Whatever

No, but we got paid like it was a holiday... triple time

Back in those days, workers in manufacturing were treated better.
Not kidding.
I feel sorry for young folks today

 

I worked for in a Volkswagen manufacturing plant from about 89 to 97. We made aluminum wheels, diecast engine parts and catalytic converters. That was about the start of the downfall era. Money was great for being uneducated. About $15/ hr Canadian of course. You could live comfortably on that back then. It felt like I struggled though. Probably because I was fresh out of high school and still learning how to budget.

 

They got us a hot dog roller that we have used once

 

Truth

 

Did you take those snaps from Rte 16?
From there north to Rte 30 near St Thomas is field after field of those goddamn solar panels

Really?
At this latitude, with all our overcast days?
Take away the taxpayer funded subsidies and see how long it takes for that shit to stop.

 

You tell em @Gritto !!!!

 

You know weather works in cycles, right?
We're about due.

 

It's those fucking clouds, I tell ya!

 

NopE!

 

Yup, 16 going West towards the mountain.

There's also a shit tonne going to St. Thomas on Warm Spring near the house here.

Neighbor was telling me the whole deal they got going on. Not going to get into it here as it will get all political for me.

 

@tclavell ^^^

 

Meh. I got an AWD, 4WD, and snow blower...

They are predicting a nasty Fall/Winter, but they've been saying that for years and its been almost nothing

 

@StayinStock …38 days

 

Weather men are wrong constantly....until they get it right once.


Though I will say, 3 years ago that storm we had at Christmas when it was 0° for a bit, my sister's mattress froze solid. That was pretty cold. Not snowy, but cold.

 

Wtf

 

....erm. Just how cold does your house get?

 

Obligatory nope!

 

Long read... but amazing @Gritto @Gen1TacoLady

Why is Lord Of The Rings the most brilliant fantasy series ever written?

It isn’t just that it is (IMO) the most accurate fantastical depiction of the spiritual war between light and dark, or good vs evil.

It is the ridiculous amount of creativity, drive, ambition, and sheer willpower of which J.R.R Tolkien put into the series.

You think it is just a few books and 6 exceptionally long movies?

Think again.

How expansive was the creative process for Lord Of The Rings?

It took Tolkien 12 years to write The Lord Of The Rings.

But writing it? That was only a small portion of creating it.

In order to build Middle Earth, he didn’t just invent a story - he created an entire world.

By the time he began writing Lord Of The Rings in 1937, he had already spent 30 YEARS constructing Middle Earth and its’ mythology.

He built genealogies, invented creation myths and created timelines which spanned thousands of years. He did this so every reference made in his books would remain consistent.

Being a philologist at Oxford, Tolkien was positively obsessed with language evolution.

He didn’t just create a few words of Elvish. He didn’t just create a few lines for the Dwarves. Tolkien created over a dozen invented languages - Two of them being fully functional with their own grammar, syntax, poetry and etymology.

He is quoted as having said “The invention of language is the foundation. The stories came later”.

He designed the maps before he even thought about the narrative.

Every river, every forest, and mountain range had a history, a name rooted in an invented language, and a purpose deeply rooted in Middle Earth’s mythology.

This means the character’s journeys weren’t just plotted - they were geographically inevitable.

But here’s the catch: The Lord Of The Rings is but a thread within a nearly infinite interconnected tapestry.

To explain the world’s origins, he wrote The Silmarillion: A creation myth, a pantheon of gods, and the history of three entire ages. (This is something a fair number of readers/viewers of Lord Of The Rings are completely unfamiliar with).

Tolkien also rewrote EVERYTHING. Every chapter was drafted dozens of times. He cross referenced events across thousands of handwritten notes detailing languages, lineages and histories.

What we read today is merely the tip of the iceberg.

He began writing the Lord Of The Rings in 1937. He finished in 1949.

In his personal letters and journals, he described his “despair” at ever finishing it. The very scale of his vision nearly broke him.

The Lord Of The Rings contains entire invented languages, fully mapped continents, thousands of years of history, creation myths, prophecies, lineages and wars.

Every page you read sits atop a foundation no author had ever created before, and has never created since.

JRR Tolkien did not just change the fantasy landscape - he CREATED it.

He was chasing his inner vision, a dream. It was his life’s work.

And here is what most people don’t realize: The Lord Of The Rings is not just a masterpiece. It is, without a doubt, one of the most ambitious creative projects in human history.

63 years of obsession packed into one perfect world.

63 years. Think about that. 6+ decades to create not just The Lord Of The Rings - but the entire Universe it resides in down to every last detail.

Tolkien was also a Christian. He said on many occasions that the story of Lord Of The Rings is the metaphorical story of the spiritual war in The Bible.

Creativity is one of the greatest gifts God gave us.

CS Lewis also credited Tolkien with saving him from Atheism and helping him find Christ.

The next time you think LOTR is just a “nerdy book” - I’d definitely think again.

“All we have to do is decide what to do with the time we are given” - Gandalf

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yes . . .

but i also had like a ml of infused MCT oil squirted under my tongue so i was really high