# Canadope Café 2018: Chatting Around the Campfire **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666 "2018-01-01T01:05:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/261 "2018-09-10T08:38:01Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The winter I spent in Ottawa was extremely uncomfortable, and made me appreciate that winters in Saskatchewan are indeed a “dry cold.” > > I was once in Ottawa in January when it was simultaneously snowing, raining, and freezing rain. It was not fun. As you know, **Northern Piper** , I’m originally from southern Ontario. What you describe is typical for southern Ontario. One learns to drive in all conditions that you describe, and that’s a skill that I am thankful for when I have to be back in Toronto during winter. That’s not saying that I like it; rather, I just know how to deal with it when I arrive in Toronto at any time of year, and rent a car. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/262 "2018-09-10T08:54:12Z")
My point was that winters in Ottawa are much colder than southwestern Ontario. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/263 "2018-09-10T12:36:42Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s nice Rick, but if you do make it here be prepared for about 3 months that will suck the life out of you most winters, compared to southwestern Ontario that is. > > The rest of the year is on par. More cold is absolutely worth the $400,000 tax free we’d pocket on the house exchange (at least.) That means earlier retirement and more tropical vacations. The cold in Ottawa will just make the beach in Jamaica seem nicer. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/264 "2018-09-10T16:27:20Z")
What’s odd is that BOTH the winters are colder AND the summers are hotter here in Ottawa in comparison to Halifax. I always thought it a myth, but that maritime breeze really does help to stabilize the temperature swings. Of course this is my perception (I haven’t compared the numbers). Oh, and there isn’t a nightly fog rolling in from the water (in the summer) nor a universal +90% cloud cover (in the winter) here in Ottawa. So… that’s something. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/265 "2018-09-10T17:00:22Z")
Since I’m a nerd I looked up the data (average monthly temperatures for [Hali](https://www.theweathernetwork.com/forecasts/statistics/temperature/cl8205090/cans0057)/[Ott](https://www.theweathernetwork.com/forecasts/statistics/temperature/cl6105976/caon0512)) and my perceptions were right! Ottawa is about 6C colder then Halifax in Jan (they both equalize by the start of April), then Ottawa gets to be 4C hotter in May-June (both cites again equalize in Sept). ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/266 "2018-09-10T17:12:23Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > What’s odd is that BOTH the winters are colder AND the summers are hotter here in Ottawa in comparison to Halifax. I always thought it a myth, but that maritime breeze really does help to stabilize the temperature swings. Of course this is my perception (I haven’t compared the numbers). > > Oh, and there isn’t a nightly fog rolling in from the water (in the summer) nor a universal +90% cloud cover (in the winter) here in Ottawa. So… that’s something. Ottawa does get a cool river fog after cold September/October nights. Lacks a certain Lovecraftian charm of course. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/267 "2018-09-10T20:43:15Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > More cold is absolutely worth the $400,000 tax free we’d pocket on the house exchange (at least.) That means earlier retirement and more tropical vacations. The cold in Ottawa will just make the beach in Jamaica seem nicer. Maybe Winnipeg then? 😁 > **[Toronto couple relieved to find affordable home in Winnipeg](https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/05/toronto-couple-relieved-find-affordable-home-winnipeg/)** > > “First we got priced out of Brampton, then London, but finally Winnipeg turned out to be a great option,” ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/268 "2018-09-10T20:50:36Z")
Hi, everyone! My apologies - I’ve been away from the SDMB for a while… Big news chez nous - my wife is leaving her old job at Canadian Stage in Toronto, to start as the production manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company in NYC. I’m not sure I will be allowed to post in the Canadope threads if I move there… ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/269 "2018-09-10T20:55:33Z")
Wow! That’s exciting news! Keep us up to date please. Bon chance! ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/270 "2018-09-10T21:01:18Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > I’m not sure I will be allowed to post in the Canadope threads if I move there… You will be subjected to the same stringent verification of Canadianess as the rest of us, I assure you. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/271 "2018-09-10T21:29:23Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Hi, everyone! My apologies - I’ve been away fromGrat the SDMB for a while… > > Big news chez nous - my wife is leaving her old job at Canadian Stage in Toronto, to start as the production manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company in NYC Great new! ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/272 "2018-09-10T22:18:16Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Hi, everyone! My apologies - I’ve been away from the SDMB for a while… > > Big news chez nous - my wife is leaving her old job at Canadian Stage in Toronto, to start as the production manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company in NYC. > > I’m not sure I will be allowed to post in the Canadope threads if I move there… For some reason I first read that as “Canadian Tire” and was thinking that’s one heck of a career change. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/273 "2018-09-10T23:44:37Z")
[Plays theme from “Welcome Back Kotter”] Big news indeed! ---
**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:** [September 10, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/274 "2018-09-10T23:46:16Z")
Exciting news indeed, **Le Ministre**! Of course you can post in the Canadope threads. Your credentials have been established; and besides, we could use a few more voices. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/275 "2018-09-11T07:57:12Z")
Good to hear from you, Le Ministre, and congrats to your wife! ---
**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:** [September 11, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/276 "2018-09-11T10:09:37Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Good to hear from you, Le Ministre, and congrats to your wife! Ah, if only we could get Cat Whisperer to chime in occasionally. … ---
**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:** [September 11, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/277 "2018-09-11T20:42:53Z")
I meet up with **Cat Whisperer** and her husband, **Dread Pirate Jimbo** occasionally. Last time I saw them, it was about a month ago, and I mentioned the changes that have taken place here– **Tuba** taking over, and so on. She said she’d have a look and think about it. So we may see her yet again. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/278 "2018-09-11T20:55:00Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Hi, everyone! My apologies - I’ve been away from the SDMB for a while… > > Big news chez nous - my wife is leaving her old job at Canadian Stage in Toronto, to start as the production manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company in NYC. > > I’m not sure I will be allowed to post in the Canadope threads if I move there… That’s great! 🙂 I know a guy who works at the Met in NYC. I used to work with him back in the day. Good old Yannick. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/279 "2018-09-12T17:20:40Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Hi, everyone! My apologies - I’ve been away from the SDMB for a while… > > Big news chez nous - my wife is leaving her old job at Canadian Stage in Toronto, to start as the production manager of the Metropolitan Opera Company in NYC. > > I’m not sure I will be allowed to post in the Canadope threads if I move there… Congratulations! What a fantastic opportunity for youse guys! ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666/280 "2018-09-12T17:21:41Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Ah, if only we could get Cat Whisperer to chime in occasionally. … I’m not very happy to be a Canadian these days - I’m not sure you guys would want to hear what I want to say. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadope-cafe-2018-chatting-around-the-campfire/805666.md?page=15)