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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    If you watch F1 , you’ll see Einhell on the front wings of the Mercedes team , all of the cordless tools of the Mercedes team are Einhell . Nice display in Atlas Tools in Concord and Etobicoke, Tegs in Hamilton, Millbank hardware and other actual tool stores . Making a battery adapter is risky...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    My brother is responsible for getting Einhell to market in Canada , it’s an enormous German brand of power tools and a complete garden / lawn system sold in seventy countries but good luck getting traction in a Milwaukee/ Dewalt world . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Scotch anyone?

    Me too Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    If you have a battery eco system , makita / Dewalt , look at an electric. Not good if youre a lumberjack but limbing and getting rid of smaller deadfall , they are pretty handy . I’ve had a corded electric for years . And you don’t need a huge chainsaw , twelve inch bar takes down a twenty four...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Good start , maybe consider getting some oak plugs and countersinking the screws for neater look . You’ll have trouble getting red oak to stain close to the plank floor , use white oak next time . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Stocks

    And with today’s bewildering new global tariffs on eighty countries for forced labour ? Swiss cheese and Australian wine? Is MacDoc being forced to pick grapes ? Japanese market down, China down, most of the EU markets down. Is anything safe ? I dropped ten K over night on a “balanced”...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Skookum, haven’t heard that since I spent a lot of time in lower mainland BC . Colloquialism of the day ! Fair dinkum Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    When guys talk uplift , four patio stones or cinder blocks weigh sixty pounds each . Does not take much of a parachute to lift that . We had one of the build yourself arch steel Quonset huts , twenty four x forty . Doors left open one afternoon and the once a decade storm hit , it landed seventy...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Two schools , if I was to sink a post again I would paint the post going into concrete with driveway sealer as an added layer . We used creosote for years ( very bad now) so driveway sealer is the choice now for farm fence posts . If I was to surface mount , the Home Depot brackets are not what...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Not all luxury vinyl plank flooring contains enough luxury . The snap locks can be very finicky . Sometimes the track looks like you beat it into place when you have just cracked the lower lip off . Keep an eye on it for a few days . It sucks pulling rows out , but looking at a gap for years...
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    Soccer/football thread 2022

    The Argentine goaltender looked almost bullet proof , stopped eleven? shots . Played so well despite having no defenders in front of him . Waiting for the miracle of Messi was painful. I could not watch the trophy handout knowing how stupid that presentation would be . Sent from my iPhone...
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    "Mind ya damn b'ness."

    We have no idea how the conversation went at the shop , was it make this new again or make it rideable ? The shop may have felt compelled to repair a lot of stuff that many may ignore, since people want to get on the interweb if everything isn't perfect. I'd leave the shop name out of the...
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    My sad day.

    I am sorry to hear this . It’s been about a month since my dog passed , it hurts . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    That appears to be a pad sander , a random orbit disc would be about ten x faster . Look for a six in disc ,not five inch , you get thirty percent more area Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Building a simple kayak

    Skin on frame ( Inuit style ) is the fastest and least expensive to build . YouTube has a bunch of stuff . Chesapeake light craft are the plywood gurus , plans and kits . I’ve helped do a cedar strip frameless , beautiful to look at but not inexpensive. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological

    I’m not sure I could afford the box , spectacular burl veneer . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    The "Official" Watch Thread and all Things Horological

    WOW . That’s impressive. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Smog

    I sat a brisket out on my deck , I think by noon tomorrow it’s ready . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Smog

    I’d forgotten the infamous “diesel” GM put in the Toronado and a whack of pickup trucks . Converted gas engine , what a really bad idea , but they held onto it for six or seven yrs . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
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    Soccer/football thread 2022

    Is being an ENG fan liked being a maple leafs fan? so much disappointment
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