Is Ottawa the City that Fun Forgot?

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Originally Posted by Acajack

Good list. This is not an ''us too!'' but to add to the offerings in the area Gatineau has about 20 odd festivals during the year as well. Some are quite large like the balloon festival which can easily draw 50,000 to 75,000 people to its evening concerts. The Grands Feux fireworks festival can draw 20,000 people or more a night to its displays as well.

"Us too!" is a perfectly valid and appropriate contribution to make. It's one region, and to expect that these events/attractions operate in silos would be a mistake. The Grands Feux and Balloon festival are two massive ones that I certainly don't miss if at all possible. As mentioned by bikegypsy, Amnesia is another biggie. I don't doubt for a second that there are dozens of other great events in Gatineau.

You yourself seem to be very unfamiliar with Alberta's two cities.

I'm as familiar as anyone who's been to each city once can be. I never foolishly claimed otherwise, not in this forum, and certainly not in either of those forums.

Originally Posted by ue

You seem to have a problem with me, so why do you keep reading my posts? It's like the claws always come out when you read a post of mine...jeez...everyone else has remained civil in response to my posts, so what is your fucking problem?

What's with the language?

I don't have any problem with you; I don't even know you. You seem to need reminding that you engaged me at the outset by quoting me. Isn't it normal to expect the discussion to continue until some natural conclusion? That's why I keep reading your posts, and everyone else's for that matter.

So you came into "virtual Ottawa", gave a contentious opinion that you attempted to argue as fact, and expected not to be countered? What would happen to me if I did the same in the Edmonton/Calgary forum? As I mentioned in a reply to someone else earlier, a lot of Ottawans are passive, submissive, dossile, and even self-loathing. I'm not one of them, especially when I'm engaged.

No opinion is unwelcomed, but next time, don't forget your flak jacket.