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What is something like a hobby or skill that you belive almost anybody should give a try, and what makes your suggestion so good compared to other things?

i feel like this is a descent question i guess.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

tying knots. All you need is a couple of pieces of string to get started. The right knot, well tied, is like a good friend - you can count on it. Shipyard workers sometimes make fun of how inexperienced mariners tie up their boats to a dock with "if you can't tie a knot, tie a lot!?" (full disclosure, I am a sailor).

someone else mentioned sign language - that is also extremely useful sometimes! My wife and I learned it when we learned to SCUBA. We do not have any deaf friends, but sometimes you meet a person who is reliant on sign, and if you can at least spell out some words, 'they are so grateful'.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I firmly believe that most active people should know how to tie a bowline knot one-handed. It's not hard relative to some other knots, and it could save a life.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I learned how to tie a bowline one handed in boy scouts 25 years ago. I legitimately don't know how to tie a bowline with two hands.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know I've often wanted to learn more knot tying options, especially when I'm doing things around the garden. I'll have to take your advice and learn some!

Do you have an recommendations of which ones to learn or resources?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Someone else here mentioned AnimatedKnots.com and I second that recommendation. For gardening, I'd learn the bowline and the trucker's hitch. The Trucker's Hitch is what I use to cinch a bundle of cut branches together with twine. You can get it really tight and it's really dead simple. You can also use it anywhere you want to stretch a line and have it not sag. I've used it to lash things to the roof of a car, too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=binding+knots&iax=images&ia=images there are so many wonderful choices! The simpler looking ones are usually the best. :) But they are hard to describe with text . . .

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the link!