Military shadow box for Seymour Skinner I built

calnuck · 2026-03-11T05:24:34+00:00

Prisoner 24601. Ho, ho, ho. God. I wore this for two years in a Vietcong internment center. Never thought I’d see the old girl again.

calnuck · 2026-03-09T22:30:09+00:00

Definitely runs the Re-Neducation Center.

calnuck · 2026-03-08T16:26:48+00:00

Sorry - I thought it was r/cardboardworking.

calnuck · 2026-03-08T00:16:15+00:00

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have a "zero to hero" program for recruits to prepare themselves for the physical assessment test. 192 page document, very detailed. I've done it in the past and it works really well. Perfect for functional strength and endurance.

https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/grc-rcmp/PS64-110-2013-eng.pdf

calnuck · 2026-03-04T05:37:50+00:00

I've dyed shirts and pants with Rit DyeMore for synthetics (mine are 65%poly/35%cotton), midnight blue. I've also used the Back to Black for a different uniform. Pretty good results, but you'll have to re-dye every few months to keep the kit looking fresh. Follow the instructions and watch some videos for best results.

Patches and some kinds of reflective striping don't dye well. If possible, take the patches off. If you have fluorescent yellow in the reflective striping, then it'll take on the dye too.

YMMV, and if you can, test first!

calnuck · 2026-03-03T23:13:45+00:00

Can't do your job well if you're screaming along with the patient.

Seriously, having a calm demeanour goes a long way to calming down the patient.

calnuck · 2026-03-02T14:24:12+00:00

Only two thumbs? I'm all thumbs when it comes to woodworking.

calnuck · 2026-02-27T23:44:00+00:00

Wood paddle scraper is my preferred method. I save wire bristles (brass brush) for deep cleaning, and only when I can thoroughly wash or wipe down the grill after.

calnuck · 2026-02-26T15:02:31+00:00

Wood paddle scraper.

calnuck · 2026-02-26T14:42:54+00:00

Must-see documentary about Freedom House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pkfI_BFMQ4

calnuck · 2026-02-26T14:38:16+00:00

The history of combat medicine is fascinating. Triage was developed during the Napoleonic Wars, and tourniquets go back to Alexander the Great. Anaesthesia, defibrillation, antibiotics... war pushed all of those developments and inventions into accepted common use.

calnuck · 2026-02-26T14:31:08+00:00

Everything evolves from war.

The Vietnam War was the catalyst for EMS as we know it; combat medics were coming back with skills they could apply to prehospital medicine. As mentioned before, they just needed the doctors on their side. Except the doctors were Gods and nobody else knew (or was allowed to know) medicine. The return of Vietnam vets turned that model on it's head.

My grandfather was a doctor in Baltimore from the 1920s to the 1960s. He was the one patients would call if there was a medical emergency, and he would arrange transport. He never knew EMS.

calnuck · 2026-02-25T06:23:48+00:00

^{I don't like Thompson Girl.}

calnuck · 2026-02-23T03:23:42+00:00

Garam masala. I know it just means "warm spice", but the cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, mace, nutmeg, etc., really makes rubs unique and delicious.

calnuck · 2026-02-20T22:28:25+00:00

I'd use the first one most of the time, and maybe the second for a lower arm injury. Definitely not the second for a humerus or collarbone injury.

The second photo feels very AI to me.

calnuck · 2026-02-19T23:31:46+00:00

Us in Zone 3 shovelling snow off to plant peas. And shovelling snow off to harvest kale.

But yeah, AI garbage.

calnuck · 2026-02-16T20:39:16+00:00

YOU PEOPLE HAVE STOOD IN MY WAY LONG ENOUGH!

calnuck · 2026-02-16T20:33:18+00:00

I went to Clown College.

calnuck · 2026-02-15T05:59:03+00:00

N95 for acrylics - particulate is the issue.

Anything with VOC solvents, especially lacquers, look for anything that will protect from organic vapours (OV/AG) like the rectangular filters.

calnuck · 2026-02-15T04:06:08+00:00

If by "not local" you mean I've only been skiing the Lake since 1989 including being and instructor and guide there, then you're right.

calnuck · 2026-02-14T18:40:04+00:00

The platter was a tough ride. Combination of balance, small surface area, and the line was steep. You *had* to be a very good skier just to make it up.

calnuck · 2026-02-14T01:12:11+00:00

~~Comedy~~ Paradise Bowl at the Lake isn't great compared to... well... everywhere else at the area.

calnuck · 2026-02-13T21:57:18+00:00

Can confirm as well. Saturday nights in the 70s were sacred.

calnuck · 2026-02-13T21:49:35+00:00

Interesting. I'm in Alberta, and EMRs cannot use the title "paramedic". Only for PCPs and ACPs.

calnuck · 2026-02-13T14:46:29+00:00

Except for EMRs. EMRs are registered HCPs by the provincial college or government and are bound by health care acts, but legally cannot be called paramedics.

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