# 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:** 16
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/301 "2017-07-14T05:54:16Z")
After reading her wiki page, I just hope that she doesn’t find the job too dull. Really nice to have someone with a science background in such a high-profile role. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/302 "2017-07-14T11:57:24Z")
I love the appointment. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/303 "2017-07-15T23:45:15Z")
[A live bombshell from the 1759 Battle of Quebec.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40618547) Glad it didn’t explode when it was dug up. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/304 "2017-07-16T15:57:07Z")
It was a beautiful day yesterday for the BBQ we had to celebrate Mrs. Bookkeeper’s birthday and to replace the the traditional Canada Day one that was cancelled due to pouring rain. We played croquet on the bumpy lawn, unfortunately sans flamingos, which we couldn’t find in the stores. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 16, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/305 "2017-07-16T18:09:18Z")
Yes finally a beautiful Saturday to enjoy in Ottawa, unless you’re selling your house and packing. ☹ Today was nice, but clouding over now. I just had a couple of scrap metal guys here to get rid of two freezers, a beer fridge, an old dryer and other miscellaneous metal, and I just realized I forgot to give him the BBQ and the gazebo frame. :smack: Oh, and one of the freezers was circa June Cleaver and was too heavy to lift upstairs from the basement, so he had to chop it up with a saws-all: what a mess! ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/306 "2017-07-22T04:49:02Z")
Someone got it in their head to blow up the neighbourhood. 12,300 lbs of explosives. Holy shit le merde, I’ve never experienced something like that before (although the Hand’s Fireworks factory explosion was impressive, it was the next town north, so it didn’t have the same impact on me). The biggest fireworks display in Canada’s history, and they set it off at the end of the next street over. Some politician sure must like me and the dozen or so other people on our road. I gotta say, I won’t be forgetting this sesquicentennial any time soon. _Wow!_ Just _Wow!_ ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/307 "2017-07-24T23:44:52Z")
So, my stepson is having surgery in Montreal in September. I will be there September 12-16th for sure, then possibly Ottawa September 16th -19th. If any Dopers want to get together let me know. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/308 "2017-07-25T01:04:59Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > So, my stepson is having surgery in Montreal in September. I will be there September 12-16th for sure, then possibly Ottawa September 16th -19th. If any Dopers want to get together let me know. Yep. I’m in for Ottawa for sure. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/309 "2017-07-25T16:01:37Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yep. I’m in for Ottawa for sure. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk I’ll be the one wearing a Canucks jersey. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/310 "2017-07-27T19:38:53Z")
Wow, I finally start checking in here more often and nothing is happening. I can keep up with **Muffin** and\*\* Leaffan\*\* on Facebook. But, quick question, how late do the metros run now. I will be staying in Laval, but I anticipate spending my time in Centreville and on the Plateau. (Except for surgery day/ post op Day 1 the surgical centre is in Auhuntsic) It’s been over 25 years since I lived there… any hints? ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/311 "2017-07-27T20:55:40Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > So, my stepson is having surgery in Montreal in September. I will be there September 12-16th for sure, then possibly Ottawa September 16th -19th. If any Dopers want to get together let me know. I am here too! I will be the one with a huge service puppy. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/312 "2017-07-28T00:32:25Z")
What kind of huge service puppy? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/313 "2017-07-28T01:42:47Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > So, my stepson is having surgery in Montreal in September. I will be there September 12-16th for sure, then possibly Ottawa September 16th -19th. If any Dopers want to get together let me know. I’m in Ottawa too … sounds like a Dopefest in the making! ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/314 "2017-07-28T02:22:30Z")
I’m in for an Ottawa Dopefest as well! ---
**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:** [July 28, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/315 "2017-07-28T03:50:00Z")
It’s been a while. Paging: Bookeeper, Registered at Last, and Grey. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/316 "2017-07-28T06:15:13Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > I’m in Ottawa too … sounds like a Dopefest in the making! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/317 "2017-07-28T06:19:15Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > I am here too! I will be the one with a huge service puppy. Which “here” …Montreal or Ottawa? Doesn’t matter. I’m excited to go to Eastern Canada for any trip that doesn’t involve Thunder Bay. (Because usually when I go there it’s for a funeral) ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/318 "2017-08-04T15:49:42Z")
[Major outages](http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/phone-service-outages-reported-in-atlantic-canada-1.3533186?autoPlay=true) in Atlantic Canada with Bell. Both cell and land lines affected. At least we still have internet! Hope it doesn’t last too long. Bank machines are down and I don’t keep very much cash on hand. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/319 "2017-08-04T15:56:09Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s been a while. > Paging: Bookeeper, Registered at Last, and Grey. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk It’s too far out to say if I’ll be in town but definitely pencil me in! ---
**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:** [August 4, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045/320 "2017-08-04T20:14:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s been a while. > Paging: Bookeeper, Registered at Last, and Grey. > > Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk I’m listening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadadope-2017-celebrating-the-sesquicentennial-and-loving-it/776045.md?page=17)