My husband is a gadget fanatic.  He loves even smaller tools that you wouldn’t think would be of much use to anyone.  But he says you can always find a use for even the silliest looking tools.  After all, that’s what they were designed for.

I remember one example being a pencil torch that he purchased years ago.  It was designed to be a soldering tool.  Now there are normal electric soldering irons out there.   But my husband insists that there is always a better way to do something.  Hence, he bought this gas pencil torch for his soldering projects.

I could go on with all the rest of the bright ideas that he has had:  from the different kinds of box cutter he thought he’d try out to the tape dispenser (that didn’t work out too well).  Even though not every idea of his has made it to the all-time favourite list, that is not about to stop him from experimenting with even zanier ideas of his.

One of the things I noticed when I came to Canada is that the rules of the road seem to be taken more seriously.   That really came alive for us – my mother and brother especially – when we were stopped by an officer who warned the two in the backseat to buckle up their seatbelts.

Another rule, that I rarely – if ever – see broken, is helmets for motorcycles.  You could try not wearing one I suppose, but you would probably be stopped pretty quickly and ticketed.

This good thing of course, even though some might grumble at having to follow obeys the law.  It’s incidentally also good for those who love wearing gmax helmets for safety – as well to look good on the road.

I use sophisticated milling machines at work every day.  That’s my job.  It basically involves moving parts in and out of the machine while the machine itself does the actual cutting operation.

Even though I have worked with these machines for many years, I still have to rely on my set up guy to maintain it – for example when to replace the cutting tools.  At least I can identify many of the parts of the machine though just in case he needs me to help pinpoint any problems.