUOTE] try [calgaryjobshop.com](http://calgaryjobshop.com) ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/25 "2006-05-17T05:37:14Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] try [calgaryjobshop.com](http://calgaryjobshop.com) [/QUOTE] Thanks , I shall check that out As for the welding , for the folks who mentioned it. There are differences in industrial areas of welding ,with the only common thread being welding. For the most part in Ontario , at least , most welding is done in fab shops that cater to the sheet metal industry, construction is generally an iron worker type trade, going from site to site, putting up factorys and apartment buildings and what not. I expect that the oil industry is more geared towards pipefitting. There is a place not to far from me right now , so i am gonna check in and see what its gonna cost to reactivate my ticket. Anyone want to mention 17th avenue by chance ? Declan ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/26 "2006-05-17T07:40:27Z")
[QUOTE=Flutterby] Can’t disagree with **featherlou** ’s assessment. I don’t drive, so I deal with the buses all the time. If you want to go anywhere that is established you can get there fairly easily, but further out is nigh impossible, or at the very least takes awhile. Learning to drive is pretty high on my list of what next, especially since I’ll have to wait to get my license. Right now I’m doing temp work (getting my feet wet in office work. I signed up on a Thursday and got a call the next day to start a job Monday.) and I’m in one of the industrial areas for the next few weeks. I’ve been paying attention as we go by the buildings and nearly everyone has big signs out looking for warehouse people. I even saw a sign today on the KFC on my way home, saying they’ll pay 9.50 an hour. [/QUOTE] I have to agree with the warehouse job assessment. I just applied for two jobs in warehouse work, had two interviews and had two offers, both starting at$13.25 an hour. I was actually offered the one job right after my interview ended. I have about six months all told of warehouse experience, and I’ll be getting full bennies, three weeks vacation and guaranteed raises every six months. It still blows my mind, as I moved from Prince George, BC, which had an unemployment rate of about 14%. All jobs were minimum wage, and for every twenty resumes you put out, you were lucky to get one interview. And I’m talking about places like gas stations and video stores, never mind actual jobs. I think that one of our Tim Horton’s is paying something like $13.00 an hour right now. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/27 "2006-05-18T05:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=trupa] :eek: > [@featherlou](#): > > - No nearby lakes. You can swim in mountain lakes, but they never get warm enough for anything but a polar bear dip. _Yee gods_, woman, these lakes are all glacier melt fed! When I soaked my tired feet in Bow lake, it felt like it would give even a polar bear a case of hypothermia (and me a heart attack) ! But then again, anything below 80F is too cold for comfortable swimming, imho 😃 [/QUOTE] Pansies! Some of my best memories are of swimming in the Sheep River on an August day _sighs_ Man I miss summer camp. I wonder if it got wrecked by the floods last year though, it was right next to the river. [QUOTE=Declan] Anyone want to mention 17th avenue by chance ? [/QUOTE] What do you want to know? I actually live really close to it, though I catch the bus to go further down where all the shops are. I don’t go that often, but it’s always nice for a wander on a nice day. I don’t bother with the bars there, nor the whole Red Mile frenzy (but then I’m not a huge bar scene type, I can count on one hand the number of places I’ve been to here in town). ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/28 "2006-05-18T06:56:10Z")
[QUOTE=Flutterby] I don’t bother with the bars there, nor the whole Red Mile frenzy (but then I’m not a huge bar scene type, I can count on one hand the number of places I’ve been to here in town). [/QUOTE] Aww, you miss the whole point of the redlight district , lol. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/29 "2006-05-18T14:39:47Z")
[QUOTE=trupa] :eek: _Yee gods_, woman, these lakes are all glacier melt fed! When I soaked my tired feet in Bow lake, it felt like it would give even a polar bear a case of hypothermia (and me a heart attack) ! But then again, anything below 80F is too cold for comfortable swimming, imho 😃 [/quote] I went swimming in that lake just inside Kananaskis park - Barrier Lake, that’s it - cold, but not too cold. Later in the season they get about as warm as they’re going to. I went swimming in a lake in Saskatchewan near Saskatoon (Pike Lake, I believe it was) - it was so warm, we couldn’t cool down from the super-hot day. Blech. I’ll take the glacier-fed lakes over blood-warm lakes. > [@](#): > > Now can someone tell me where all these huge SUVs towing expensive powerboats on Country Hills are going??? Lake Chestermere? 😃 > [@](#): > > I see some new names here. We need another dopefest to meet all the new folks. June works well for **SeriousLark** and I.\ We should start a Dopefest thread. Jim and I still want to check out that Thai place. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/30 "2006-05-18T15:25:22Z")
Which Thai place? ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/31 "2006-05-18T15:33:06Z")
[QUOTE=Declan] Anyone want to mention 17th avenue by chance ? [/QUOTE] I love the 17th Ave area and refuse to call it the red mile. Off & on I’ve lived in the neighbourhood since I left home. To me it is a homey inner city neighbourhood of artists, musicians, and other creative types - every time I go to the safeway or co-op I see someone I know. On weekend afternoons walking down the Ave., I’ll see another 4 or 5 friends. On a Saturday afternoon the jam at the Ship & Anchor is a neighbourhood pub for the inner city crowd, not the trendy, tatooed & pierced meat market it is on Friday & Saturday nights. There are some interesting little shops, some good restaurants, coffee shops, and it can be fun to just take up a park bench and people watch. I’m close to bike paths, transit, Lindsey Park, downtown, and I don’t ever need to drive. I don’t think I’d want to leave the neighbourhood ever again. 17th Ave. is great! Red Mile was a bunch of kids who didn’t watch the game getting very drunk, making noise and then pissing & puking in my alley at 3 AM (2 blocks off 17th Ave). That I didn’t like. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/32 "2006-05-18T17:41:10Z")
[QUOTE=the Lady] Which Thai place? [/QUOTE] Chili Club Thai House - it’s yum, yum, yummy! ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/33 "2006-05-18T20:00:59Z")
Okay - yeah - I’ve never been there. Sounds good to me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/34 "2006-05-18T20:10:48Z")
Hey no fair a Calgary Dopefest scheudled right after I leave town for the summer ☹ I should mention that one of my favorite things about Calgary is the free transit zone downtown. I live on the edge of the free fare zone and work on the other end. I never have to pay for the train. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/35 "2006-05-18T20:56:49Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] Chili Club Thai House - it’s yum, yum, yummy! [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s the one! I know Jim and I can go on our own; it just doesn’t seem to be happening. So, **trupa** , are Thursdays still the best days for you and **Serious Lark**? I’ll see if I can get Jim’s slo-pitch and baseball schedules and see what he has open in June. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/36 "2006-05-18T21:05:11Z")
[QUOTE=lexi] Edmonton’s job market is doing nearly as well and it is more affordable to live there, but then you’d have to live in Edmonton (jk). [/QUOTE] At least you’d still have hockey to watch! 😃 D&R ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/37 "2006-05-18T21:16:06Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] We should start a Dopefest thread. Jim and I still want to check out that Thai place. [/QUOTE] You dirty, dirty bastards. Going there without me! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/38 "2006-05-19T05:11:20Z")
[QUOTE=Declan] Aww, you miss the whole point of the redlight district , lol. [/QUOTE] Not really. I’m just not big on all that stuff. It is nice as a place to hang out though, just in general. But I like to window shop so 17th or Kensington are some of my favourite places to browse. Thai sounds yummy! Just set a date and if I am free/convince Mom to babysit I’ll be there with bells on. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/39 "2006-05-19T05:30:31Z")
[QUOTE=Flutterby] \I’ll be there with bells on. [/QUOTE] I’m totally going to hold you to that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804/40 "2006-05-19T07:28:51Z")
[QUOTE=lexi] I love the 17th Ave area and refuse to call it the red mile. Off & on I’ve lived in the neighbourhood since I left home. To me it is a homey inner city neighbourhood of artists, musicians, and other creative types - every time I go to the safeway or co-op I see someone I know. On weekend afternoons walking down the Ave., I’ll see another 4 or 5 friends. [/QUOTE] It sounds weird to be contemplating living in an area with no harbor, but thats just me, is there any other areas like that in Calgary. Declan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calgary-dopers/356804.md?page=3)