Does Naco Taco still have that tent?

For gardening, perhaps you can sign up for a community garden plot (might take time to get a plot, since there's a waiting list), or the Boston Area Gleaners (which also ticks the volunteering box for you)

Connect with your neighborhood association!!! Depending on where you live, some are better than others. But meeting your neighbors makes a big difference.

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not piling on OP because I've made the same mistake, it's a speed LIMIT, and it's up to the driver to reduce speed in suboptimal conditions. You can be ticketed for driving too fast for conditions even going the speed limit.

you'll get through it, glad no one was hurt. fun fact, it's a rafter of turkeys!

Join a maker space maybe?

1. Don’t admit to looking at google maps, driving above the speed limit etc, never admit or say anything just exchange info.

2. Never heard of a fire dept having anything to do with a car assessment. Your insurance will compare cost of repair vs. value of car and determine if it’s “totaled”

3. Probably delete this post where you admit to being a distracted driver that was speeding and is likely at fault for damage to both cars in front if you hit car 2 sending it into car 1.

It’s more than likely, but not 100% automatic, I know from experience, but in this case yes.

Was going to go this morning but seems to be raining. Does it happen rain or shine?

I don’t drive in MA, but is it a state where saying “sorry” or “apologizing” assumes your fault in a Car accident?

Oh wow. That looks fantastic.

Very interesting. Thank you!

Awesome list. I've walked by Pandemonium a few times. Love board games. Will have to check that out.

Thank you all for your kind suggestions! I'm very excited to jump in - what a great town. I've consolidated the suggestions below, for my own sake and for easier consumption by future readers with similar questions!

Sports and Fitness

• Appalachian Mountain Club organizes activities and events to foster the protection, enjoyment, and understanding of the outdoors
• Boston Ski and Sports is a club that organizes ski getaways, indoor and outdoor intramural sports leagues, adventure travel and social events
• MIT Outing Club (MITOC) helps the MIT/Cambridge community enjoy the great outdoors
• November Project is a free fitness movement to help people stay active though group exercise
• Urban Axes Boston Leagues is an axe throwing community that organizes 8-week league competitions

Games

• Pandemonium is a board game store that hosts tournaments, game nights and book events

Volunteering

• Cambridge Fridge is a mutual aid focused on food sharing, open to volunteers
• Food for Free is a non-profit fighting hunger in the Greater Boston area, open to volunteers

Other/Misc.

• The Democracy Center is a community space that hosts various events
• The Foundry is a hub for creative exploration that hosts various community events

Yeah, and then you turn around and it's been 10 years and you have white hair.

Signed up!

This looks interesting!

I’ll try to list some ideas I haven’t seen mentioned yet:

• Pandemonium in Central used to do regular game nights—they may still, or they may have other suggestions if they’re not doing what you play

• Food for Free is always looking for volunteers to pack and/or deliver food boxes throughout the area

• Also community fridges! I saw mutual aid suggested, but specifically I’ve seen volunteers form a nice community around fridge stocking and upkeep too.

• If you’re up for joining a more specialized gym like a lifting/climbing/CrossFit situation, they tend to be more social

• In all seriousness, try MeetUp and/or BumbleBFF. I know people who have had success with both around here.

Thank you for the kind feedback (and advice). I am beyond ashamed of myself and taking some time to reflect on how to live more carefully onwards. I don’t want to be a menace on the roads.

I should get back to my bicycle commute (I slipped on black ice, or flew off getting hit by cars a couple times while biking, but at least I didn’t have the potential to badly hurt someone, and my conscience was free).

I know. I was expecting some cleverly devastating insult, like, “you parked like a twatbucket, you sod” but no. Instead, I kept circling the car, looking at old scratches and wondering, “what did you do? what did you do?”

It’s a relatively new, budget commuting car from 2021 that I’ve worked to keep nice inside and out, that just has (had 😔) dings on the back and on some hubcaps.

If your car is totaled, any dents and dings don't matter.

> someone else left a windshield note with their phone # last month saying "sorry about your car" but I couldn't tell at all what they did to it

Maybe they didn't do anything and were just sorry about what kind of car you drive?

Another person recommended MITOC, which is MIT affiliated. If you'd like something more generic, I wholeheartedly recommend the Appalachian Mountain Club. As a single person, this was the easiest thing by far to attend by myself and not feel weird. There's a 20s and 30s group where I met some good friends. Come join us!

You can damage a car in such a way that it becomes a total loss at any speed.

For any outdoors activity (hiking, climbing, skiing, etc), check out MITOC (mit outdoor club), which is open to the greater Camberville community (not just mit) They run trips for pretty much every skill level and are very welcoming and friendly.

Cambridge Center for Adult Education is hosting a virtual lunch and learn next week about local volunteer opportunities, here's the link: https://ccae.org/classes/offering/2270/volunteer-in-cambridge-find-your-mission-online