Cheese

Firearms Training

First aid

Kettle bells

Pickling stuff other than cukes

Fermentation

Cool Energy harvesting projects

Cold weather growing

Writing

Metal work

Old school wood work

Carving

Rope making

Tanning leather

Tea

De-plasticizing your kitchen and home

Food forests in cold climates

Old Deisel earth moving equipment

Self-taught well drilling

Water purification without plastic in the system

People actually using composting toilets

Usefully integrated septic systems

Rock Breaking with and without explosives

Proper tree felling

Explorations of best practices for various types of firewood

Rocket mass heaters

Self-built wood stoves

Etc.

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Thanks for writing that list Beave, saves me the time 🀣🀣

Glad to be of service.

I always say, men in their forties have simple and yet refined taste.

And we are apparently more or less the same 😁

Time really does ehittle away at the BS.

For me, a couch potato, all those sounds intriguing, but I would prefer not to ever need any of that... If you know what I mean.

I will, even if I am lazier than I wish to be.

As I'm saying it is intriguing, it is fun to aquire the theoretical knowledge, enjoy it as a hobby, but I would prefer not to depend on it with my life. It is like I prefer the idea of gun ownership to actual gun ownership.

Actual gun ownership is terrifyingly awesome. You have to be responsible, and I think that responsibility tends to make one a better person.

Self-reliance is a moving goal. I love learning new skills. It is a hobby of mine, I've decided. I am able to be more flexible because I have a much wider skill base to draw from, and that makes much if what I do and am less fragile .