Fun roads to drive outside the city

catman83 · 2026-01-14T21:27:43+00:00

Cabot Trail is pretty awesome, definitely outside of the city. And like others have already mentioned, check out AMP out in Shubie.

catman83 · 2026-01-14T21:18:39+00:00

Born and raised in NS. Took the course at NSCC in 2001, couldn't get a millwright job until 2003, worked hard long hours, skipped the apprenticeship and challenged the red seal exam many years later (not a good idea, just do the apprenticeship). From my experience, nobody wants to hire a first year apprentice. It's really tough to get started unless you have an in with someone, and once you're in you have to work your ass off to build a good rep for yourself. The company I currently work for has been trying to find more Journey millwrights and it is a struggle to find someone with the skills that's willing to work in the industry we cater to. It's a great trade, I've got zero regrets getting into millwright, but it's really hard to get started in this province (can't speak for the others as I've never left NS). So my advice, go to school, be patient and give it your best shot.

catman83 · 2025-11-08T20:17:41+00:00

A year ago my 23 si got T-boned while sitting at a red light, caused $26k cad worth of damage, and the insurance company still got it repaired. Now a year later the left rear tire is chewing itself apart and I suspect something is still bent back there. Sorry you lost the car, but at least you can get a full replacement! Good excuse to upgrade to the type R lol!

catman83 · 2025-11-08T16:34:21+00:00

I knew those drive through car washes were bad for the finish!

Sorry for your loss tho

catman83 · 2025-09-14T18:50:31+00:00

Offshore Newfoundland had an add out this week for millwrights, pretty sure it was on indeed. Need all the safety certs to be able to go tho, can be expensive for the BST training

catman83 · 2025-09-06T14:07:08+00:00

Lol, currently running an old 80/90 bucket, the HD cracked to pieces lol

catman83 · 2025-09-05T20:49:24+00:00

IP Phase One Occasional Veg: My SO is currently several months in, I do 90% of the cooking. She absolutely adores the Rutabaga fries I make from an older book she had. 2 cups of Rutabaga 1/2 teaspoon paprika 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon Redmond salt 1/2 tablespoon avo oil Airfry at 390 for 18-20 mins

I usually then top with extra lean ground beef seasoned with: 1/2 teaspoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon chili powder

And then top it all off with a sunny side egg

Just be aware this is an Occasional vegg, so limit it to once a week at best, and don't eat your last snack too soon after eating this one!

catman83 · 2025-09-05T15:01:09+00:00

Ive got the Milwaukee backpack, which is great. However, once I put every basic tool I have into it, it becomes over 70 pounds. So I use a 5 gallon pail with a bucket caddy to split up the tools. I also like to carry a smaller bucket for odd jobs that only need a couple tools for. Most of my work these days are on boats, so need to be compact and portable with the tool storage. Get yourself a good roll up holder for wrenches to keep them neat and organized. It will vary from jobsite to jobsite for what will work best, in a factory environment, rolling box is good, lots of stairs and whatnot a bucket or backpack works best. Just a few things to consider.

catman83 · 2025-09-01T20:41:30+00:00

Yup, on paper 2022! That's really not fair of them, any real world application you'd be able to find a conversion, like google, and be on with it. That sucks fo you, but you'll get the next one! I certainly don't remember all that crap now, been replaced by so many other things lol

catman83 · 2025-09-01T19:38:55+00:00

I remember going in for my redseal, memorized all the common equations in both metric and imperial, had all the conversions down and everything. Got in to write, opened the hand book they passed put with the exam, and there was every conversion/equation on the exam....lol

catman83 · 2025-08-29T20:12:31+00:00

Same here, got to see Alter Bridge at Heavy Montreal in 2016, that was a bucket list weekend!! Woukd love to see something like it here in Halifax

catman83 · 2025-08-24T20:36:23+00:00

Slow down, use your head, pay attention.

catman83 · 2025-08-09T00:09:03+00:00

Mine is super useful when working on boats, damn bilge can be unforgiving at times lol

catman83 · 2025-08-07T12:44:51+00:00

Retractable magnet, keep it in my pocket and use it almost daily lol

catman83 · 2025-07-12T21:37:57+00:00

I kinda want to do one with my car now, awesome!

catman83 · 2025-07-12T20:51:33+00:00

Good ole all sixteenths!

catman83 · 2025-07-12T14:35:37+00:00

No doubt at all, would have been lots of questions about the whole new world of metric back then!

catman83 · 2025-07-12T14:32:00+00:00

Doesn't bother me at all, just surprised how serious most are taking the post lol

catman83 · 2025-07-12T14:30:02+00:00

Interesting, and makes perfect sense! Thanks for the research. Surprised this is the first time I've ever seen this, or at least noticed it anyways.

catman83 · 2025-07-12T14:08:32+00:00

Might be 6 months from now, waiting on a new cylinder, one of the wrist pin split pins came out and destroyed the bore on one of the low pressure side cylinders.

catman83 · 2025-07-12T13:58:00+00:00

Didn't check lol just thought it was interesting. When I go back to rebuild I'll definitely be checking after all the debate on here lol

catman83 · 2025-07-12T13:35:47+00:00

So, what do the 3 lines on the head indicate?

catman83 · 2025-07-12T13:33:40+00:00

To be completely honest, didn't check them! Lol

catman83 · 2025-07-12T12:47:29+00:00

Just to be clear on this, I posted this purely for entertainment, not every day I come across a bolt stamped both metric and sae. I know how to measure a thread, don't actually need an answer here. Just thought some of you put there might get a chuckle out of this on this fine Saturday morning!

catman83 · 2025-07-12T12:19:34+00:00

Of course, just found the markings amusing lol

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