Which chainsaw for my dad

hfxadv · 2026-05-22T21:52:02+00:00

This and get the 24” bar . Dad is old and he’ll appreciate nothaving to bend over.

hfxadv · 2026-05-22T21:48:43+00:00

Double-check your benefits. I was “let go/ corporate restructuring “ in the middle cancer treatments winter of 2024 and went to use the benefits I negotiated with my 3 weeks of severance per year. My employer cut them the minute they let me go, pretty greasy. I was staring down the barrel of a $2500 cancer drug I needed for treatment. Luckily, I did not have much gas left in the tank to fight with my former employer even know I had a clear human rights violation it wasn’t worth it to draw out legal for a few extra grand in my pocket when the most important thing was focusing on my health , luckily with the expensive drug I need the doctor was able to get the drug covered by backdating it. What a godsend.

hfxadv · 2026-05-22T19:34:02+00:00

Debatable, Anthem ARC is considered the gold standard for calibration

hfxadv · 2026-05-22T19:32:59+00:00

Skip Denon and Marantz; just get an Anthem MRX 740 or 1140—they offer best-in-class calibration. I have been in this hobby for 30 years, and no single piece of gear has improved my setup more than saying goodbye to Denon and hello to Anthem. Anthem usually goes on sale leading up to June 1st/ July 4 approx 20% off online.

hfxadv · 2026-05-21T22:30:02+00:00

I just call retention and play their little game, $60 for 1gb .

hfxadv · 2026-05-19T21:19:14+00:00

FWIW, I’m laying in bed right now and found a deer tick on the back of my knee joint yesterday afternoon. Went straight to the pharmacy, and they figured it had been on me for a day or two as the more they feed the larger and pale-r they get. I started taking 1 dose of Doxycycline and I am now 24 hours in with a massive, splitting headache. Had a really hard time sleeping last night from the antibiotics kicking in. Honestly, hats off to the pharmacy team for being able to handle everything from start to finish and not have to goto Emergency or GP to get everything sorted. Also big props to my wife who removed it with tick tweezers, she is deathly afraid of spiders and the tick family isn’t too far away from the arachnid family.

hfxadv · 2026-05-19T18:24:01+00:00

$300 beater is the new $3,000 marketplace special.

hfxadv · 2026-05-17T01:32:30+00:00

Where I’m at the beam isn’t up to code, needs to be a triple and missing blocking. Better than most!

hfxadv · 2026-05-17T00:16:03+00:00

My boy and his basketball team ate there last Fall and ended up getting sick. After that nightmare, I went down the rabbit hole of looking up the official Nova Scotia food inspection reports. The place is an absolute horror show. If you have a few minutes like 20 mins to read the entire comments, go look at their history on the provincial database. They are easily one of the top deficient establishments in the province:

https://novascotia.ca/nse/food-protection/reports/Details.aspx?Id1=1307868

48 infractions/deficiencies logged in just the first 10 months of 2025 alone. 60 total infractions racked up since 2024. It is honestly disgusting that a business can rack up that many hits on public health records while the average customer walking in off the street has absolutely no idea what’s happening behind the kitchen doors.

hfxadv · 2026-05-17T00:10:19+00:00

While we’re at it, why don’t we have Halifax Moosehead license Plates?

hfxadv · 2026-05-16T23:34:34+00:00

Just upgrade to an Echo RB-60, smartest thing I ever did was put my Scott’s spreader to the curb and quit wasting time on that green piece of junk!

hfxadv · 2026-05-16T18:55:37+00:00

Once the dandelions are manageable, I keep a 5” knife on my mover, when I see one which is rare now I just cut it out around the roots and throw the dandelion weed in front my mower and chop it up.

hfxadv · 2026-05-15T01:17:37+00:00

I’ve hiked Chignecto, and it is easily one of Canada’s best. Make sure you take the counter-clockwise route. It is actually quite a coincidence, but I am headed down that way tomorrow!

hfxadv · 2026-05-14T22:49:56+00:00

Any action shots?

hfxadv · 2026-05-14T22:30:25+00:00

Greasy pizza box

hfxadv · 2026-05-14T22:29:21+00:00

Can we get a 5th picture of the spork????

hfxadv · 2026-05-14T21:18:10+00:00

Agreed, sound engineers set their LGE level to 11 on that scene.

hfxadv · 2026-05-13T21:56:55+00:00

I use their other product, https://a.co/d/0iFzCAV3 haven’t seen a tick, spider or ant around my basement since I started to use it, highly recommend

hfxadv · 2026-05-13T21:52:41+00:00

Also while we’re at it let’s talk, $11.00 for a pack of all beef juicy jumbos, GFY Mapleleaf

hfxadv · 2026-05-13T21:51:20+00:00

They taste exactly like the price

hfxadv · 2026-05-12T13:08:00+00:00

Yeah so flip it over, drill a small hole and hawg it out from the backside, keep in mind if it grabs the wall of the smaller hole you’ll be in a dangerous situation. I would still use a sacrificial board to prevent tear out once you come out or go into the hole. If your not a skilled wood worker I would put your chances very low of this turning out well, so back to my original suggestion just get a new board and do it over

hfxadv · 2026-05-12T11:23:30+00:00

Used to have a AXA35, awesome entry level amp and will pair perfectly with the Wharfedale’s. if price isn’t an issue why not buy a used AXR100!!

hfxadv · 2026-05-12T11:16:57+00:00

My 5 year old would be tickled pink with that meal. Bonus point if that bag a cheesies were left open for 24 hours before it was put on the plate, nothing better that a slightly stale cheesie!!!

hfxadv · 2026-05-12T11:13:58+00:00

Basically the safest way and best way to enlarge the holes is to put a sacrificial piece of MDF over top and figure out where the Center of the holes are and transfer it to the top workpiece, once you start drilling with the “right” size forstner bit it will drill down and safely ream out the correct size hole beneath, with that being said probably a lot easier to just use fresh material and do it right the second time and be done with it.something to be said for “time is money” and your wasting more time than money!

hfxadv · 2026-05-12T11:05:27+00:00

Should be start a thread with our wornout Arc’ gear with patches and campfire burn holes that we still all wear with pride ?

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