Cal Deobald
@calmudgeon.bsky.social
Woodworker. Retired educator. Reluctant participant in the dumbest timeline ever. Saskatchewan.
The OP appreciated the truth a bit less. 😀 🤷♂️
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The OP appreciated the truth a bit less. 😀 🤷♂️
I guess they weren't very interested in the truth. That's probably why they had replies limited, too.
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I guess they weren't very interested in the truth. That's probably why they had replies limited, too.
I'm always a bit surprised how easily we fall for any information that tickles our confirmation bias.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm always a bit surprised how easily we fall for any information that tickles our confirmation bias.
Screenshot in case it's deleted.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Screenshot in case it's deleted.
A party incapable of reflection or introspection. A party with the singular strategy of shitting on everyone and everything around it, like an incontinent pigeon.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A party incapable of reflection or introspection. A party with the singular strategy of shitting on everyone and everything around it, like an incontinent pigeon.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
I've had this utility knife and sheath since about 1974 or '75. I got it for working at a summer job in a pulp and paper mill. It has no moving parts, which makes it my go to for certain tasks where a slide mechanism failure might be disastrous.
November 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I've had this utility knife and sheath since about 1974 or '75. I got it for working at a summer job in a pulp and paper mill. It has no moving parts, which makes it my go to for certain tasks where a slide mechanism failure might be disastrous.
Apropos of nothing, why is it Cinderella's glass "slipper" when it's obviously a pump?
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Apropos of nothing, why is it Cinderella's glass "slipper" when it's obviously a pump?
Gosh, I wonder why I was having trouble trying to repair this solder joint. 🤷♂️
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Gosh, I wonder why I was having trouble trying to repair this solder joint. 🤷♂️
Autumn jewel tones against a prairie sky.
Background: mountain ash
Left to right: nannyberry (viburnum), cistena cherry, dwarf blue spruce
Foreground: ?? Juniper, golden ninebark
#nofilter
Background: mountain ash
Left to right: nannyberry (viburnum), cistena cherry, dwarf blue spruce
Foreground: ?? Juniper, golden ninebark
#nofilter
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Autumn jewel tones against a prairie sky.
Background: mountain ash
Left to right: nannyberry (viburnum), cistena cherry, dwarf blue spruce
Foreground: ?? Juniper, golden ninebark
#nofilter
Background: mountain ash
Left to right: nannyberry (viburnum), cistena cherry, dwarf blue spruce
Foreground: ?? Juniper, golden ninebark
#nofilter
The anatomy of planned obsolescence:
1. Apply metal skin to hardboard (slurp!)
2. Don't use treated wood for the frame.
3 Construct a door that channels water into the interior structure.
Presto!
1. Apply metal skin to hardboard (slurp!)
2. Don't use treated wood for the frame.
3 Construct a door that channels water into the interior structure.
Presto!
October 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The anatomy of planned obsolescence:
1. Apply metal skin to hardboard (slurp!)
2. Don't use treated wood for the frame.
3 Construct a door that channels water into the interior structure.
Presto!
1. Apply metal skin to hardboard (slurp!)
2. Don't use treated wood for the frame.
3 Construct a door that channels water into the interior structure.
Presto!
The wind got hold of my cargo trailer door and pooched it. Seems it was a *teeny* bit rotten. Turns out a replacement is $800. So I guess I'm rebuilding trailer doors now.
I didn't have that on the Fall agenda.
🤷♂️
I didn't have that on the Fall agenda.
🤷♂️
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The wind got hold of my cargo trailer door and pooched it. Seems it was a *teeny* bit rotten. Turns out a replacement is $800. So I guess I'm rebuilding trailer doors now.
I didn't have that on the Fall agenda.
🤷♂️
I didn't have that on the Fall agenda.
🤷♂️
This morning, after the neighborhood bluejay picked and shelled a few of these sunflowers, he decided the ROI just wasn't worth it, so he headed over to the peanut feeder and bitched for a couple minutes that it was empty.
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This morning, after the neighborhood bluejay picked and shelled a few of these sunflowers, he decided the ROI just wasn't worth it, so he headed over to the peanut feeder and bitched for a couple minutes that it was empty.
The Sears Wishbook for wood nerds has arrived.
October 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Sears Wishbook for wood nerds has arrived.
Just go to:
* Settings
* Update and Security
* Windows Update
You should see this screen, although the link to enroll may be in the right-hand panel instead. Click on the link shown in the picture.
2/3
* Settings
* Update and Security
* Windows Update
You should see this screen, although the link to enroll may be in the right-hand panel instead. Click on the link shown in the picture.
2/3
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Just go to:
* Settings
* Update and Security
* Windows Update
You should see this screen, although the link to enroll may be in the right-hand panel instead. Click on the link shown in the picture.
2/3
* Settings
* Update and Security
* Windows Update
You should see this screen, although the link to enroll may be in the right-hand panel instead. Click on the link shown in the picture.
2/3
October 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Found this paper bag floating around the yard, and now I kinda wanna know, as Paul Harvey would have said, "the rest of the story."
October 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Found this paper bag floating around the yard, and now I kinda wanna know, as Paul Harvey would have said, "the rest of the story."
There's a voice inside my head which tells me I have to get jobs like this done before I'm too old to do them.
And another voice that says, "What you mean 'before'?"
And another voice that says, "What you mean 'before'?"
October 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
There's a voice inside my head which tells me I have to get jobs like this done before I'm too old to do them.
And another voice that says, "What you mean 'before'?"
And another voice that says, "What you mean 'before'?"
The jackass who built these raised beds apparently thought that burying some Styrofoam was a good way to use up some space at the bottom to save on topsoil.
15 years later that jackass is less convinced of the wisdom of that choice.
15 years later that jackass is less convinced of the wisdom of that choice.
September 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The jackass who built these raised beds apparently thought that burying some Styrofoam was a good way to use up some space at the bottom to save on topsoil.
15 years later that jackass is less convinced of the wisdom of that choice.
15 years later that jackass is less convinced of the wisdom of that choice.
You just know there's spit involved here. Like a lot. A saliva shower is what it is.
September 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
You just know there's spit involved here. Like a lot. A saliva shower is what it is.
The Lord hates a coward.
September 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Lord hates a coward.
Some disassembly required.
Twenty some years after I laid these, it's time to fix a sag caused by the water and sewer service trench settling in a very wet year. I've been putting it off for a long time.
Twenty some years after I laid these, it's time to fix a sag caused by the water and sewer service trench settling in a very wet year. I've been putting it off for a long time.
September 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Some disassembly required.
Twenty some years after I laid these, it's time to fix a sag caused by the water and sewer service trench settling in a very wet year. I've been putting it off for a long time.
Twenty some years after I laid these, it's time to fix a sag caused by the water and sewer service trench settling in a very wet year. I've been putting it off for a long time.
No, tiki torches.
And after millennia of astronomy, I'm pretty f'in sure we know when the sun will shine. There's still solar energy to be captured on a cloudy day.
And after millennia of astronomy, I'm pretty f'in sure we know when the sun will shine. There's still solar energy to be captured on a cloudy day.
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
No, tiki torches.
And after millennia of astronomy, I'm pretty f'in sure we know when the sun will shine. There's still solar energy to be captured on a cloudy day.
And after millennia of astronomy, I'm pretty f'in sure we know when the sun will shine. There's still solar energy to be captured on a cloudy day.
September 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
September 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM