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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!

If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

Not quite what I want, but driving home from work, I remembered seeing this outside a garage, a few years ago:

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I decided when I saw that, ‘That’s the mechanic for me!’
 
Susquatch - we may have to agree to disagree

The little known buhanka ( Russian for bread loaf) will run circles around any jeep in wilderness conditions - common do anything go anywhere vehicle in Mongolia.
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They’re hell to ride in. I’m not sure if they have any springs but it sure feels like the axles are solidly mounted to the frame.
Fun fact, they still produce these !
 
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