# The CanaDoper Café (2012 edition of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread.) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014 "2012-01-01T03:31:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 67
**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:** [June 28, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1322 "2012-06-28T00:07:52Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Check out [**the bubble clouds**](http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2012/06/26/sk-post-storm-sky-120626.html) over Regina. > > Über weird. The apocalypse is nigh. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1323 "2012-06-28T01:22:18Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > The concern these days is that the Victoria Bridge will fall on someone’s head. :eek: Par Toutatis! ---
**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:** [June 28, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1324 "2012-06-28T01:29:00Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > \ > > **Cat Whisperer** , it’s High River because the _Highwood River_ is high in elevation, not that the water level is high. {Johnny Carson} I did not know that. Well, the river does get high most years, too. 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 30, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1325 "2012-06-30T21:47:02Z")
Just dropping by briefly to wish everyone a Happy Canada Day tomorrow!! Off to my in-laws for a couple of days… ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1326 "2012-06-30T23:13:11Z")
Yup, Happy Dominion day all !!! ---
**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:** [July 1, 2012, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1327 "2012-07-01T00:29:07Z")
Has anyone done any research into the [On-To-Ottawa Trek from 1935?](http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=348) I first heard about this fairly recently, and my husband hadn’t heard about it at all. ---
**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 1, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1328 "2012-07-01T00:47:31Z")
It seems like this day leading up to Canada Day is longer than usual. Oh wait. [It is.](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/earth-adds-leap-second-saturday-night/article4382584/) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1329 "2012-07-01T01:36:13Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Has anyone done any research into the [On-To-Ottawa Trek from 1935?](http://www.histori.ca/peace/page.do?pageID=348) I first heard about this fairly recently, and my husband hadn’t heard about it at all. I heard about it a year or so ago on a CBC radio show. ---
**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 1, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1330 "2012-07-01T05:26:27Z")
Happy Canada Day. ---
**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 1, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1331 "2012-07-01T06:29:25Z")
Have a great Canada Day, friends! I’m thinking I just may spend it exploring the hiking trails in the nearby Waterton Lakes National Park. Hope that all of you have some similarly fun plans! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1332 "2012-07-01T13:41:49Z")
Happy Canada day! I plan to hit up some of the city stuff then just relax at home. Tomorrow will be for exploring nature, if I have enough energy. 🙂 ---
**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 1, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1333 "2012-07-01T14:16:16Z")
I live in the country/bush, where my high speed internet connection is not at all high speed, so for Canada Day, I am planting a file sever farm. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1334 "2012-07-01T14:49:18Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I live in the country/bush, where my high speed internet connection is not at all high speed, so for Canada Day, I am planting a file sever farm. What? You are planting a paper shredder on the muskeg ? Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians. I’m taking the grandkids to the local day long celebrations and parade for face painting, games and entertainment. I’m 62 years old, and I tell you this country has come a long way when it comes to celebrating Dominion Day. ---
**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 1, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1335 "2012-07-01T15:02:44Z")
sitting in the back yard in the sun, Camp Coffee in hand. The Cub is watching Wonder Pets, Mrs Piper is sleeping in. We plan on going to the [LT Gov’s annual garden party](http://ltgov.sk.ca/news-and-events/garden-party) this afternoon, and fireworks tonight. ---
**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 1, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1336 "2012-07-01T16:29:56Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Have a great Canada Day, friends! I’m thinking I just may spend it exploring the hiking trails in the nearby Waterton Lakes National Park. Hope that all of you have some similarly fun plans! Change of plans–a friend called and suggested a day of golf. So, we’ll do that instead. Hey, I’m easy! ---
**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 1, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1337 "2012-07-01T17:44:28Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > We plan on going to the [LT Gov’s annual garden party](http://ltgov.sk.ca/news-and-events/garden-party) this afternoon . . . Love those historic costumes in the photo. ---
**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 1, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1338 "2012-07-01T17:53:32Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > What? You are planting a paper shredder on the muskeg ? No, shredding isn’t a problem. It the excessively slow speed of my internet connection that is a problem, for often it takes a very long time to download a file, and in the last few weeks for hours at a time the download speed has been 0.02 (as opposed to its usually slow speed of 1.2). The solution was to plant a dedicated server farm on the property, rather than suffer delays and service outages when being served files from either my office the cloud. Now I’m well on my way to having my own server farm. Here’s a[pic of my server farm](http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3290/myfileserverfarm.jpg)– one or two days away from harvest (the farm a couple of lots up just brought in his first crop of hay yesterday). I’m pretty excitied about it! [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3290/myfileserverfarm.jpg) ---
**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 3, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1339 "2012-07-03T18:55:06Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > No, shredding isn’t a problem. It the excessively slow speed of my internet connection that is a problem, for often it takes a very long time to download a file, and in the last few weeks for hours at a time the download speed has been 0.02 (as opposed to its usually slow speed of 1.2). The solution was to plant a dedicated server farm on the property, rather than suffer delays and service outages when being served files from either my office the cloud. Now I’m well on my way to having my own server farm. Here’s a[pic of my server farm](http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3290/myfileserverfarm.jpg)– one or two days away from harvest (the farm a couple of lots up just brought in his first crop of hay yesterday). I’m pretty excitied about it! [ImageShack - Best place for all of your image hosting and image sharing needs](http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/3290/myfileserverfarm.jpg) Dude! You’re obviously growing rooted cuttings from old stock, and will only get a low capacity harvest. You need to plant [seeds](http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=&webid=761449&affixedcode=WW)! ---
**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 3, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1340 "2012-07-03T18:58:00Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > You need to plant [seeds](http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=&webid=761449&affixedcode=WW)! 😃 ---
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1341 "2012-07-05T18:58:52Z")
In honour of the Calgary Stampede’s 100th anniversary, I share with you this awesome website - [Flapjack Finder!](http://www.flapjackfinder.com/) To be used to help you find every possible Stampede breakfast that you can cram down your gullet. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014.md?page=66) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014.md?page=68)