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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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    Workplace Safety at work and in the home shop

    Close-up vision is not what it used to be. I have prescription glasses and have been using a face shield in the shop. Decided to try these safety glasses that go over your glasses for certain jobs and so far I really like them: Milwaukee Over-The-Glass Dual Coat Clear Safety Glasses MODEL NO...
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    Really ?

    There are simple things you can control and unknown/unexpected things you can't when it comes to risk. The simple things you can control are usually repeated throughout your life and reinforced with both scientific and anecdotal evidence that it becomes common practice.
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    Really ?

    Fair enough.
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    Really ?

    We all try to avoid a lot of things but even the best can still get caught.
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    It's just a thought exercise/experiment when you intentionally disregard some elements and strip the subject down to a basic question that is valid whether the other elements exist or not. Take away the law element (which would be a reality in some places) and it is a valid moral question. I...
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    I am not a motorcycle guy but eventually bike riders are likely to go down and injure at least one of their legs if you ride often enough. I know I have had road rash from riding a bike.
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    My "elephant in the room" comment was poorly worded and I feel that I mentioned policy when I should have stuck with morality. And I don't want to go down that rabbit hole, either. At the very least I will try to summarize my thoughts better. If someone decides to take what the majority of...
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    Was trying to avoid mentioning "who pays for this riskier choice?" but it was really hard to avoid at least not mentioning it. I agree, no point looking at options, the law is the law. Still it should at least be taken into consideration when deciding why we make the choices we do. Sometimes...
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    Instead of "address the elephant" maybe it is enough to say "more personal freedom should require more personal responsibility" and leave it at that.
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    You addressed the elephant in the room before I did. (:
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