# 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:** 70
**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, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1382 "2012-07-15T23:31:21Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Laurentian View Dairy (a.k.a. Deep River Dair Bar). Ha ha! Funny thing is, I know exactly what you’re referring to, but have never been there. Anyone for a chorus of “It’s a small word afterall?” ---
**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, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1383 "2012-07-15T23:40:34Z")
Oh oh, web reviews state that it has gone downhill a lot following new ownership last year. Pity. ---
**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 16, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1384 "2012-07-16T00:50:49Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Ha ha! Funny thing is, I know exactly what you’re referring to, but have never been there. > > Anyone for a chorus of “It’s a small word afterall?” Could be – if you were/are doing oversight audits at Chalk River’s NRU, you’d be dealing with stuff my family designed and built back at the dawn of time. ---
**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, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1385 "2012-07-16T01:37:12Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Could be – if you were/are doing oversight audits at Chalk River’s NRU, you’d be dealing with stuff my family designed and built back at the dawn of time. Coincidentally, I am in NRU at least once a week. ♫ It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears There’s so much that we share that it’s time we’re aware It’s a small world after all. ♫ ---
**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 16, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1386 "2012-07-16T03:10:36Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Coincidentally, I am in NRU at least once a week. > ♫ It’s a world of laughter, a world of tears > It’s a world of hopes and a world of fears > There’s so much that we share that it’s time we’re aware > It’s a small world after all. ♫ ♫ It’s a small world after all It’s a small, small world. ♫[/ ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1387 "2012-07-16T04:10:34Z")
I hate you both. _It’s a small, small world._ ---
**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, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1388 "2012-07-16T05:10:16Z")
Small world? My sister and brother-in-law both live in Calgary. Guess whose van I came up behind on Highway 17, just north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario? Yep. BIL’s. We pulled into a gas station, shook hands, said, “Man, what are the odds?” and kept on going. We were both heading to Toronto, but as things turned out, he missed the turn for Highway 69 south at Sudbury and ended up in North Bay. Small world indeed! ---
**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 16, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1389 "2012-07-16T05:51:55Z")
It’s a small world. Wouldn’t want to paint it, though… ---
**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 16, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1390 "2012-07-16T05:58:33Z")
Sure - so long as you’re willing to [Go Out and Paint the Whole World Green!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHQdikkOtk0&feature=fvwrel) ---
**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:** [July 16, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1391 "2012-07-16T14:01:56Z")
As near as we can tell, **Leaffan** ’s mother and my mother grew up within a few blocks of each other… No, I’m not going to sing that song; I have enough earworm trouble as it is and I’m trying to learn some Bach today. “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein; it’s a small world after all.” Gaaaahhh!!! There it is again!!! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1392 "2012-07-16T14:24:25Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > As near as we can tell, **Leaffan** ’s mother and my mother grew up within a few blocks of each other… > > No, I’m not going to sing that song; I have enough earworm trouble as it is and I’m trying to learn some Bach today. “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein; it’s a small world after all.” > Gaaaahhh!!! There it is again!!! So, [this cartoon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E6CPiMC8n4) is about you ? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1393 "2012-07-16T17:43:44Z")
Not exactly, but it’s one of my all time favourites!! ---
**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 17, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1394 "2012-07-17T01:29:50Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Not exactly, but it’s one of my all time favourites!! A classic, mon frère. ---
**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 17, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1395 "2012-07-17T05:10:38Z")
[What the heck’s going on in Toronto tonight?](http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/toronto-cops-investigate-reports-of-multiple-shooting-in-citys-east-end--162677696.html) It looks like there was a shooting at a crowded party with at least one dead at this point. ---
**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 17, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1396 "2012-07-17T11:58:38Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [What the heck’s going on in Toronto tonight?](http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/toronto-cops-investigate-reports-of-multiple-shooting-in-citys-east-end--162677696.html) It looks like there was a shooting at a crowded party with at least one dead at this point. 2 dead, 19 injured. Welcome to our long, hot summer. The house I previously lived in, I could hear random gunshots at night. ---
**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 18, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1397 "2012-07-18T18:27:54Z")
[A guy on a bike in the rain with his dog in the wagon with a cowboy hat on.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Miscellaneous/BikeandDog.jpg) Cause, why not? 🙂 ---
**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 18, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1398 "2012-07-18T18:35:01Z")
And a bonus [Mock Orange and fence photo](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Miscellaneous/DSCN1228.jpg), because I thought the photo came out really well and I wanted to share it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1399 "2012-07-18T21:09:31Z")
Nice pictures. 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1400 "2012-07-27T00:40:56Z")
Girl fight! [Premier Alison Redford of Alberta versus Premier Christy Clark of BC over a proposed pipeline to the west coast.](http://www.cbc.ca/m/rich/politics/story/2012/07/24/bc-enbridge-feud-royalties-tax.html) All the politics aside, can I say how thrilled I am that it is two women premiers having this fight? I’m old enough to remember when my mom couldn’t go into the bar to get her husband out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2012-edition-of-the-great-ongoing-canadian-current-events-and-politics-thread/608014/1401 "2012-07-27T00:47:28Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’m old enough to remember when my mom couldn’t go into the bar to get her husband out. 🙂 Ah, now I remember the reason I stopped going to bars.😉 [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=69) [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=71)