It seems that we have here too, but I’ll still be careful. I’ve experienced a few mid-May snowfalls out here.
Of course, if today’s weather keeps up, I may not feel well later this week. From past experience, I know that the only cure is golf. 
Ahhh… Spoons. My yearly 9 holes after work begins this Tuesday. It will be 25 and sunny!
Fore!
So, join us for the Ottawa Dope Fest next weekend then. We don’t bite.
I’m thinking I should just store my clubs in the car. There’s a little par-3 that I pass by on the way home that would be perfect for after work.
Thanks for the idea!
Going to the Mayflower again?
My clubs live in my trunk all summer long.
So, bringing your clubs east this summer?
I dunno. Dow’s Lake pavilion sounds good. We haven’t decided. We may never decide at this rate…
I did last year, and had a lot of fun on the courses I remembered from when I lived in Ontario.
You just have to come a little west. I don’t get as far east as Ottawa.
Could be arranged.
Well, if you can get to the GTA, I’m sure we could arrange something. There’s a nice course I like about an hour or so northeast of Toronto. It was designed by the same guy who designed the Banff Springs course, so it works with the landscape, not in spite of it. And it’s got the most challenging par-3 hole I’ve even encountered.
I plan to be in the GTA this summer, and hope to meet up with some Dopers (Le Ministre? RickJay? The Lurker Above? Sunspace?) No definite dates yet, but I had a great time meeting these gentlemen last year (well, Sunspace had to bow out, but I have met him before.) Still, if you like, Leaffan, I will keep you in the loop as to my plans, and if you can manage a meetup, great! And even better if golf is involved.
I suddenly find myself with more spare time. Well, every second weekend anyway.
Sounds good. I’ll keep you posted.
I thought some of you might be amused at this article - Redditors to marketers: Stop telling us how to be Canadian.
Speaking as someone who can’t abide Tim Horton’s coffee, and who is still boycotting the NHL indefinitely, this resonated with me…
It did with me too.
Interesting article. I don’t hate Tim Horton’s coffee, nor do I dislike hockey. But I also don’t hunt specifically for a Tim’s, or watch every hockey game on TV. (Frankly, I think there is far too much hockey on TV.) And to insinuate that I am somehow not Canadian unless I do, irks me.
Why do you hate Canada?
I tend to agree, we don’t need to be told how to be Canadian. On the other hand I’m willing to bet that these types of marketing strategies have paid off enormously for the likes of Tim Hortons, Molson, Canadian Tire, et al. We’ve always been a people searching for an identity and these companies have played on it after taking lessons from Bob and Doug.
I saw a comedian recently who said “In Canada, our president works for a grocery store.” I laughed. (That might be more of an Ontario thing only. Not sure! (Loblaws))
Add Writers and Company, the Next Chapter and Randy Bachman’s Vinyl Tap..as well as Radio-Canada’s Et Dieu Crea La Flaque and Toute le monde en parle and you have my favourites.
My husband introduced me to the two French shows… I don’t always get all the jokes, but I understand enough, and it is both good for my French comprehension and good for cross-cultural feel good fuzzie wuzzies for me to watch.
As for spring… ah… in Vancouver we moved past that this weekend into summer weather. We spent Sunday at the beach, and I got a good and proper sunburn despite my SPF 9000. Spring started sometime mid February.
(ducks and runs from I think everyone except Dr Drake)
What does ‘better’ have to do with it? If it is ‘better’, then they should have no problem flogging it to advertisers. If it is so odd or different that only a few people watch it, then perhaps it isn’t worth someone paying for ad time. It baffles me why you think taxes should pay the difference so you can watch/listen to your favorite show.
It is my understanding that the CBC (at least, as far as radio goes) does not want to appeal to advertisers. It wants to operate without any obligations to advertisers.
All very well and good, until one realizes that it takes tax money to support such a venture. The problem many Canadians have, is that CBC radio does not serve their needs, does not support their point-of-view, and does not reflect their experience. Yet they have to pay for it through tax dollars.
Whether all of the above are true or not, I cannot say. But it seems to me that Canadians who do not like CBC radio programming are regarded by those who do like it as “rednecks,” and “luddites” and “uneducated mouth-breathing assholes”; and are otherwise to be disregarded as somehow “non-Canadian.”
No. We are all Canadians, regardless of what we listen to, and we are all in this together. If we do not like CBC radio, then we must let our MPs know. If we do not like CBC period, then we must let our MPs know. Only our members of Parliament can debate and decide what the point-of-view that the CBC presents will be.
'Nuff said for now.