Agreed. I added it to the topic.
Unlike most social media, you don’t use hashtags. When you create a new topic (or edit an older one), there will be a space underneath for you to add your own tags.
In the link repository you can add links to suppliers, and just add a comment to say it is for Canadians. As a soon to be Ottawaian(Ottawanite, Ottawaster…?) I could use the suggestions.
lol… first suggestion: you’d be called an “Ottawan” 
But yes, those are good suggestions.
Meant for suppliers , but I’ll take those too
Looks like I’m the second person on Vancouver Island, I’ll be running a small home-based business called Brilliant Creations - VERY small to start with, as I have a day job AND a writing career both to tend to.
Good to find other Canadian folk here though - I do like the idea of a Canada-based resource repository to share info with others on the best places to source items. As well as Canada-specific topics. 
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I missed this thread when it first came up. I’m just outside of Ottawa (Carslbad Springs, ON).
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I’m about 20 miles north of where polarbrainfreeze is located (Orleans part of Ottawa area).
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Don’t you mean about 32.2 kilometers north? 
Old habit die hard. 
Interestingly enough, I prefer referencing in celsius for low temperatures and fahrenheit for high temperatures. As in it is currently 82F here at the cottage in the Gatineau. 
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Yeah, I’m the same way. I think it’s because my parents winter in Florida.
For cold temperatures, -10C sounds so much colder than 14F. The negative gives it this extra “oomph” of cold. Makes us sound tougher that we brave such temperatures.
I also don’t know my height in cm or my weight in kg. I still work in feet/inches and pounds for those.
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Aye, this is the problem of growing up around the time of the Imperial/Metric transition. I recall (although, barely) when I was a child and Canada switched.
I just try to remember “2.2lb in a kg” and “3.3ft to a meter”… and try coping with it from there.
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@jdodds @polarbrainfreeze just moved to Barrhaven. Maybe when the forges are up for delivery we can schedule a cross boarder pick up together. I have a pickup with 6 seats
Hey, no matter which scale you use: -40 is cold!
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Unfortunately there’s not going to be any on-site pickups. I’ve asked Dan a few times as things have changed over time, and it’s pretty clear that they won’t allow people to do pickups. 
I meant drive to NY state. Such as 1000 islands or whatever the cross over is.
Yeah, I used this site to get a US address. http://myusaddress.ca/
It’s just an hour from Ottawa.
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I just added my pin to the map - sending greetings from Nelson BC - I am also looking forward to my glowforge arriving - hoping to do some cool stuff with topographic maps and ski resorts
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Calgarian here – it’s the painful part of looking at the banner, realizing the queue has blown past your day and being so close but still so far away…
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