It occurred to me that I've been at PO.com for five years now. What a great bunch of posters over the years, Smallpoxgirl (where art thou?), Heineken, gg3, Pops, Ludi, Eastbay, Patience, Shanny, Blu, Thuja, Aaron, Blisteredwhippet, the list goes on and on (even Monte). What a motley assortment of highly intelligent, combative, compassionate, crazy, pragmatic doomers! I've learned so much from folks here.
One of the PO.com threads that stuck in my head over the years was an early discussion about post-collapse occupations here in the Planning Forum (seems to have been deleted or merged, can't find it). Farmer/horticulturist was what sung with me the most, been interested in that longer than I've known about peak oil. Having some idea of which direction to go helped immensely a few years ago when I got laid off from my academic job and didn't feel like doing any more academic hustling.
And now here I am in my fourth season of full-time horticultural work, been a real adventure. Not entirely motivated by “collapse concerns,” but they're always at the back of my mind---What Would Peak Oil Do? I really enjoy farming and other horticultural work, but a big added bonus is that I feel far more “prepared” for our uncertain future than I did five years ago.
What a ride it's been, and our journey has only just begun. Hee haw!