when you do it yourself

you'll need some tools

I love the Canadian Tire Flyer. It come out weekly. There was a rule growing up. Well, there were many. There were rules everywhere - ESPECIALY around shopping.

My Nanny who lived to be 94 (not the one who is still with us) used to go to all of the Boxing Day Sales back when Boxing Day Sales really mattered. She’d then proceed to buy all of the Christmas and birthday presents for the family for the entire next year.

I can’t help it. I’m Scottish, she’d protest, we never pay full price

So, in addition to the family’s unofficial slogan “Dallings Win”¹ our other motto is: “Never pay full retail price.”

I love the Canadian Tire flyer because it has affordable, accessible tools whose sale prices range from 50 to 80 percent off.

Over time, I’ve accumulated a large number of tools. Sometimes I buy tools for a project. Other times, create a project as an excuse to use the tools.

Kevin Kelly - founding editor of Wired - loves tools. He sees these new artificial intelligence platforms as tools. In a r…