# CanadaDope 2017: Celebrating the Sesquicentennial - "... and loving it!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045 "2017-01-01T14:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/181 "2017-04-07T00:46:38Z")
Dammit, it’s coming back around to London they’re predicting! Here’s hoping they’re wrong! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/182 "2017-04-07T06:04:53Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > W00t! Chez Piper is free and clear of ice and snow! Spring is here! Spring is indeed here! I played my first round of golf today. My score wasn’t great, and I’ll be feeling it tomorrow, but it was great to be swinging a golf club again. Maybe next time, I’ll use other clubs too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/183 "2017-04-07T11:27:54Z")
Argh! Awoke to a few inches of snow. AGAIN ! (They are, however calling for temps of 21C (70 F) for Monday, so that’s encouraging anyway!) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/184 "2017-04-07T13:02:17Z")
Yeah, snowing here this morning too. But Monday will be glorious also. Too bad I’ll be at work! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/185 "2017-04-07T18:53:09Z")
I know that I have said it before, but I really hate Bill Blair. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/186 "2017-04-09T22:49:06Z")
Wot’s he done now? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/187 "2017-04-10T22:59:45Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Wot’s he done now? I heard he’s handing out doobies to school kids. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/188 "2017-04-22T15:59:05Z")
Conservative Leadership race: the number-crunching Éric Grenier at CBC is running a composite index to try to show who’s where in the Conservative leadership race. This article is from last month, but ranks them as: 1. Maxime Bernier 2. Kevin O’Leary 3. Andrew Scheer 4. Erin O’Toole 5. Kellie Leitch [Leitch slides, O’Leary gains in Conservative Leadership Index](http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-conservative-leadership-index-mar23-1.4036072) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/189 "2017-04-26T02:09:29Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I don’t know how to edit in Tapatalk, but I’ve been trying to list this place for a year with struggles against my ex. Three weeks till next court date. > > Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. Any luck, **Leaffan**? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/190 "2017-04-26T04:10:13Z")
**Leaffan** - any closer to a resolution? I sold and bought. I actually bought the condo without seeing it first. It’s in Kanata and very nice :). Scheduled to move in mid-July! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/191 "2017-04-26T04:15:11Z")
[Frankie MacDonald](https://youtu.be/gIgyLBl9A4U) only warned of a snowstorm, not the ice storm that is starting now. 7-12 cm of ice pellets today, and 3-7 cm of ice pellets tomorrow. And here I am with a full set of studded Hakkapeliitta, but I’m stuck with an all-season rental the size of a hockey puck. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/192 "2017-04-26T04:42:14Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > **Leaffan** - any closer to a resolution? > > I sold and bought. I actually bought the condo without seeing it first. It’s in Kanata and very nice :). Scheduled to move in mid-July! Congrats! That’s a big part of the move out of the way. Always good to have a landing pad ready. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/193 "2017-04-26T10:50:11Z")
Ok, I gotta ask, why, why, why…would anyone buy a condo without seeing it first? What set of circumstances made that a good idea? I’m struggling to think of any. That’s a big commitment to not even bother to see the place first! Please help me to understand why you chose not to even go see it, before purchasing. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/194 "2017-04-26T11:58:50Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Ok, I gotta ask, why, why, why…would anyone buy a condo without seeing it first? What set of circumstances made that a good idea? I’m struggling to think of any. That’s a big commitment to not even bother to see the place first! > > Please help me to understand why you chose not to even go see it, before purchasing. Poysyn had her real estate agent scope the place out, and I am familiar with the neighbourhood and offered my input. It was a new listing and it was in great shape from the numerous pictures. Plus, it’s a bit of a hot market right now. Take it or lose it. She would have had to arrange a flight to Ottawa, yada, yada, yada. Regarding my place: I worked out a deal with the court and with the Family Responsibility Office (FRO) to be able to list my place, which will be happening soon. ---
**Author:** ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/195 "2017-04-26T12:27:44Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Ok, I gotta ask, why, why, why…would anyone buy a condo without seeing it first? What set of circumstances made that a good idea? I’m struggling to think of any. That’s a big commitment to not even bother to see the place first! > > Please help me to understand why you chose not to even go see it, before purchasing. The circumstances involved would be a very limited time frame, the necessity of a cross-country flight, a hot housing market and busy season, and having a trusted real estate agent on the ground. All things being equal I’m sure **Poysyn** would have preferred to see it in person, but things don’t always work out that nicely when you’re on a very limited timetable. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/196 "2017-04-26T20:36:21Z")
Kevin O’Leary quits the leadership race. > **['I was weak in Quebec': Kevin O'Leary ends his campaign for Conservative...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/kevin-oleary-drops-out-endorses-bernier-1.4086583)** > > Businessman and reality TV star Kevin O'Leary is ending his campaign for the Conservative leadership just hours before the last debate in Toronto and will endorse Maxime Bernier. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/197 "2017-04-26T20:37:56Z")
Let us rejoice!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/198 "2017-04-26T23:05:02Z")
One Trump is more than enough. No need for a Trump light in Canada. Reality TV celebrities should stick to TV and leave the real world alone. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/199 "2017-04-26T23:15:36Z")
Excellent news. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/200 "2017-04-28T04:51:52Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > One Trump is more than enough. No need for a Trump light in Canada. Reality TV celebrities should stick to TV and leave the real world alone. Well, he can presumably re-join Michael Ignatieff on the cocktail circle in Boston, where they both live. Just because you want to be Prime Minister of Canada doesn’t mean you have to live in Canada, apparently. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045.md?page=11)