# The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2013-01-01T03:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 103
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2041 "2013-08-28T17:45:57Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Hey I shook hands with Phil Esposito in Tampa in 2007. I was there on business and decided to take in a playoff game. Phil came out to the pre-game ceremony outside the arena to give a rallying speech and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time. I called out “Mr. Esposito” and he turned around and gladly shook my hand while I told him I was a Canadian and fondly remembered the '72 summit series. I probably sounded like a 14 year old girl meeting the Beatles. I too have been lucky enough to meet Phil. He is a genuine person and wears his heart on his sleeve. He was also a true cold warrior, he probably felt a little bit of pride when you mentioned '72. I was also lucky enough to meet his brother Tony, who is also a great, kind person. You know, Marty Turco is very similar to the Esposito brothers. I guess there is something to being from an Italian family in the Soo. ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2042 "2013-08-28T18:07:18Z")
My contributions to the “brushes with Canadian Celebrities” subthread - Went to the the Rainbow Blues bar in Ottawa about a year and half ago to see Jack De Kaiser play. Apparently Loreena Harper is a big fan (she hired him to give their son Ben lessons in Blues guitar) and both Loreena & Stephen (and about 6 LARGE security personnel) were there watching the show. Very weird. They left after the first set. - Also in a pub in Ottawa … the Manx on Elgin. Went in one night for a quick bite. As the evening wore on a large crowd arrived. A nice couple asked if they could share our table as all the others were full and we had a large table with only two people . Turns out they were Chris Hatfield’s aunt & uncle and the group that had arrived was Chris and his family celebrating the [issuing of his coin by the mint](http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=19999). Shared a few beers and had a lovely conversation with his aunt & uncle and they introduced us to Chris. A true gentleman! ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2043 "2013-08-28T18:50:11Z")
> [@](#): > > I kept that newspaper with the picture of Jean Chrétien strangling his attacker on the front - so awesome! The old Shawinigan Handshake! A good friend of mine had this pic taken of him an the ex PM back in 2010, not too many of these around I bet… > **[Photo Storage](https://photobucket.com)** > > Store your photos and videos online with secure storage from Photobucket. Available on iOS, Android and desktop. Securely backup your memories and sign up today! ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2044 "2013-08-28T18:54:21Z")
Not sure if you can see the pic, I keep getting an error. ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2045 "2013-08-28T19:09:54Z")
Ok sorry, not sure what was going on with photobucket but it won’t let me share the url for the pic. Here is the link for my library, there is only seven pics there so it should stand out. [http://s920.photobucket.com/user/JFLuvly/library/](http://s920.photobucket.com/user/JFLuvly/library/) ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2046 "2013-08-28T21:22:53Z")
The first one loaded fine. Quite lawl worthy. 😛 ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2047 "2013-08-29T02:58:21Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Zero comments on any story at the Globe and Mail website? Really? > > I think this is two or three days in a row now. Obviously it must be something blocked at my end, no? I take schadenfreudian delight at some of those comments. What gives? I made what I thought would be the first comment on an on line CTV story regarding Canadian hockey players speaking out on the Anti gay law in Russia. Never commented on a news story before. CTV “invited” me “to make the first comment” So I did Two days later and the invitation is still out to everyone and yet no comments published Too bad. I thought I was being very clever. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2048 "2013-08-29T03:25:45Z")
The comments are appearing at home. I wonder what kind of weird firewall at work lets me read news stories, but not the comments. And this is recent as of this week. Weird. The comment balloon under each story reads “0.” ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2049 "2013-08-29T03:38:05Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Oh, and I walked past John Turner in the airport once. John Turner worked in the same building as me in my old job, so I’d sometimes see him in the elevator. He’s not a young man. I saw Don Cherry and Ron MacLean at the airport once. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2050 "2013-08-29T04:05:01Z")
Wow. I just remembered last summer at Costco in Ottawa (Kanata) Lloyd Robertson had a book signing engagement. I was standing in the foyer of the store, waiting to receive a gift of lamb from my Muslim car-pool buddy (tradition dictates they share food at Ramadan) and Lloyd walked past with his handler, agent? I said “Hello Mr. Robertson” and he smiled his famous smile and said hello back. Here’s the kicker: the guy’s only about 5’6"; he’s tiny! Well I’m only 5’8" but you know what I mean. Now I know he’s a zillion years old and we all shrink with age, but he was seriously about 5’6" and probably weighed 130 pounds soaking wet. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2051 "2013-08-29T07:24:41Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Wow. I just remembered last summer at Costco in Ottawa (Kanata) Lloyd Robertson had a book signing engagement. > > … > > Now I know he’s a zillion years old and we all shrink with age, but he was seriously about 5’6" and probably weighed 130 pounds soaking wet. I remember him hosting a jazz festival I attended when I lived in Ontario. This would have been about the year 2000 or so. He looked old then. He’s scheduled to be here soon, to address a local seniors’ group. I don’t plan to go (I’m not a senior), but it would be interesting to see how different he looks from when I saw him at the jazz fest. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2052 "2013-08-30T00:26:50Z")
Mmmmmmm - midnight pyrogy bar at a double Ukrainian wedding (both bride and groom), on Saturday! Instead of the usual cold cuts on a bun as a midnight snack, out came the pyrogy, with sour cream, onions and bacon bits. Mommy’s. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2053 "2013-08-30T00:36:50Z")
ETA - missed edit window. That “Mommy” was supposed to be a closing “mmmmm”. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2054 "2013-08-30T02:55:15Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > ETA - missed edit window. That “Mommy” was supposed to be a closing “mmmmm”. Sure **Spoons**. 😉 ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2055 "2013-08-30T03:25:04Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Sure **Spoons**. 😉 Psst … check the username again. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2056 "2013-08-30T03:31:38Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Psst … check the username again. Hahahahahah… 😃 Apologies to both. Beer? What beer? Sorry guys. ETA: Did I make a Spoonerism? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2057 "2013-08-30T05:13:17Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Hahahahahah… 😃 Apologies to both. > > Beer? What beer? > > Sorry guys. > > ETA: Did I make a Spoonerism? :smack: I shoulda known better. Apologies to all for setting him up like that. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2058 "2013-08-30T17:24:06Z")
Can any Dopers who have spent time in the north comment on the story about the guy who drank a human toe in a Dawson City bar? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2059 "2013-08-30T17:36:29Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Can any Dopers who have spent time in the north comment on the story about the guy who drank a human toe in a Dawson City bar? The guy was fined $500, and he did pay. So although what he did was toe-tally revolting, at least he was a kind sole who was able to foot the bill. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2060 "2013-08-30T17:49:50Z")
Oh and also, there’s a video, according to [this article](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/08/29/north-toe-video.html?cmp=fbtl). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=102) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=104)