A train is coming in 3D

We took Kieran to his first movie at a real movie theatre this past weekend.
Ice Age 3D: dawn of the dinosaurs was playing.
Not sure if it's 3D for all theatres but it was for the Queensway Cineplex Odeon.
To watch the movie we had to wear these glasses.


Having a filipino nose. ie. a nose bridge is optional genetically. The glasses didn't always stay up. So Kieran spent the bulk of the movie holding his glasses up. And since he was eating popcorn his fingers were oily. So every so often I would switch my glasses with his.

It was a great movie, lots of good liners for adults and slapstick for the wee ones.
We used the family pass that Kieran won during the 2008 Zoo Run. Imagine, 1 adult pass ($12.50) popcorn + regular drink ($11.49) = $24.00.
Imagine for 2 people it would have cost us almost $4o.00 to watch a movie.
I still remember $2.00 Tuesdays. Does anyone else remember this?
We also turned back the clock a few months and made Kieran 3 years old. Or at least 3.5 years old. Most people can't tell anyway. Kids 3 and under are free.

The next day we went to Richmond Hill Live Steamers (RHLS) up near Aurora. This was cool.
These guys build these 1:74 scale working models of actual trains (steam, electric, diesel). The steam train works on coal, it's got a reservoir in the caboose
There's piping that feeds the steam engine at the front.


These trains are basically smaller versions of the larger steam engines. Built from designs. From scratch. The detail on some of these engines are amazing.
This one was built in 1982. And he brought it in the trunk of his Pontiac Parisienne. I was surprised at how powerful it was. And that small tray of coal will last him 3 hrs.

The big diesel-electric model was using 3 or 4 car batteries to run it's engines. And the batteries will run for 3hrs. Enough to cover the afternoon.

Check out club site below:
Richmond Hill Live Steamers website

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