My brother in law recently acquired one of these and is obsessed with stalking and blasting flies with it. He shot a big blowfly and it exploded in a ghastly mess on the wall. Very effective and - according to him - satisfying.
I cut my own hair during lockdown. I did it outdoors, using regular scissors and a mirror. It came out not too bad, from the front anyway. Not sure what the back looked like - it felt ok. That's shortish hair, I'm sure long hair would be easier.
Talking to a friend in NZ - he says there's been a big influx of Americans, welcomed by tech firms because at the same time a lot of skilled NZers are leaving for Australia. I'm told some of the wealthier tech bros, eg Peter Thiel, are building bunkers in NZ ready for the apocalypse.
My favourite is the one with Moses coming down with the Big Book of Rules, direct from God. Then getting his pals to kill thousands of his followers for not following the Rules, which presumably they've never seen.
When I lived in Edinburgh's Old Town in the 90s I had a couple of young guisers come to the door, not trick or treating, but "a penny for the guy"*. I gave them a pound each, they were thrilled.
*The guy is Guy Fawkes, "remember remember the fifth of November".
I do a lot of water sports in the UK and we use VHF radios. Certain frequencies are used by marinas and the like, and nearby boats will be tuned into them. Then there is a frequency used for emergency calls - the coastguard listens on that and answers, and will move your call to another frequency for more details, leaving the mayday one open again.
We mainly use VHF for boat-to-boat comms, or boat-to-shore. The local range is decent - a few miles from our base, depending on atmospheric conditions, obstacles etc. I honestly have no idea if you could use VHF radios between cars though. It's not private for a start - everyone can hear you - and once someone is yammering on the marina frequency no-one else can transmit. So it's just brief messages with protocols.
My friends and neighbours and I all use a variety of messaging services and apps like Spond to organise get-togethers, sporting events, working bees etc etc. I'm in a ridiculous number of WhatsApp groups, all very active, and I see most people in them irl regularly. Without the internet I don't know how we'd cope. It's hard enough herding cats in a group chat, imagine the number of phone calls we'd be making!
I hate the SMS ones, because I don't have a good phone signal in my home, so I have to ruin around trying to get a couple of bars so I can get the effing code. My banking app just uses a fingerprint.
Swimming works for me. I joined a gym at a hotel that has a pool, reasonable price and usually fairly few people. I like to swim lengths, thinking of nothing at all, for half an hour to an hour. Good for general fitness, stamina.
My brother in law recently acquired one of these and is obsessed with stalking and blasting flies with it. He shot a big blowfly and it exploded in a ghastly mess on the wall. Very effective and - according to him - satisfying.