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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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So quaint. :-) NTTAWWT!
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Mighty Hiker; We met your brother at the Apron parking lot Friday. He was nice to us and helpful. Please thank him. We survived. Today, Saturday-Canada Day, I did feel sorry for the line of cars heading up to Squamish as we headed back to the States, though.
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 2, 2017 - 12:24am PT
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Someone named Darwin had darn well better survive. I'll ask the fraternal unit about it on Sunday.
Just back from the fireworks at Canada Place, with several hundred thousand new friends. Quite a show, with a percussive and blinding finish. I took a few photos, and will borrow some from the internet tomorrow to illustrate.
One interesting thing was red and white hearts, but more or less planar - quite unusual for fireworks, which mostly are omnidirectional. So they had to shoot the red and white hearts so that they could be seen from all perspectives. Plus they set off a shitload of stuff at the end.
Best red hat seen: "Canada: Always Great".
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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“Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those
relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the
one hand and with her unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and
the Motherland on the other, is the link which joins together these great
branches of the human family, a link which, spanning the oceans, brings
the continents into their true relation and will prevent in future
generations any growth of division between the proud and the happy nations
of Europe and the great countries which have come into existence in the New
World.”
Winston Churchill—Mansion House, London, 4 September 1941,
at a luncheon in honour of Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, tami... so nice to hear mention this, as to the first-nations, etc, and thus-- folks can really stop and think, too, as to all that you mentioned...
folks forget that side, of things... :(
it would have been such a lovely garden of many things, for all to learn from, i would think...
i never knew about all that in canada, until i did the search for music, etc... i am glad i learned of this... i saw a few of the spokesmen, etc, and some native-clips, from the canada first nations...
i hope things will open up some day, for something ( i have no idea what, etc) but--something, for all...
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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hey there say, kunlun_shan... wow, neat pic, neat to see you there!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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The NBA title is THE world championship, all other titles are kitchen scraps.
Oh, wait, I'll put it in a better context: the Stanley Cup is THE world title. ;-)
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Outside the Asylum
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 20, 2017 - 11:03pm PT
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James Naismith.
Anyway, today is the anniversary of the date on which British Columbia joined the Canadian confederation. In return for the promise of a railway. We can be bought, but we weren't cheap.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Jul 21, 2017 - 06:49am PT
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Happy Canada Day to you!
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Happy Canada day Mighty Hiker.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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isn't there a tariff on cross boarder celebrations?
Best wishes to the GWN,
as it was to my ancestors (on my mother's side) it may become an attractive alternative
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Damn,they know how to party.....lol.
Hear that Ed .
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Fritz
Social climber
Choss Creek, ID
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By contrast, this is how we party on the 4th of July in rural Idaho. The fireworks in town started two brushfires on a windy night, but the heros in our rural fire department put them out while the fireworks went on. A good time was had by most.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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