# 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:** 145
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2881 "2013-12-03T23:09:04Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > The snow has basically stopped now - now we have to go shovel. In the -300ºC temperatures. 😛 That’s really cold. What is it in Fahrenheit? About five-hundred below? Tried blowing the drive. It was all going well until I ditched the mower/blower. Sometimes finding the drive is problematic. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2882 "2013-12-03T23:53:25Z")
If you’d just keep it clear, you could see where it is to clear it! Errrrrr… ---
**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:** [December 4, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2883 "2013-12-04T00:07:55Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > That’s really cold. What is it in Fahrenheit? About five-hundred below?\ Yeah, that sounds about right. 😃 I’ve never shovelled such hard snow before - the wind packed it down so hard, it was like chipping out our sidewalk. I think we’ve pretty much decided that our next house will not be a corner lot. We don’t get tons of snow here, but we’re not getting any younger. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2884 "2013-12-04T00:26:00Z")
Just finished shovelling. Phew! In some places, there was bare pavement; in others, four-foot drifts. And **Cat** is correct; the wind packed it down. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2885 "2013-12-04T04:02:30Z")
So, what’s with the Ron Burgundy angle on the “Roar of the Rings” bonspiel? What’s up with that? Why is Will Ferrel interested in curling in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada? I’m not against it. I think any attention to the sport is good, but is there a tie-in to the next Anchorman movie or something? (And of course my niece is on the Homan rink, so please feel free to cheer away!) ETA: I see Spoons already asked the same questions, essentially. Sorry for the duplication. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2886 "2013-12-04T16:47:05Z")
**Leaffan** , I’m pretty sure it’s just a publicity stunt, in order to create buzz for the next Anchorman movie. Apparently Burgundy/Ferrell are doing, or already have done an actual local news broadcast alongside the normal anchor in some non-descript US town. I like it; I think it’s a great idea. From the little I’ve heard, the other TV journalists involved have enjoyed it also. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2887 "2013-12-05T21:51:25Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Funny stuff, for sure. > > My niece is playing in the tournament though; not so funny any more. > > Please put your Canadian votes behind the Homan rink!! Watched the Homan rink win on Tuesday. Good luck for tonight! ---
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2888 "2013-12-05T21:52:26Z")
> [@Bookkeeper](#): > > Watched the Homan rink win on Tuesday. Good luck for tonight! Thanks. I watched them lose on the last rock last night. How deflating. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2889 "2013-12-05T23:46:21Z")
[Here’s something to cheer us all up in the middle of the winter doldrums.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEqWzw8A9g) 🙂 Well, actually, I guess we’re just in the start of the winter doldrums. Now I’m bumming myself out again. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2890 "2013-12-06T00:01:11Z")
Some scenes from Calgary today - [the road and sidewalk](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Winter%20Scenes/SAM_3467_zpsb41392d1.jpg) (and my husband who wasn’t too happy to be out in the cold weather 🙂 ); [snow, snow, snow;](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Winter%20Scenes/SAM_3476_zpsa251fb31.jpg) (there’s a sidewalk under there somewhere); [this is what happens when you don’t move your damned car when the plows come by.](http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s142/featherlou/Winter%20Scenes/SAM_3480_zps483ebf3b.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2891 "2013-12-06T03:58:48Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Some scenes from Calgary today… Great photos! And just think, it will officially be winter in two weeks or so. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2892 "2013-12-06T14:41:38Z")
At the moment according to Environment Canada it is -30C in Edmonton, with a windchill of -42C! I hate winter! ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2893 "2013-12-06T15:40:47Z")
Well if it’s that cold you don’t have to worry about more snow! Great news! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2894 "2013-12-06T16:26:41Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Well if it’s that cold you don’t have to worry about more snow! Great news! 😉 30% chance of flurries this morning and early this afternoon. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2895 "2013-12-06T16:51:57Z")
Today is the [24th anniversary](http://globalnews.ca/news/1013888/canadians-mark-24-years-since-montreals-ecole-polytechnique-massacre/) of the massacre at L’École Polytechnique. RIP, Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz ---
**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:** [December 6, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2896 "2013-12-06T16:55:24Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Today is the [24th anniversary](http://globalnews.ca/news/1013888/canadians-mark-24-years-since-montreals-ecole-polytechnique-massacre/) of the massacre at L’École Polytechnique. > > RIP, Geneviève Bergeron > Hélène Colgan > Nathalie Croteau > Barbara Daigneault > Anne-Marie Edward > Maud Haviernick > Maryse Laganière > Maryse Leclair > Anne-Marie Lemay > Sonia Pelletier > Michèle Richard > Annie St-Arneault > Annie Turcotte > Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz I was only four years old when it happened, but I remember it happening. I remember my mother trying to explain it to me. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2897 "2013-12-06T17:46:58Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > 30% chance of flurries this morning and early this afternoon. Great news! More insulation! I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2898 "2013-12-06T18:49:36Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > RIP, Geneviève Bergeron > Hélène Colgan > Nathalie Croteau > Barbara Daigneault > Anne-Marie Edward > Maud Haviernick > Maryse Laganière > Maryse Leclair > Anne-Marie Lemay > Sonia Pelletier > Michèle Richard > Annie St-Arneault > Annie Turcotte > Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2899 "2013-12-06T19:05:49Z")
I remember being in 1st year Engineering. We ripped up pillow cases for armbands and wore them for the rest of term. It was very unsettling hearing about it, as I knew some people that were going to Polytech at the time. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/2900 "2013-12-06T19:12:32Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > At the moment according to Environment Canada it is -30C in Edmonton, with a windchill of -42C! I hate winter! I went to plug my car in this morning, and once again I was reminded that we need a better way to plug cars in other than a rock-hard plastic plug and a rock-hard plastic socket. Come on, technology people - get on this! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=144) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=146)