# 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:** 50
**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:** [April 25, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/981 "2013-04-25T18:24:57Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Here’s the joke (spoilered for mildly crudity): > > [spoiler]Q: What do you call Rita MacNeil wearing a [female condom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_condom)? > > A: A half-ton with a box liner.[/spoiler] Oh. And, here I thought it was this one. Did you hear Rita MacNeil was detained by customs at the airport last night? Yeah, she was caught with 200 pounds of crack. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/982 "2013-04-25T18:31:12Z")
The only Rita MacNeil joke I know is in particularly bad taste now; did you hear Rita MacNeil has flesh-eating disease? Yeah, she only has three years to live. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/983 "2013-04-27T14:58:38Z")
We’re spending the weekend at [The Calgary Expo](http://www.calgaryexpo.com/) again this weekend - wheeeeee! We also took in the “Weird Al” Yankovic show last night, and it was worth the price of admission for “Canadian Idiot,” “White and Nerdy,” “The Story Begins…” and “Yoda.” 😃 And tonight we’re also seeing the Calgary Roughnecks in their first playoff game! Whoo hooo! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/984 "2013-04-27T16:38:48Z")
Busy weekend! I’m in class for another hour and a half, then it’s lunch and the expo for me too! Yay! ---
**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:** [April 28, 2013, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/985 "2013-04-28T15:12:40Z")
Won the first playoff game handily - 15-10 final score for Calgary Roughnecks! WooHoo! The Expo was good, too. We got our pictures taken with Walter Koenig. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/986 "2013-04-28T17:00:52Z")
20 degrees! I’m putting on shorts and going to hit a bucket of balls! Yabba dabba doooooooo! ---
**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:** [April 28, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/987 "2013-04-28T21:11:28Z")
For those of you who care for this Twitter thing, @1813now has been tweeting events of the Battle of York as if they are happening in real time, and not 200 years ago. From yesterday - > [@](#): > > The American flag is flying upon the fort at York. The town capitulated this afternoon at 4 o’clock.— Chauncey, April 27 1813 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/988 "2013-04-28T21:22:23Z")
How do we know it isn’t actually happening in real time? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/989 "2013-04-28T21:32:31Z")
I was rehearsing across the street from the site of the first parliament yesterday - the only Americans were tourists looking for the Distillery District. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/990 "2013-04-28T21:55:32Z")
That’s a relief. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/991 "2013-04-29T04:22:29Z")
So we somehow managed to buy a house. Our apartment is being listed as available for rent, with visits expected mid-week already. We’ve cleaned and organized and the apartment hasn’t been this clean in…I’m pretty sure ever. We are accumulating boxes, and will move in June to a 3BR, 1 bath 60+ year old semi-detached that is much, much closer to work and has a nice big yard (for Montreal, that is!) Holy shit. I’ve become somewhat obsessed with the idea that we need a lawn mower. I have never mowed a lawn in my life, and _I don’t know which one to buy!_ For some reason, this is the thing that is stressing me out the most, when really everything else should be! So excited! ---
**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:** [April 29, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/992 "2013-04-29T04:42:37Z")
Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/993 "2013-04-29T17:06:40Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > So we somehow managed to buy a house. Our apartment is being listed as available for rent, with visits expected mid-week already. We’ve cleaned and organized and the apartment hasn’t been this clean in…I’m pretty sure ever. We are accumulating boxes, and will move in June to a 3BR, 1 bath 60+ year old semi-detached that is much, much closer to work and has a nice big yard (for Montreal, that is!) > > Holy shit. > > I’ve become somewhat obsessed with the idea that we need a lawn mower. I have never mowed a lawn in my life, and _I don’t know which one to buy!_ For some reason, this is the thing that is stressing me out the most, when really everything else should be! > > So excited! Congratulations! Home ownership is the best, aside from all the expensive maintenance, shitty neighbours and snow shovelling. 🙂 We typically just get a cheap-ass mower and run it 'til it dies, so my advice isn’t particularly useful on that item except to say that I have never yet been thrilled by the performance of any push mower. They just don’t seem to do as effective a job at nipping everything. Plus I’m lazy and prefer to let electricity spin the blades. 🙂 ---
**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:** [April 29, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/994 "2013-04-29T17:23:38Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > I’ve become somewhat obsessed with the idea that we need a lawn mower. I have never mowed a lawn in my life, and _I don’t know which one to buy!_ For some reason, this is the thing that is stressing me out the most, when really everything else should be! > > So excited! Good for you! My push mower is a Honda. “A Honda?” you say. “That must be a very good mower.” Yes, it probably is, but it weighs a tonne. I got it second hand for a great price, but lugging it about the yard is a lot of work. Of course I cut with a lawn tractor and the push mower is used for ditches, under trees and stuff, but it is a pain. My advice would be to find something light. Lawns at this latitude only need a cut or two in May, three more in June, three more in July, a couple in August and one in September. You can easily get by on 10 to 12 cuts a year. You don’t need a Honda for 10 hours per year. Buy the cheapest, lightest piece of Chinese crap you can get a hold of and it will last for the rest of your life. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/995 "2013-04-29T18:27:22Z")
Congrats on the home. If you don’t let the grass get too long, consider a reel mower – you push it along under your own power, rather than crap up the atmosphere with a gas motor or zap yourself running over an electrical cord. I don’t know what the battery operated mowers are like. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/996 "2013-04-29T18:31:51Z")
Congratulations, **mnemosyne**! Welcome to the world of home-ownership! I’m sure you’ll become very familiar with your local big-box hardware stores. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/997 "2013-04-29T20:10:13Z")
Congrats Mnemosyne. 🙂 One of these days I will take the leap. I’ve been getting ducks in a row with regards to downpayment etc so it may even be sooner rather than later. Scary… I already have a lawnmower though (rent a duplex, we do our own yardwork). I just bought a cheapie electric from Rona, it’s worked the last few seasons though I may need to have the blade sharpened this year (I don’t know, I’ve never done it). ---
**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:** [April 29, 2013, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/998 "2013-04-29T21:23:57Z")
Have you ever considered one of [these](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WuxEgc6Yr58/TbO3JSuU9fI/AAAAAAAADIk/qWRYbaoTHD0/s1600/IMG_5559.jpg)? Move it a foot or so every day, and in the autumn, you get [Lapin au cidre](http://www.750g.com/lapin-au-cidre-en-cocotte-enfournee-r51308.htm)… Congratulations on the house!! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/999 "2013-04-29T21:47:20Z")
So tired. Got back last night from an Exercise in Moose Jaw. Wasn’t super busy, but there was a guy nearby my cot that had sleep apnea. Yawn! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/1000 "2013-04-29T22:21:15Z")
Congrats on the new home. As for the lawn mower, depending on the lawn, you want the [larger model](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Hambledon_Hill_Sheep.jpg) of the organic lawnmower recommended by **Le Ministre** or you may want the [SDMB approved](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3y9SL7PvwV0/TWY08s-mS0I/AAAAAAAABH8/zT4Ye2boCm0/s1600/goat_1) version 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=51)