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Tool library a hit with women as resource sharing reduces environmental waste (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (5 children)

I tried starting one of these in my neighbourhood at the local Men's Shed and they turned me down flatly saying they didn't want to deal with the insurance. Glad to see the idea getting a good run in a few places.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    what's a Men's Shed?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    As far as I understand, it's a place where to meet around some productive activity, as opposed to meeting around booze. :P

    The intended side effect should also be ensuring that even less wealthy community members can access fancy tools.

    Why they call them men's sheds is a mystery to me, since I can easily imagine a schedule where it's a women's shed or random folks' shed one some days.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Men’s sheds are community-based, non-commercial organisations that are open to all men. Men’s sheds improve the health and wellbeing of their members by giving them a safe place to make friends, share meaningful activities, talk, and access health information and resources. https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/mens-sheds

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Interesting. Never heard of it. Seems overly complicated to make it gender based. But I like the idea.

    I like the idea of a Random Folks shed lol

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    They're traditionally for boomer age people and they can be a bit weird about gender roles. For transparency my local one is officially called the 'Community Shed' but Men's Shed is still the coloquial term most people use.

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