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PHP/Laravel tinkerer, SysOps, Woodworking procrastinator, old house renovator, raised on an Apple orchard, living around Québec #php #farming #gardening #linux […]

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Stopped in at an old friends reopening of Zone de Nutrition juice bar! Fabulous drinks and great conversations. If you’re out and about today in the West Island of Montréal, say hey to Jay up on St Jean blvd.

#montreal #westisland #nourishtoflourish
Nourish to flourish stitching in white and ZONE de Nutrition in lime green stitch on grey tshirt front with ring of flowers stitched. People milling about in white walled energy drink bar
February 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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We continued one of our farm house projects: removing a structurally corrupt chimney. The chimney is not original in the 200 year old stone house, my dad installed this in ‘84. It got only 39 years of use before being declared unsafe, and not possible to put a […]

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Stone chimney at stage 3 of demolition. Top one third removed on second floor. Stone chimney at stage 3 of demolition. Top two thirds removed on second floor. Stone chimney at stage 3 of demolition. Completely removed on second floor.
January 18, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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We don’t go out to eat often, so tonight was a special night. I was thrilled to see the drink menu.

#buycanadian #boycotusa #elbowsup #alcohol
A drink menu with country of original flags beside each drink. Showing mostly Canadian flags, a few other counties and one USA flag… the USA flagged drink is crossed out.
December 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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First snowshoe of the season!

#snowshoes #winter #canada #quebec
Staring straight down at my feet, wearing winter boots and old style wooden snowshoes, standing in compacted snow.
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Just received our Christmas advent calendar this week. Looks well made, and packaged, both with care. No sneaky peaks though … 🎄

#buycanadian #elbowsup #christmas #advent
Wooden counter on which says a small cardboard box with a paper wrap on which is a colour mage of the planet and says Word Adventures - 24 day adventure advent calendar. There is also a business card sized note which says “Dear James - Thank you so much for your purchase! Enjoy your advent :) - Jess” An unopened cardboard box with a vanda post mailing label on it. Also a hearted filled sticker that says “Handle with Care. I’m fragile.”
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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[Elbows up rant - swearing]

FUUUCCCKKKing stores. Wife and I thought our blueberries were from Canada. You REALLY can’t let your guard down for a second. I feel so stupid about this. In Montreal we were having troubles finding Quebec blueberries in any store […]

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BLUEBERRIES- BLEUETS packaging from North Bay Produce. Product of Canada. From the USA!!🇺🇸
August 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Not a mention anywhere on CBC that I can see. Instead they fill their Canadian news headlines with Trump shit : https://mstdn.ca/@chad/115032138992666085
CBC NEWS homepage headlines. Trump tries to turn the page on Ukraine war with historic Putin summit in Alaska Sanctioned but standing: Russians see their prices rise as Trump and Putin head to Alaska Putin praises White House ahead of summit Ukrainians brace for betrayal as Trump prepares to meet Putin
August 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Season pretty much over for rascalberries.

#raspberries #gardening #countryliving
July 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Going through a box of my dads bedroom things, and find this wonderful razor. Henson sells these for $99. Back in the day this was the norm, no plastic to break, only quality that would last 60 years and more. Majority of things today are needlessly made to […]

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Old metal Gillette shaving razor leaning on a red plastic box with clear lid, stamped “Gillette Rocket one-piece razor”
July 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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@stephanie Oh, stone wall Saturday? Here’s my stone wall, almost 200 years old this one, from somewhere between 1825-1845 in southern Quebec.
Stone wall closeup.
July 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Bugsnag was a nice services. Easy to setup and use. They have become InsightHub and today they have migrated their login to use SmartBear. No idea who or what SmartBear is, but they are now requiring my phone number. More personal data which doesn’t make a whole […]

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Privacy policy from smartbear, highlighting: “For example, we may share your personal information with a company when we co-sponsor a promotion or service. These partners may use your personal information to, among other things, send you information or contact you about their services and products.”
July 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Opened a wall in our family home. Found a hockey card. Anyone here remember flipping cards?

Craig Ramsay 1973 card. Brings back good memories.
Craig Ramsay 1973 vintage hockey card. Photo of Craig in his hockey jersey for the Buffalo Sabres. Red background and John Deere green border. Name and position in yellow across bottom border. Left wing.
June 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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First time going to John Deere shop for parts, without my Dad. And that was back in maybe ‘77. Pretty much how I remember it. We had a 70s JD1020, I now have a ‘74 JD920. Quite similar, except this is diesel. Rebuilt engine on it with 580 hours, new brakes and […]

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Parts from John Deere. Gaskets in clear plastic sleeve on left leaning against 2 small cardboard boxes in the middle, and a black cylinder oil filter with yellow writing on the right. Setting on a green place mat on a table.
June 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Anyone know what these are? Dug up in wet soil. Clear watering when squished. Assuming eggs from some type of critter.

#gardening #whatisthis
Fingers holding a small tuft of earth with several clear little egg like things in it. Green grass blurred in the background.
June 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I like to think I am pretty good at adding alt text to my images. Apparently I didn’t add alt text to an image and now I get this bot crap. If the bot wants to be helpful it should simply point out the image in question and remind me to add text. No fucking way I […]

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This bot has been asked to generate an alt text for your image by outofcontrol. If you consent, you will grant altbot a one-time permission to process this specific post. All processing is done privately with no third-parties. Any and all content is deleted after processing. The full privacy policy: github.com/ micrO-dev/Altbot/bl... Do you consent? Reply with 'Y' or 'Yes' to proceed.
June 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Internet failed between two of our buildings. Discovered a critter found part of the cable quite yummy.

Some DIY magic, a soldering iron and electrical tape and we are back in business. May not be perfect but it works.

Ethernet cable tester failed to see the […]

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Blue Ethernet cable sitting on wooden board. Cable has been chewed up, wires showing through casing.
June 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Second greenworks battery charges up to 79V, never 82V. Opened it up, all wires solid. 15 of 20 batteries at 4.1V Last 5 were at 3.6-3.7V. Now charging each of those cells up to 4.1V to bring them in sync with the rest. Takes about 45 minutes per cell. Should be […]

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Power supply, volt meter and open greenworks battery. Showing power supply charging one cell. Amperage is down to under .4amps which means we are close to reaching our goal.
May 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Looking like an undercharged cell in one of our greenworks 80v batteries. This battery is currently showing up dead when put into a device, but refuses to charge (red blinking light). Going to attempt to charge the weak cell(s) individually.

#diy #eletronics
Greenworks 80v battery hooked to a volt meter, showing 76.5 volts.
May 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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While looking for a replacement email app for iOS, someone suggested I look at CanaryMail. Yeah, not happening. You push AI as one of only 2 features on your homepage? No thank you.

#saynotoai #ios #security #emailapp #canaramail
screenshot from the canarymail.io website homepage that says: The Best Email App With AI & Calendar. Say hello to the Al email assistant that makes managing email smarter, faster, and more secure than ever.
May 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Friends brought us polish coffee straight from Poland. It’s not bad, though a tad far to go shopping.

#boycottusa #buycanadian #coffee
Matt black bag of polish coffee beans. Orange tag top center states: Toucan Blend / arabica robusta. Bag states in gloss white: Hard Beans coffee roasters. W 100% recyklingowalna torebka 100% recycle bag.
May 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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We managed to get away to our family farm house to do some spring cleaning. The rain finally let up!
Pink sunset behind green lawn with orange bonfire in foreground. Old farm building in the background.
May 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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The kind folks at CIRA sent out a sticker pack for us Canadian businesses.

#elbowsup #buycanadian #boycottusa
Two 8.5” x 5.5” sticker sheets each with 14 white and 14 red round maple leafs sticks the have small print around the outside reading “Shop Canadian”. And a large mouse pointer sticker that is red and white with a maple leafs and says Proud .ca Business.
April 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Today we found Virgin Hill Roasters out in Foster Quebec. Curious if they are related to the old Virgin Farms in North Hatley. Back in the the 80’s we frequented the farm on our motorbikes after after the main house burnt down and the started farming. Also […]

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Two bags of virgin hill coffee beans. Left bag is an extra bold Peru blend and right bag is a smooth Colombian brown.
April 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Garlic poking through. Spring is here.

#garden #gardening #quebec #spring
A close up shot of a bed of dried up brown maple leaves on the ground, with a single bright green garlic plant poking through.
April 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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22 year old Maytag fridge door stopped closing properly. Closer inspection showed bottom bushing warn out. We managed to prop up the bottom door with 2 2x4s, remove the bottom pin, and make 2 new nylon washers out of 2 old printer gears we had saved away. New […]

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Bottom hinge of white fridge door. Dirty. Showing 2 new white nylon washers sandwiched between lower metal bracket and door. Nylon hinges are warped by shape of warn ping.
March 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM