# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/241 "2017-05-08T23:44:26Z")
Is anyone here affected by the flooding in quite a few parts of Canada? There is flooding only a kilometre away from my family’s house. Flood waters in that area are supposed to increase, then decrease. Sadly, many people have been evacuated, and some local businesses may not survive. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2017, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/242 "2017-05-08T23:56:05Z")
Lots of flooding all around me. I’m not affected, but lots are. It’s just been crazy. Rain every bloody day, forever. And it snowed here this morning. Not that that’s unprecedented, but enough already! Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/243 "2017-05-22T02:37:07Z")
What’s everybody been doing for the Victoria Day weekend? Me, I got my tomato and pepper plants from the garden centre, and planted them. Looking forward to enjoying fresh produce later in the summer! And tomorrow, it will be golf with friends. What about you? ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/244 "2017-05-22T02:59:32Z")
Recovering from the Cub’s birthday party, which was heavily Nerf-gun based. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/245 "2017-05-22T16:10:09Z")
In Ottawa, working like a SUCKER. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/246 "2017-05-22T16:26:22Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > What’s everybody been doing for the Victoria Day weekend? > > Me, I got my tomato and pepper plants from the garden centre, and planted them. Looking forward to enjoying fresh produce later in the summer! > > And tomorrow, it will be golf with friends. What about you? Happy Dead Queen’s Birthday! Being retired, it’s pretty much the same as any other day for me. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/247 "2017-05-22T16:39:39Z")
Well, I’m selling my house and have three showings today, so I had to escape. I’m enjoying a pint at The Barley Mow in Stittsville, Ontario. Aaaannnnddd loving it! 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:** [May 22, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/248 "2017-05-22T18:03:40Z")
21 gun salute at the Leguslature is rattling our windows. Happy Birthday, Ma’am! ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/249 "2017-05-22T18:32:45Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Well, I’m selling my house and have three showings today, so I had to escape. > I’m enjoying a pint at The Barley Mow in Stittsville, Ontario. > > Aaaannnnddd loving it! > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk Good on you! Glad to hear the progress on the house. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/250 "2017-05-22T18:46:28Z")
Now assembling a tumbling composter for Mrs Piper. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/251 "2017-05-23T16:13:52Z")
Getting ready to mow the lawn for the first time this year, after spending four afternoons de-dandelioning the front. (The back will be sprayed, but I can’t do this for the front lawn as it would kill all the violets growing in the grass). I tried slow cooking ribs in the BBQ for Victoria Day. First time, and with a new jerk marinade, so a bit of an experiment, but we had lots of leftovers as an emergency fallback in case they came out inedible. I was worried that they might dry out, but they were delicious and tender. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/252 "2017-05-27T23:21:11Z")
Well, it looks like Maxime Bernier will win the federal Conservative leader seat, although the voting is still on. That’s a good thing. He was my favourite all along. He seems a decent man and adept politician. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/253 "2017-05-28T00:15:18Z")
Wow! Andrew Scheer! What? I never, ever saw that coming at all. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/254 "2017-05-28T01:15:26Z")
He was quoted yesterday as saying that Bernier would be in the lead on the first ballot, but that if he was within single digits of Bernier he thought he could win. Looks like he’s a good vote-counter. ---
**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:** [May 28, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/255 "2017-05-28T01:16:56Z")
First time at the new Mosaic Stadium! Our Lady Peace just finished, then Read, then Bryan Adams to close. I loved the old Taylor Field Stadium, but I’m going to like this place! ---
**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:** [May 28, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/256 "2017-05-28T01:19:53Z")
Ouch! Except for the concession prices! ---
**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:** [May 28, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/257 "2017-05-28T02:38:49Z")
Johnny Reid just finished. Great show! Enjoyed his Scottish-Canadian-honky-tonk more than Our Lady Peace’s rocking. ---
**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 29, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/258 "2017-05-29T17:06:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Wow! Andrew Scheer! What? > > I never, ever saw that coming at all. I don’t think anyone saw that coming, seeing how as no one in Canada knows who he is. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 29, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/259 "2017-05-29T18:35:32Z")
As I said over in the thread in Elections, you folks need to get out more. Scheer is well-known here in Saskatchewan 🙂 , and judging by his election, within conservative circles. I’ve been following the leadership contest in the media, and I wasn’t surprised by the result. ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/260 "2017-05-30T02:02:20Z")
I’ve read up a bit more on him now, and he is reminding me a lot of former PM Stephen Harper. Would you say this is accurate, **Piper**? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045.md?page=14)