From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
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ReplyDeleteAlso, Thomas with American accents overdubbed is weird.
ReplyDeleteEnglish not good enough for you?
Luckily he's just playing at his train table while I make a character sheet.
ReplyDeleteJez Gordon we speak 'Merican in 'Merica.
ReplyDeleteIT'S STILL THE SAME WORDS!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, I can't read Australian.
ReplyDeleteWhen my daughter was 2, she watched Kipper the Dog almost exclusively and in a few months developed a rather smart little British accent. I was pleased.
ReplyDeleteCasey Garske 'strayan. geddit roit.
ReplyDeleteS Robertson if only they would silence them.
ReplyDeleteI have done my time in the salt mines with this video. It's your time, man, it's just your time.
ReplyDeleteI managed to dodge this particular bullet. We got the Scooby Doo movies. Every day. For a couple of years. They weren't bad, just repetitive.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I like the Wiggles. Much better than the Doodlebops .
ReplyDeleteCut them off at the pass and just put on The Herculoids.
ReplyDeleteOh, god yes. The Doodlebops were awful. I pray I do not dream of them tonight. Them and their weird hands.
ReplyDeleteShow them the George Carlin stuff...at least then they'll be primed for his stand up! :)
ReplyDeleteWe watch a ton of Thomas but somehow I've avoided seeing this. Utter garbage.
ReplyDeleteI've been seeing a lot of Timmy Time lately. Ugh. Peppa Pig is so so much more watchable.
ReplyDeleteOh man, my daughter was addicted to this film for a while. I cant' even count how many times this has been put in the player. Thomas shows are fine, but this is not fun.
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