# Canadope 2015: Battlestar Canadica **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2015, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655 "2015-01-01T01:49:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/321 "2015-07-03T00:09:05Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Working post Canada Day sucks. Not that I’m hungover, but it’s having two mondays that blows. Blah. Had a nice CD, though. Burgers, shrimp, and a few Electric Ave lagers to wash it all down. Fireworks were pretty good despite the smoke from the forest fires… That’s a big reason why I volunteered to work yesterday. Who the hell wants a Wednesday off? I’ll take my stat on a Friday or Monday for a nice long weekend. Besides, it was a very quiet day. Half of our client base was off for the day. Looking forward to tomorrow when the other half of our clients will be taking their day. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/322 "2015-07-03T21:45:06Z")
Re: politicians and the Calgary Stampede… Anyone else notice that the Conservative leader had a black Stetson hat and the Liberal and NDP leaders had white hats? 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 4, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/323 "2015-07-04T09:40:20Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Re: politicians and the Calgary Stampede… Anyone else notice that the Conservative leader had a black Stetson hat and the Liberal and NDP leaders had white hats? 🙂 In Calgary, it is traditional that visitors wear white hats. Trudeau and Mulcair, not being Albertans, are expected to wear white hats. Harper, coming from Calgary, can wear whatever colour hat he pleases. Calgary is not a cartoon, where Good Guys wear white hats, and Bad Guys wear black hats. Hell, I’m an Albertan, and I own more than a few cowboy hats–none of which are white. ---
**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 5, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/324 "2015-07-05T06:17:06Z")
Off to Midland on Monday. I’m taking the scenic route as I’ve not been through that part of Ontario before. Tuesday I’ll take many pictures of tanks at the Base Bordon Military Museum, then go to a concert by my favourite musical group, Steeleye Span. Wednesday back home via a different scenic route. ---
**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 5, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/325 "2015-07-05T15:11:20Z")
If you have the time, check out [Sainte-Marie among the Hurons](http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/Home/). ---
**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 6, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/326 "2015-07-06T01:01:33Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > If you have the time, check out [Sainte-Marie among the Hurons](http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/Home/). I hope to be able to squeeze in at least a quick visit. ---
**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 12, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/327 "2015-07-12T00:11:37Z")
I’m having a Facebook discussion with a friend in Toronto. She’s is curious what the rest of us think about the Pan Am games. I told her we don’t give a shit, which is what my friends and I seem to think in Ottawa, and the media is rather standoffish too. Perhaps I’m wrong, but what do Canucks from across the country think about the Pan Am games? Do you care? Do you even know what they’re about? ---
**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 12, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/328 "2015-07-12T04:03:00Z")
I was aware of it, but am not following it. Put me down for a “meh”, although I realize the importance of it to some athletes and to some folks who want to promote The Big Smoke. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/329 "2015-07-12T04:23:10Z")
The only comment I’ve heard about the Pan Am Games is mild annoyance that some lanes on the freeway have been temporarily converted to HOV lanes. I thought about getting tickets to an event, but when I checked the web site they were pretty vague on what you would actually be watching. For instance, you could get a ticket for beach volleyball starting at 9:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m., but there was no comment about which countries you’d be watching or if it would be men or women or both. Maybe I’ll see what kind of events there are for the Para Pan Am Games. EDIT: Generally speaking, I have the same level of disinterest for the Commonwealth Games and the Canada Summer Games. ---
**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 12, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/330 "2015-07-12T05:31:17Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The only comment I’ve heard about the Pan Am Games is mild annoyance that some lanes on the freeway have been temporarily converted to HOV lanes. > > I thought about getting tickets to an event, but when I checked the web site they were pretty vague on what you would actually be watching. For instance, you could get a ticket for beach volleyball starting at 9:00 a.m. or 3:00 p.m., but there was no comment about which countries you’d be watching or if it would be men or women or both. > > Maybe I’ll see what kind of events there are for the Para Pan Am Games. > > EDIT: Generally speaking, I have the same level of disinterest for the Commonwealth Games and the Canada Summer Games. Canada Summer Games? I’ve never heard of them? ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/331 "2015-07-12T05:39:34Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Canada Summer Games? I’ve never heard of them? [http://www.canadagames.ca/content/home.asp](http://www.canadagames.ca/content/home.asp) To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have heard of them either except they were in Saskatoon in 1989 (and the Canada Winter Games were in S’toon in 1971, for which they built “Mount” Blackstrap ski hill, a.k.a. the Pimple on the Prairie). ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/332 "2015-07-12T13:52:24Z")
Yeah, I’d never heard of the Canada Summer Games either. ---
**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 12, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/333 "2015-07-12T15:07:31Z")
They were here in Regina ten years ago. I ended up doing the announcing for some wrestling matches en français when the regular announcer couldn’t make it one afternoon. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/334 "2015-07-12T19:56:50Z")
Brazilian cycling team caught cycling [on a highway in Toronto.](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-escort-brazilian-cycling-team-off-don-valley-parkway-1.3148588) ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/335 "2015-07-13T08:07:20Z")
When I arrived at my local sports bar tonight for Sunday Night Baseball, they were showing Canada-Brazil soccer. Friendly Neighbourhood Barman was more than happy to switch it over to the Cardinals-Pirates baseball game for me. The Pan-Am games highlights were on after the baseball game–that was enough for all of us. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > They were here in Regina ten years ago. I ended up doing the announcing for some wrestling matches en français when the regular announcer couldn’t make it one afternoon. I announce pro wrestling here in Lethbridge, but not in French. Still, it gives me a chance to use my voice in a way that local courts would not permit. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 13, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/336 "2015-07-13T10:23:18Z")
The Pan Am Games mascot this year is [Pachi, the fugly porcupine](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/all-about-pachi-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-pan-am-parapan-am-mascot-1.3146495). As you know, porcupines are famous for their bright colours and athleticism which makes them the perfect mascot. Plenty of Pachi merchandise is still available in the Pan Am Games store! ---
**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 13, 2015, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/337 "2015-07-13T10:38:32Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > The Pan Am Games mascot this year is [Pachi, the fugly porcupine](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/all-about-pachi-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-pan-am-parapan-am-mascot-1.3146495). As you know, porcupines are famous for their bright colours and athleticism which makes them the perfect mascot. > > Plenty of Pachi merchandise is still available in the Pan Am Games store! Man. That is so funny. It sounds like something out of an SCTV skit. Pan back to Guy Caballero… ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/338 "2015-07-13T13:10:11Z")
Creating a web link to the official Games site without written permission [**is forbidden**](http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/panamgames/2015/07/12/toronto-pan-am-games-website-forbids-linking-to-it-without-written-permission.html). Having those jerks hauled into court would be entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/339 "2015-07-13T16:11:39Z")
I missed the CBC discussion, but I would like to add two points: 1. as a Manitoban, I believe CBC Radio is extremely important, even more so when you include Radio Canada to the Francophone community BUT 1. I worked at CBC Radio in Winnipeg for a time on contract. It was incredibly boring, with not much to do. When my contract expired, they offered to renew it, I told them not to, instead cancel the position and keep a tech around (they were laying off techs everywhere). I explained, in detail, how the position was irrelevant and unnecessary. They thanked me for my time and hired someone else into my former position. ---
**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 14, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/340 "2015-07-14T20:39:43Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > If you have the time, check out [Sainte-Marie among the Hurons](http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/Home/). Visited and spent several hours. Very interesting with much of the original complex re-created on the original foundations and helpful and informed staff in period dress in most of the buildings. Thanks for the suggestion, **Muffin**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655.md?page=18)