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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Today’s task: cut the base off our old Siberian elm log in preparation for milling. 8’ x 32” ready to go. This tree had to come down after our last ice storm. We’ve replaced it with a couple of apple trees. #trees #lumber #chainSawMill

Old Siberian elm log (a weed tree), with ends cut off, leaving 8’ long with a 32” cross section. Some cedar growing beside, a neighbours stone house behind.

Old Siberian elm log seen from the end and looking along the length of the log. Cedar trees at the far end and some old fence in front of the cedar.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Oh my gosh, I had no idea I had so little time left to upgrade Jenkins! #jenkins #linux

Notice from Jenkins self-hosted server:

Operating system end of life monitor
You are running Jenkins on Linux. Jenkins will no longer support Linux after 2099-12-31.
Please plan your upgrade to a supported operating system before 2099-12-31.
Refer to the documentation for details.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

No complaints tonight. Happy Labour Day everyone! 🙏🌼

A bright sun peeks through trees in a serene outdoor setting, with a rustic barn visible on the left and clear blue sky above. Golden hour.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Saw “The Lion King” last night. What an amazing show and talented cast. Costumes are out of this world! A needed break from all the insanity #LionKing #montreal

The Lion King theatrical performances closing scene

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Are you in Canada and still using Google services? Time to stop using them. They have already renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America if you are in the states. (This is my screen shot using a VPN dialed to a USA geo location) #elbowsUp #boycottUSA #boycottGoogle

Google map screen shot showing Lake America instead of Lake Ontario.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

The #EBTSC clafoutis turned out pretty well. Not too sweet, nicely done. Between my adult son and myself we ate half of it… no self control I guess 🐷

A round, baked clafoutis featuring a mix of blueberries and raspberries, in a metal cake pan on a cooling rack. The top has a golden-brown crust with some fruit peeking through.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Roughly 7.95lbs / 9pints / 18 cups, of wild black cherries, ready to to turn to jelly #gardening #baking #diy

A red bowl with white interior, full of wild black cherries sitting on a turquoise kitchen scale with LED readout. The weight showing is 7.950 pounds.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

First time out black cherry tree has managed to get the berries this far. Typically birds and squirrels have ravaged the tree by now. Our fluffy little miniature schnauzer is earning his keep this year! I may attempt some wild black cherry jelly later today. #gardening #trees

Close up of a Black Cherry Tree branch (latin: prunus serotina), laden with ripe wild black cherries.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

We built our gazebo from an old fence we built back in 2008, which the neighbour replaced (no cost to us which was nice) still some work to be done, but sure is peaceful and enjoyable in the evening. #relaxing

Feet up on padded patio furniture, inside a home made wooden gazebo, with patio lanterns turned on. Evening, dark and cozy outside.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

The mock orange in its normal habitat, along with a shot of our wild roses. Perfect weather to enjoy . #roses #garden #mockOrange #summer #stoneHouse

Mock orange in foreground with old stone farm house in background. Sunny day, cirrus clouds, gravel drive, and green freshly cut grass.

Pink wild roses along south side of old stone house. White wooden windows closed, hedge and trees in background. Sunny day no sky showing.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

Mock orange in full bloom. This was my dad’s favourite, great to see the plant thrive, with lots of good memories. #gardening #summer #dad

Mock orange clippings in a silver vase sitting in a green kitchen table.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

Videotron cable: 1Gbps/50Mbps. Bell Canada: 3Gbps/3Gbps, ~ same price. 23 years with Videotron (left Bell after bad experience), thought it worth trying Bell for a month. Our address changed to a nonexistent address on the checkout page. Online support: ‘that’s […] [Original post on phpc.social]

Last message from Bell support: “I sincerely thank you for not choosing Bell and wish you a great day!”

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/05/2026

Pretty much full blossom maybe yesterday? Only a few days early. Rain tomorrow and wanted a couple of photos before that washed it all away. This is the farm I grew up on. New owner is fabulous and lets of walk on the land anytime we want. My Dad sold the farm […] [Original post on phpc.social]

Looking north, apples trees in full blossom. Overcast skies

Looking north west, apples trees in full blossom. Overcast skies

Looking south west, apples trees in full blossom. Overcast skies

Apple blossoms on the foreground. Red barn made of wood in the background.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

Tonight, my first proxmox node is up and running. Going to spin up a few VMs and learn a but before I setup the rest of the fleet #homelab #proxmox

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

Spring cleanup has begun. 19 sunny and a nice warm south wind.

Sunny spring day. A few trees, an old 920 John Deere tractor on a gravel driveway with a bucket on the front and snow blower on the back. A stone house on the right with a white front room. A white garage at the back behind the tractor. Blue sky with some white cirrus clouds.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

Built a 12 bay box for TrueNAS. Having not built a machine in decades, I was a little worried, but first shot, here we are! Time to configure and see about adding my first drive! #homelab #truenas #selfhost

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

Oh my gosh, so excited… could it really be happening This is the second video to land within a week #firefly #browncoat #serenity

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

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

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/01/2026

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/12/2025

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/11/2025

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.”

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2025

[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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

BLUEBERRIES- BLEUETS packaging from North Bay Produce. Product of Canada. From the USA!!🇺🇸

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2025

Not a mention anywhere on CBC that I can see. Instead they fill their Canadian news headlines with Trump shit : 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

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2025

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

Old metal Gillette shaving razor leaning on a red plastic box with clear lid, stamped “Gillette Rocket one-piece razor”

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2025

@stephanie Oh, stone wall Saturday? Here’s my stone wall, almost 200 years old this one, from somewhere between 1825-1845 in southern Quebec.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2025

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

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.”

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2025

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2025

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2025

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/06/2025

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

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.
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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2025

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

Blue Ethernet cable sitting on wooden board. Cable has been chewed up, wires showing through casing.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2025

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2025

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2025

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2025

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2025

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2025

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2025

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

Two bags of virgin hill coffee beans. Left bag is an extra bold Peru blend and right bag is a smooth Colombian brown.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2025

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 […] [Original post on phpc.social]

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.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2025

@mariellequinton DDT used on our farm back when my grandfather had horses in the 50’s. Still have one unopened metal can.

A metal can coloured red, with a big green cross on it. Text is “micronized 50% DDT Barn and Livestock Spray. Green cross”

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2025

[BulkBarn … Canadian content?] Seen on a bulk barn (photo not mine) The language is quite vague to me, as CanCon could mean as little as the food dye in some candy is from Canada and the rest is American ingredients and made in USA. Fingers crossed and […] [Original post on phpc.social]

Black text on white letter sized sign found on BulkBarn door: Attention Fellow Canadians
At Bulk Barn Foods Limited, for over 40 years we have been proudly Canadian, with over 280 stores from coast to coast.
We are committed to providing you with quality products and the information you need to make informed choices.
As part of this commitment, we will be updating our product signage to highlight products with Canadian content. This process will take time, but we are working hard to update as many items as possible, as quickly as we can.
Thank you for your patience and for supporting a Canadian company.
Bulk Barn Foods Limited

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2025

The attached shows the long blue pause is the index.php file in an EE7 site. This 'pause' is sometimes over 15 seconds. This happens during page update/create, implying a MySQL issue. Server has loads of spare resources, no errors in MySQL/Apache/PHP. This is […] [Original post on phpc.social]

Website brower timeline showing index.php has a huge pause.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2025

[Canadian undies!] Got my do+dare undies. Environmentally packages, super fast shipping, silky smooth and comes with fun coasters! Bamboo from china, waist bands from Virginia, threads and dying in Montreal and all stitched together by a female led group in […] [Original post on phpc.social]

Coaster made of environmentally friendly materials. Printed with a bright green background, a fun hip unicorn with a rainbow main and sunglasses. Bright “HORNY” printed on the side.

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Out of Control :laravel: 🇨🇦 @outofcontrol.phpc.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/11/2024

A side project: megalethoscope.com Photographing and posting the slides from our Megalethoscope. This is my favourite one so far. #megalethoscope #photography #carloponti

Megalethoscope slide showing the left at night and the right during the day. Day time viewing the light reflects off the front showing a black and white photo or artwork. Night time viewing the light shines through from the back of the image, through 3 layers: image, colourization, shading.

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