When I unpacked my two brand new mobile tool bases, I thought I’d be up and running within about 20 minutes or so. If they’d come with assembly instructions, or even a good clear picture, I’m sure that would have been the case. Nope… Trying to track down instructions online didn’t result in anything other than lots of “how do I assemble my mobile tool base” questions.
So, after plenty of head scratching, cussing, unbolting and rebolting, more cussing and then unbolting and rebolting again, I’ve come up with a set of instructions that made the second assembly go much faster. Your particular mobile tool base assembly may vary slightly, but hopefully this info will help make it somewhat easier.
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I’m a long time family pass holder of Heritage Park, and I think it’s one of the best values for family outings in the city.
However, over the past year or two of the major construction at Heritage Park, I’ve been really disappointed with their lack of concern with the safety of pathway users next to the park.
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You’d think a large toy company like Hasbro would have kids’ safety in mind, but one of their online interactive games is the kind of thing that makes parents cringe with its sheer foolishness.
Hasbro’s GI Joe - The Grip game allows kids to choose various items for a big GI Joe hand to squash. While most of the things being squished are funny and harmless, one of the choices is a light bulb. It’s not a cartoon hand that’s doing this either – it’s a video of a bare hand crushing these items. Among the other things are glass jars and full coffee cups.
Their response to this when I emailed them was a bland pre-canned reply saying how important children’s safety is, but several months later, GI Joe is still encouraging kids to crush lightbulbs with their bare hands.
It’s too bad there isn’t an option for parents to get GI Joe to reach out and give the approvers of this game a good head squeeze…
Cadbury is running an ad campaign that’s got an interesting cycling theme to it.
www.thebicyclefactory.ca will see Cadbury build and deliver up to 5,000 bikes to Africa based on UPC entries being entered by consumers.
According to the contest rules, eligible products include “Canadian labeled Dentyne*, Stride*, Cadbury*, Maynards*, Trident*, Bubblicious*, Certs* Chiclets*, Clorets*, Jersey Milk* and Halls*, but excluding some seasonal products.”
There are some pretty nice prizes, including a grand prize trip to Africa.
All in all a pretty sweet deal for just eating some candy…
There’s lots of negative press about social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, decrying their value and claiming that they add no real value to our lives.
When you think about all the pointless info on Facebook or time-wasting Tweets like “I’m standing in line for a coffee” it’s easy to agree. However, every once in a while social media sites provide a service that is so immeasurably valuable that they put the formal processes and tools to shame.
Here’s an example of a recent story about a missing girl. She didn’t fit the formal profile for triggering an Amber Alert so the family fell back on their informal online networking contacts.
Read more: Social Networking Aids Family of Missing Child
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