# 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:** 18
**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 14, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/341 "2015-07-14T23:25:42Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > 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**! When our daughter was in university, she worked for Parks Canada for the summer as an historical interpreter. The first place she was offered was Ste-Marie des Huronnes. She turned that one down, pointing out that it was highly unlikely that the mission would have had a young, red-headed, definitely Celtic-looking female anywhere. :smack: Instead she ended up at the Naval Establishment at Penetanguishene, as a deckhand on “The Bee”. Still historically inaccurate, but slightly less jarring :D! ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/342 "2015-07-15T01:09:58Z")
Does she work for Parks Canada still, and can she explain the recent idea to contract out tourist boats on the Rideau Canal to only electrically-powered boats? So, now no tourist boats cruises the UNESCO, world heritage canal because some dipshits in Ottawa decided that electricity is preferable as a propulsion mode, and no operator was able to provide such a service. Assholes. Complete assholes. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/343 "2015-07-15T01:11:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Assholes. Complete assholes. Follow the money. ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/344 "2015-07-15T01:15:51Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Follow the money. What money? There are no tourist boats on the canal now because no one could meet the tender for electrically-powered boats. What a fucking joke. [Read about it](http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/07/01/corbett-why-no-city-outcry-over-lost-boat-tours-on-rideau-canal). It’s mind bogglingly stupid. ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/345 "2015-07-15T01:34:47Z")
I don’t normally get involved in these kinds of things, but I’ve sent my negative comments to Parks Canada. Let’s see what the spin is. Assholes. ---
**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, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/346 "2015-07-15T01:47:02Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Thanks for the suggestion, **Muffin**! Glad you enjoyed it. A pretty nifty place. > [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > She turned that one down, pointing out that it was highly unlikely that the mission would have had a young, red-headed, definitely Celtic-looking female anywhere. She would have fit in perfectly as a historical interpreter at [Ft. William Historical Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_William_Historical_Park) in Thunder Bay, for it was originally populated by Scots who ran it, French-Canadians paddlers who freighted furs and supplies through there, and aboriginals who intermarried with the Scots and the French-Canadians. BTW, if anyone is into building birch bark canoes, really, really big, birch bark canoes, only using home made hand tools and local trees, Ft. William is the place to be. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/347 "2015-07-15T01:53:42Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 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? Nobody cares, but I’m struggling to believe anyone doesn’t know what they’re _about_. It’s an athletic competition of summer sports, everyone knows that. Unfortunately, I am spending the week in Sidney, Ohio, which will make the Pan Am Games and attendant traffic actually seem exciting when I get back. A more boring place does not exist on this planet. ---
**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, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/348 "2015-07-15T02:04:37Z")
No canal tours on the Rideau in Ottawa? An astoundingly stupid decision. ---
**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, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/349 "2015-07-15T02:11:58Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Unfortunately, I am spending the week in Sidney, Ohio, which will make the Pan Am Games and attendant traffic actually seem exciting when I get back. A more boring place does not exist on this planet. I hear the Airstream Trailer plant tour in the next town up the way is pretty darn exciting. ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/350 "2015-07-15T02:29:23Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > No canal tours on the Rideau in Ottawa? An astoundingly stupid decision. Google it. Parks Canada sucks and the city of Ottawa licks. It’s an embarrassment and a shame. Email parks Canada, please. Tell them what fucking dickfaces they are. Yeah, my language is inflammatory. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/351 "2015-07-15T12:57:15Z")
Stephen Harper [**is like Jesus**](http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tory-mp-wai-young-backtracks-from-claim-csis-failed-to-warn-of-air-india-bombing-1.3152013) and CSIS knew of Air India bombing ahead of time and did nothing, Tory MP tells church congregation. ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/352 "2015-07-15T14:10:36Z")
I know not many people on this board seem to be on Twitter, but the CPCJesus hashtag was amusing. ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/353 "2015-07-15T14:17:28Z")
I can’t even spell Twiter. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/354 "2015-07-15T14:20:14Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I know not many people on this board seem to be on Twitter, but the CPCJesus hashtag was amusing. Scroll down for an interesting image of Mike Duffy and his boss. There are others below that. > **[Holy tweets: B.C. MP Wai Young compares Conservative party to Jesus | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/holy-tweets-b-c-mp-compares-conservative-party-to-jesus-1.3152178)** > > The hashtag #CPCJesus has been trending on Twitter in Canada after Vancouver Conservative MP Wai Young made remarks comparing the political party to Jesus. ---
**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 16, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/355 "2015-07-16T05:20:01Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 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? No interest here. Not just me, but nobody I know locally is watching or caring about the Pan Am games. Women’s World Cup soccer attracted far more attention. ---
**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, 2015, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/356 "2015-07-28T12:31:40Z")
**Weather in Regina** April - light spring showers May - no rain June - no rain July 1 to 26 - no rain July 27, first day of Clan Piper summer holidays - torrential downpour; Enviro Canada issues heavy rainfall warnings for all of southern Saskatchewan; plus tornado warnings. I’ve gone back to bed. ---
**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 28, 2015, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/357 "2015-07-28T13:09:56Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > No interest here. Not just me, but nobody I know locally is watching or caring about the Pan Am games. Women’s World Cup soccer attracted far more attention. With the amount of coverage the CBC gives to the Pan Am Games, I think they’ve over-estimated the average Canadian’s interest in the event. As for the weather here, we had major thunderstorms here last night and a poor guy was struck by lightning and is in the hospital and not doing well. ☹ ---
**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, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/358 "2015-07-28T14:19:06Z")
My only thought about the Pan Am games was that it really cluttered up my Google newsfeed. Is there a way to tell Google that you don’t want to get news on a certain topic? ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/359 "2015-07-28T21:46:21Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > With the amount of coverage the CBC gives to the Pan Am Games, I think they’ve over-estimated the average Canadian’s interest in the event. Even those in Toronto. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655/360 "2015-07-28T22:45:57Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > **Weather in Regina** > > April - light spring showers > > May - no rain > > June - no rain > > July 1 to 26 - no rain > > July 27, first day of Clan Piper summer holidays - torrential downpour; Enviro Canada issues heavy rainfall warnings for all of southern Saskatchewan; plus tornado warnings. > > I’ve gone back to bed. Rain from snowmelt till yesterday - 18mm Rain yesterday and today - 76mm 🙂 I guess I might have to mow my lawn a couple times now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-2015-battlestar-canadica/708655.md?page=19)