Actually I'm quite familiar with Rex! I think he is who introduced me to the term "country carpenter" IIRC. Woodworking is great. You obviously can get really fancy with it, but there is a continuum from true 0-budget "reclaimed tools and materials" all the way to "10 million dollar production shop." And money spent doesn't map directly to quality of work.

Woodworking can be very approachable, even with a very limited budget. Really, the greatest barrier to entry isn't money, but space. Sawdust is a pain to deal with, and you really don't want to do woodworking in your living room. Though I have definitely seen videos of people who do woodworking even in apartments. They'll dedicate a spare bedroom to the hobby, do their work entirely outdoors under the sky, or have a little tiny micro workbench in a closet. Even with zero space you could at least do some basic carving or whittling on your kitchen table. And that's before you consider options like shared community shop and maker spaces.

My setup has gotten pretty elaborate at this point. But I have the funds for it, and I've been building up my capabilities for several years at this point. You obviously can get quite elaborate with woodworking equipment, and I certainly have. But I got started with just a miter saw and a card table.

Now I'm imagining the 1930s Boy Scout manual is just straight up how to DIY your own landmines.

I can recommend woodworking. Yeah, you can get really fancy with it, with lots of expensive tools. But you can also keep things simple, mostly working with traditional hand tools. You can even build a lot of your own tools. If you want free material, you can recycle old obsolete furniture you get for free into new and useful pieces. (Think old entertainment centers built for old giant CRT TVs, desks with huge drawers for storing massive amounts of paper, etc.)

Yes, you can go full bougie artisan if you want, but from a more leftist perspective, you could follow the tradition of the country carpenter. An old-timey country carpenter was someone that had the skills and tools to help people with their needs in a cheap and effective manner. Their customers were poor and working people. Need a dresser or a table? They would build you something functional. It might have been made of whatever wood was on hand and from mismatched fasteners, they would produce something usable for a cost people could afford. They would be just as likely to accept payment in barter as in currency. The modern version of this might be developing the ability to offer simple repairs to even IKEA-type furniture.

With global trade breaking down, people are going to need to fix the things they already have. If the price of everything at IKEA triples, well suddenly repairing things is a lot more viable than just throwing it out and buying another one. I focused this discussion on woodworking, but the same applies to many fields. Start thinking about how you can help people not just by making new things, but by repairing those that already exist. We need to learn to get by, to make due with what we have, now more than ever. Develop the skills for furniture repair, basic appliance servicing, simple electrical and plumbing work, etc. In an era of both stifled trade and immigration, the need for people with basic everyday repair skills has never been greater. You can make it a career if you want, or you can do it just as a mutual aid activity. Hang a shingle and offer your services on a sliding scale if you want. But this is one of the most practical and rewarding ways you can help people in your community. You get to directly help people in a tangible way, using an activity that lets you use your own hands and build/repair something. It's the kind of work that's good for the soul.

They're allowed to go fast on a cycleway. It's a road for cycling. The entire point of the path is to have a place where they can ride at speed. It's a separated path for people to bike fast on. When you cross a cycleway, you as a pedestrian have the responsibility to check for cyclists.

Pedestrians don't always have the right of way. A cycle path is like a road for cyclists. No matter what speed a vehicle or bike is traveling at, there will be a minimum stopping distance. If you as a pedestrian just throw yourself in front of a bike or vehicle without thinking, then you are responsible. There is no speed they can travel at that someone couldn't get hit if they just walk out directly in front of them. Hell, you as a pedestrian have a stopping distance. If you're walking at normal speed and someone just jumps right out in front of you, you're going to run into them.

Was the cyclist traveling at a legal speed for that path? If so, then the liability is likely on the pedestrian. The cyclist needs to not be going so fast that they won't hit someone up ahead of them using the path, whether walking or biking. That is something they can and should be reasonably prepared for. If there is a blind turn, they need to not be going so fast that they can hit someone around the bend. But that is a reasonable hazard that can be prepared for. Or if there is a marked crossing, cyclists also need to not be going so fast that they can't stop in time for people crossing there. But on a straightaway, and someone just comes out of the brush at a random location, not looking, and throws themselves into your path? No, you have no liability there as a cyclist. That isn't a hazard you can reasonably prepare for.

You are basically arguing that it should be illegal for people to ride bike at all, as there is no minimum speed that you can avoid a collision if someone is just going to throw themselves out in front of you.

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