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Rick Mercer rides the rails - omigawd this is amazing..Check out the new hood ornament for the CPR !
lol
http://www.rickmercer.com/Rick-Mercer-Videos.aspx

Re: CRT children's book and Anniversary of Canadian Railway

Rick Mercer rides the rails - omigawd this is amazing..Check out the new hood ornament for the CPR !
lol

YouTube - RMR: Rick and the Last Spike

Re: CRT children's book and Anniversary of Canadian Railway

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Originally Posted by charlene (Post 166857)

Rick Mercer rides the rails - omigawd this is amazing..Check out the new hood ornament for the CPR !
lol

a more awesome view than at the bow if the Titanic
...he's the King of the World! lol

ok, it's a fact: this gay man has bigger stones than most straight jocks

thanks for the link...one could spend the entire day watching RMR videos:)

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it took me a good 30 minutes to get my breath back after seeing that on TV last night..I was gobsmacked that he was out there like that on that trestle bridge..good grief!!..then they got off the train and walked the trestle! omigawd..
What beauty tho..breathtaking doesn't even begin to describe it.
He's got THE. best. job. ever.

Re: 125th Anniversary of the 'uniting' of Canada (Last Spike of the CPR)

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Originally Posted by jj (Post 166810)

at 9:25 I took a small drink up to the tracks...

oops, i was 2 minutes late. lol....but i'll never forget that 'nerd' trivia:)

Re: CRT children's book and Anniversary of Canadian Railway

lol - she shocked herself with it!

Re: CRT children's book and Anniversary of Canadian Railway

Apologies if someone else has mentioned this.

I found this this morning and I wonder if anyone else had noticed "hidden pictures" in the artwork. Sounds like fun, now I have to resist unwrapping the book to check them out.

For a cross-generational gift for the holiday season, check out the Canadian Railroad Trilogy. Fans of Gordon Lightfoot will be delighted by this picture-book version of his famous song. Ian Wallace, one of Canada's best-loved illustrators, chose to interpret the lyrics in chalk pastels, which gives a dream-like feeling to the book that matches the dream of a growing nation. The book includes the music to the song, historical notes about the building of the railroad, and best of all, clues to the embedded symbolism in the art itself. Careful readers will find the faces of Sir John A. Macdonald, the president of the CPR and even Lightfoot within the pages. A family reading of the book may spark some interesting conversations about "the good old days."

Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/th...#ixzz181PYRA2N

Re: CRT children's book and Anniversary of Canadian Railway

My fave is the Canadian map in the train smoke...LOVE that beautiful symbolism! I spoke to the artist about it but he didn't give me the picture.
lolol
I have that book out so at any time I can look through it...there's always something new to see - I am so glad that Bonnie sent it as a lovely surprise.

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pics-Buffalo-Oct.2010

Re: CRT children's book and Anniversary of Canadian Railway

that's the best pic (or the 100+, lol) that i've seen of you guys

just did a bit of red eye taming here.... what a keeper!

Re: CRT children's book and Anniversary of Canadian Railway

very nice picture. you all look so happy