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Here’s my current favourite knife, a Boker Arbolito. Holds a decent edge, stands a bit of abuse, fits my hand perfectly, and the leather sheath smells great.

Also pictured is my workhorse bushcraft Mora Companion, with a flat ground spine for throwing sparks off a rod, and a pretty decent plastic sheath that I’ve modded to increase retention and improve drainage.

My most useful knife without a doubt has been the Victorinox signature on my keychain. LED light, ballpoint pen, scissors, blade, all in a handy 6cm package. Had it for about 10 years, replaced button battery once and pen thrice myself, and will purchase again if/when this one goes.

Aka a 'mixed economy'?<

Has there been a modern economy where this didn’t happen?

The ‘free market’ as an ideal, natural balance that can only be constrained (and by extension damaged) by government intervention seems to be an ideological construct seeking to justify an economic agenda (maybe we can blame the neo-libs for this). I’ll go out on a limb and say that this flavour of capitalism isn’t ‘the one true capitalism’ (TM), and in fact there isn’t such a thing. Neo-libs might have us think otherwise, but they’ve been stacking the deck in their own favour for several decades now, using those same powers of the State that they decry as interventionist. We could flip the script and instate a new, less rapacious capitalism, but damn if I or anyone seems to know how.

Though in most economies growth is a crucial element.

Growth relies on selling more stuff, creating demand through marketing, using up scarce resources.<

You make a good point. Without meaning to go off on a tangent, it reminds me of the Malthusian theory (of populations growing to match and exceed any increase in food production), but the Malthusian theory didn’t play out when US or European food production far outpaced their population growth. Maybe they haven’t caught up yet? Or maybe folks don’t have as many kids nowadays because they think it could be detrimental to their lives beyond a certain number, and maybe that could happen with material growth as well. Doubt that could happen in our current world though.

🥃 does it need to be past 5 o’clock anymore?

Don’t want to intrude or give medical advice, but there’s was an NY Times article a week or two ago by a respiratory doctor saying that household finger oximeters (like diabetics use on their index finger) could help detect low blood oxygen levels caused by Covid pneumonia before it gets worse. Might be worth checking if you’ve got access to one.

I’d venture that it’s corporatocracy run amok rather than an intrinsic problem with capitalism.

It’s possible to have extractive industries that don’t e.g., wantonly destroy ecosystems or routinely screw over smaller players (like the Michigan municipalities in your link). It’s just that there has been a decades long trend in which the system increasingly incentivises corporations to do whatever it takes to generate higher profits, while also failing to adequately penalise said corporations (and the decision makers within them) when they break the law. The great trick is that the system can be re-designed, but the players in power have no incentive to do so.

MIT course on leveraging mobility disruptions. Free, starts 12 May.

https://www.edx.org/course/leveraging-urban-mobility-disruptions-to-create-better-cities?utm_campaign=mitx&utm_medium=partner-marketing&utm_source=email&utm_content=11.550x-alluser-april2020

Is she unionised? Ask her union. If her employer no longer have work available for her due to Corona, she should ask them about being furloughed. Then her employer can claim for (and pay her) 80% of her income. https://www.unison.org.uk/coronavirus-rights-work/

If you mean what to do besides money-wise, well now’s as good a time as any to take up any home centred hobbies. Keep both of your spirits up, it’s gonna be a while before things are completely back to normal.

If anyone has suggestions for how to order food online please share because waiting for Amazon will see me starve.

Nice one, man.

Based in Herne Hill. Can help with some mechanic-ing.

Second dibs if it doesn’t work out?

Damn sorry to hear that. Hope you mend quickly.

1) What mudguards, frame, wheels and tyres do you have? While annoying, it’s unlikely to damage your bike if you can’t clearly ID a source of impact or rubbing. Worth checking out though, might save you £50 on new mudguards.
2) It would be unusual for jockey wheels to tick or click. More likely it’s the chain catching the edge of the teeth on the cassette, which can also happen on the jockeys but it’s less common. If you’ve got shifting issues in one direction (shifting up or down), then I’d look at indexing again. If you’ve indexed it and it’s still causing problems, I’d look at derailleur/ hanger alignment. If the alignment is good, or you’ve got shifting issues in both directions, I’d check for a kinked or gritty cable/housing.

If you’ve got a stand at home or somewhere that would hold the bike horizontally and allow you to spin the pedals and rear wheel, I can PM you my details and maybe I can give you diagnosis via video call/zoom/whatever.

Same here. If I can’t taste my air, how can I be sure I’m breathing?

The disease is easily spread by people who might even be completely asymptomatic, onto surfaces and other people in their immediate vicinity, mainly by droplets from their nose and mouth. The widespread use of masks just makes sense to me: they’re very much proven to reduce the spread of an infected person’s droplets, which means less of the virus is spread to others. The reality is that the West as a whole didn’t take on board the lessons from e.g., SARS and MERS, so we were caught out and don’t have the infrastructure, culture or supplies to address our domestic outbreaks in the optimal way. Having only enough masks for our medical personnel means more people will be exposed and get sick; but it’s the lesser of two evils, the alternative being that medical staff are even worse off and get sick and can’t function, and then everyone else gets sick anyway.

From The Lancet article cited above (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30134-X/fulltext):

“WHO currently recommends that people should wear face masks if they have respiratory symptoms or if they are caring for somebody with symptoms. Perhaps it would also be rational to recommend that people in quarantine wear face masks if they need to leave home for any reason, to prevent potential asymptomatic or presymptomatic transmission. In addition, vulnerable populations, such as older adults and those with underlying medical conditions, should wear face masks if available. Universal use of face masks could be considered if supplies permit. “

They also acknowledge/suppose early in the article that governments might be advising against the general use of masks because of the potential for Joe Public to panic buy them into shortages for critical workers. Since there are massive shortages anyway in Europe and the Americas, it’s a pretty reasonable supposition.

S. Korea’s top epidemiologist is very strongly in favour of the general population using masks. He also attributes S. Korea’s exemplary handling of the pandemic, in part, to the generalised use of masks. It’s an interesting watch in any case.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gAk7aX5hksU

My money’s on the WHO advisory changing to ‘everyone wear masks it’s now proven to help’ once most of Europe and the US have managed to stockpile enough for their employees, and when Trump’s buddies have managed to get their $ into the production line.

So essential they listed ‘em twice? Not great attention to detail for a nationwide shutdown list...

Dang, same, holding out for some 25s, so undibs thanks.

Unlikely second dibs* gatorskins pending pics.
Edit-undibs

Pm’d

Got a pic and price for the fork?

Dibs (just) seat post please.

Edit: undibs tyres because of misunderstanding.

If you’ve still got the Imprevisto jersey, dibs?

Couple hours late, DM’d just in case...

Word is that Herne Hill cycles in SE24 is closing down. Might be worth asking if they plan on selling tools/stock?