I was glad I stuck with Freecycle instead of Craigslist when I heard about a murder someone did via a Craigslist contact, but really, caution is good with Freecycle too.

Yesterday I picked up a freecycled nordic-track-type ski-stride exerciser to add to the treadmill I have and the road-cycle-on-trainer Hardi has. The old Pickin/Playroom/Classroom is morphing into a cold-weather workout room; it's minimally heated in the wointer such that the parts and electronics will not freeze, but it will be a goo dplace to SWEAT. I'm going to offer (via Freecycle) to let other folks use it as well (with due caution), like a co-op instead of an expensive health club.

It's interesting morphing this big old moldy farmhouse (cheap rent), which used to host Mudcat Gatherings and jams, as another kind of semi-public resource space. As our interests and activities change, it continues t be hard to think about moving out of it, even as it rots and crumbles around us!

Another nice thing about Freecycle-- someone just posted looking for exactly the machine I just nabbed, but ANOTHER town's Freecycle I also belong to had a similar item, so I emailed the two together. As much as I complain about our fast-changing society-- I do like some of these mod cons! :~)

But it's interesting, acting like a Mudcatter would act with another Mudcatter, out among others in the world.

~Susan