I'm currently " at my leisure" a fancy term for unemployed and looking. My last long term survival job caught me one day with a worn out car and no funds to replace it. Our public transportation system is a disastrous, underfunded mix of buses and a feeble train system- virtually useless. I had to walk twice a day for 1 hour and 45 minutes at a military pace with two timed stops for a cool drink. I got into great shape, found nature in the strangest places; birds nests, a family of squirrels that I fed. The people were interesting too. A New Age bookstore along the way had this fundamentalist Christian outside waving a bible and quoting scripture against their evil ways. I stopped once, there was a whole herd ( wiggle, string, spool?) of earthworms stranded on the rapidly drying sidewalk. My buddhist studies from long ago kicked in, and I rescued them all to the cool planter. This moron starts screaming at me about worshiping the earth. I gave him a big hug, kissed him on the cheek and said "God loves me, but he can't stomach you." He fled, never to return and I got a free vegan fruit drink everyday from the store. The kicker was our store had to promote ride sharing or alternate transportation to fullfill a minor state mandate. They encouraged this by offering points and the promise of a racing bike at the quarters end. I had 978 points. My nearest competitor had 17. My department manager gave me a PARTIAL ride home one day and claimed 1 point. I really NEEDED that bike. They held the drawing, and quess who magically won?
