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  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Calgary Area Meetup is set for Saturday July 12th at 10am. The signup thread is here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

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  1. BMW Rider

    Really ?

    To be clear, my post was meant to address the motorcycle helmet portion of the quoted post. That the forum software reduced the visible portion of the quote to not show that is what may have made that unclear. I could have clipped the post to just the relevant portion which may have helped...
  2. BMW Rider

    Really ?

    The reality of choosing not to wear a helmet and crashing is that there is unlikely to be any burden at all on the health care system. Even the most minor incident will have a high probability of death due to head injury. High speed collisions or crashes have much lower survive-ability, with or...
  3. BMW Rider

    Physical activities…..

    Aside from keeping busy with shop and yard work, mostly our activity is walking or hiking. We are fortunate to have some good spaces nearby to enjoy some pathways for quick outings, usually about and hour to hour and a half. Typically we get out four to six days a week. Lately we've been trying...
  4. BMW Rider

    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    My set is used mostly in auto and motorcycle repair, hence their far less pristine appearance. They were part of the full set of Craftsman tools I got when I first started my apprenticeship as a mechanic right out of high school.
  5. BMW Rider

    Tools you waited too long to acquire

    Practically new. I have the same ones, now over 40 years old. They don't look quite a clean as yours, they've seen a lot of use.
  6. BMW Rider

    Whisk(e)y, wine and cheese!

    Nope, it was an actual physical card in my old fashioned mailbox.
  7. BMW Rider

    UPS gripe

    Canada post left me a delivery notice last Friday. I went to the post office to collect whatever it is/was and they have no record of the item in their system. I don't know what it might have been either as I had nothing I was expecting.
  8. BMW Rider

    US Tariffs

    I've got a power bar from my aquarium controller that needs to be sent in for repair to the US. I'm very hesitant to do so right now because of the ever changing tariff situation. Theoretically, it should not incur any tariff charges but given the unknowns of what and how they are randomly...
  9. BMW Rider

    Product Cordless tools

    I had a bit of a time finding it too, it is not always stocked in stores. I finally found mine at Home Depot, but KMS usually shows it in their stores. I do use the clutch feature all the time to prevent over tightening the screws into the plastic panels. the nice thing is the clutch holds the...
  10. BMW Rider

    Product Cordless tools

    I resisted getting into the M12 series for quite a while too, but finally gave in and now have a few tools and batteries.The one nice thing is that the chargers I have work for both the M18 and M12 batteries. I also have three or four spare chargers stowed away because I don't need them all at...
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