# 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:** 156
**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 26, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3101 "2013-12-26T01:40:05Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > Are we going to go for another Ottawa Dopefest during Winterlude? > [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Merry Christmas, Everyone! > > And, yes, I think the Winterlude Ottawa Dopefest needs to be an annual event. Time to start planning 🙂 Absolutely! I thoroughly enjoyed last year’s Winterlude Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3102 "2013-12-26T01:59:28Z")
I’ll try and make it out this year. All depends on the 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:** [December 26, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3103 "2013-12-26T02:06:03Z")
Merry Christmas and Joyeux Noël, tout le monde! ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3104 "2013-12-26T02:07:24Z")
Merry Christmas, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3105 "2013-12-26T19:54:35Z")
Merry Boxing Day! I’m watching the Spengler Cup. Anybody gone to Future Shop to curb stomp their friends and loved ones for a smart TV? ---
**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 26, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3106 "2013-12-26T21:51:23Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Merry Boxing Day! > > I’m watching the Spengler Cup. Anybody gone to Future Shop to curb stomp their friends and loved ones for a smart TV? Not yet - maybe later today. 🙂 ---
**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 26, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3107 "2013-12-26T23:31:00Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Merry Boxing Day! > > I’m watching the Spengler Cup. Anybody gone to Future Shop to curb stomp their friends and loved ones for a smart TV? I saw a period and a half of the Spengler Cup today, in between romping around the malls with my kids. We visited 4 malls and a Best Buy store. I got up at 6:45 this morning, and am finally back home just now. I’ll sleep well tonight. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3108 "2013-12-27T01:46:33Z")
I just got back on line - my internet connection (and TV and phone) had been down since Sunday morning. Talk about going through withdrawal! GREAT to be back. My heart aches for those in the 50K or so homes that are still without heat or hydro. In other words, there’s gotta be 100,000 people in the city (Toronto) who are suffering. It will be five days tomorrow. I don’t think I could handle it, that’s for sure. ---
**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 30, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3109 "2013-12-30T22:37:19Z")
Some [new people added](http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/sarah-polley-blue-rodeo-founders-join-order-of-canada-1.2479126) to the Order of Canada. (is “added” the correct word?) Interestingly, the article I linked to says that “any person or group can nominate an individual for the Order.” ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3110 "2013-12-30T22:50:04Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Some [new people added](http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/sarah-polley-blue-rodeo-founders-join-order-of-canada-1.2479126) to the Order of Canada. (is “added” the correct word?) > > Interestingly, the article I linked to says that “any person or group can nominate an individual for the Order.” My God, that article proves once again that only the teachers-pets get recognized in Canada (how typical.) How come the Pam Andersons of the world never get the Order of Canada? ---
**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 30, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3111 "2013-12-30T22:51:04Z")
Anyone can nominate anyone… though I don’t actually know how they’re chosen. ---
**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 30, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3112 "2013-12-30T23:43:30Z")
> [@Registered\_at\_Last](#): > > Merry Christmas, Everyone! > > And, yes, I think the Winterlude Ottawa Dopefest needs to be an annual event. Time to start planning 🙂 I’ll try to make it this year as well. I’m sitting back and recovering from our game group’s annual holiday three-day game fest. For some strange reason, playing games for 12 to 14 hours a day over along weekend while subsisting on fast food and Diet Coke is more tiring than it was 30 years ago! ---
**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 30, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3113 "2013-12-30T23:47:02Z")
I wish I could come to the Ottawa Dopefest, but it’s usually around the same time of year when I’m the most busy with my theatre group. I’ll see, though. 🙂 ---
**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 31, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3114 "2013-12-31T00:16:48Z")
FYI - Winterlude is January 31st – February 17th this year. We should plan something for Saturday, February 8, with an alternate inclement weather day of Saturday the 15th. ---
**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 31, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3115 "2013-12-31T00:39:49Z")
Unfortunately, I’ll be busiest those two Saturdays. ---
**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 31, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3116 "2013-12-31T01:50:00Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > Merry Boxing Day! > > I’m watching the Spengler Cup. Anybody gone to Future Shop to curb stomp their friends and loved ones for a smart TV? We went to the mall yesterday - the sales are still on, and they managed to suck way too much money out of us! ---
**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 31, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3117 "2013-12-31T04:07:12Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Some [new people added](http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/sarah-polley-blue-rodeo-founders-join-order-of-canada-1.2479126) to the Order of Canada. (is “added” the correct word?) > > Interestingly, the article I linked to says that “any person or group can nominate an individual for the Order.” The complete list can be found at [this link](http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15482). ---
**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 31, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3118 "2013-12-31T05:53:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > We went to the mall yesterday - the sales are still on… I was at the mall today. There wasn’t much left–at least, not anything that interested me–but the crowds were still 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:** [December 31, 2013, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3119 "2013-12-31T06:12:39Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > The complete list can be found at [this link](http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15482). Companions? Officers? Members? I don’t know what it all means, but I’m certainly pissed that I was yet again excluded from the list. 😉 ---
**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 31, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/3120 "2013-12-31T13:23:21Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Companions? > Officers? > Members? > > I don’t know what it all means, but I’m certainly pissed that I was yet again excluded from the list. 😉 You can carry the designation ROCL: Reader of the Order of Canada List. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=155) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=157)