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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. Canadium

    Am I a hoarder?

    Chemistry set nothing! I was able to get cyanide insect killing bottles from my local drug store when I was making insect collections as a youngster. Bet you can't do that any more!!!
  2. Canadium

    Am I a hoarder?

    Clearly there is a point in the spectrum where hoarding can indeed qualify as an illness. Never the less I object to Psychologists who appear to demonstrate an obsessive illness themselves by a self serving labeling of all forms of human behaviour as an illness!
  3. Canadium

    Am I a hoarder?

    In this day and age of environmental crises when the land fills are full and there is no more room for waste it seems to me reuse and repurposing is not just frugal and genius its essential. In this context I think we could argue that to some extent hoarding junk for reuse is wise and NOT an...
  4. Canadium

    Am I a hoarder?

    The million dollar question is where do you draw the line. I've been confronted with opinions in the past that declared that any form or kind of collecting is an illness. In my opinion that is just plain wrong. But it seems there is a vast grey zone between behaviour that is reasonable and...
  5. Canadium

    Am I a hoarder?

    Haha .... if you had ever seen my shop you would LAUGH!!! It's probably the messiest of anyone on the forum! Despite my best efforts to organize I thrive in a chaotic shop!
  6. Canadium

    Am I a hoarder?

    One of the first things I did when I created my "shop" was to organize my hoard of random small stuff into small cans in a bank of homemade drawers. This did wonders to my efficiency finding what I'm looking for. I check this hoard all the time and frequently find just what I want for a project.
  7. Canadium

    Hello

    Welcome from Hamilton ON!
  8. Canadium

    SOLD - Machinist Bedside Reader set of 3

    I have no idea as to how the reprint came to be. Unfortunately for me some one else beat me to this set so I will probably be looking for the reprints.
  9. Canadium

    SOLD - Machinist Bedside Reader set of 3

    The first volume is back in print and available on Amazon for about $60 CAD. I imagine the other 2 volumes will soon also be reprinted.
  10. Canadium

    SOLD - Machinist Bedside Reader set of 3

    PM sent.
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