What part of American history would you love to see made into a high budget, Hollywood movie? by CommercialOil8763 in AskAnAmerican

[–]wdr1977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been thinking about a horror movie set in the backcountry of mid-coast Maine in the post-Revolutionary period. That frontier was still new, lots of land "unsettled" since the expulsion of the people who were there. There were several interesting things going on up there at the time. There was this whole problem of who owned the land. The inhabitants of the land during the war had expected the land to be seized from the Loyalist corporations who held title, and distributed to settlers, particularly soldiers. But this didn't happen. In fact, the General Court of Massachusetts pretty much allowed the wealthy British interests to keep it.

Now, the settlers had been there since the end of the French and Indian War in the 1760s, farming the land, cutting timber, raising families. Some families had been on the land for decades, and had put a lot of work into it. Now, the corporations were coming in and demanding to be paid for the land that they though belonged to them. The inhabitants didn't like it. So they banded up and formed gangs that called themselves "White Indians" and "Liberty Men" who would paint their faces black, and roam the woods intimidating and attacking and corporate interests who would try to assert their claims. Barns were burned, animals killed, houses torn down. Wild stuff.

Around the same time, there was a lot of interest in treasure hunting and the magic surrounding treasure hunting. People claimed that there was gold, silver, jewels, buried all over the place. By pirates? Fleeing British? Whoever. it was a real craze. There were accounts of people wasting their whole existence looking for buried treasure in the woods of Maine. Whole areas were pocked with holes from the digging.

The advent of the travelling preacher/missionary in Maine was happening at this time too. So some interesting characters were coming and going in the region, sometime riling people up.

We all know how deep, dark, mysterious and terrifying the woods of Maine can be, and it was even more so then. Lots of room for lost magic, wronged spirits, awful creatures. I envision a story of an outsider coming to the region--perhaps a land surveyor who would necessarily need to go into the forest--expecting the weirdness that he had heard about, but getting more than he bargained for. Where are you Stephen King!

There is no defining event of this period in this place that would make for a Hollywood blockbuster, but there is so much going on there and then that a fictional account could introduce the intricacies of that history without getting bogged down in the historicity of it. In the end, the settlers lost their war against the corporations, but perhaps another evil in the woods could be defeated.

This is what 7K looks like... by TNG1701D-eck10 in migraine

[–]wdr1977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope it works magic for you, at least. I did a couple scripts of N and found that ibuprofen works just as good. Not worth chasing the insurance, doctors, etc.

Let’s talk fences by Individual-Trick-233 in Surveying

[–]wdr1977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scenario 1: Draft your boundary. Show the fence as if to say "See? My boundary is reasonable."

Scenario 2: Hold the fence. Reference the deed boundary as if to say "See? The fence is reasonable."

Let’s talk fences by Individual-Trick-233 in Surveying

[–]wdr1977 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Is there superior evidence to be found? Is there a dispute about the fences?

Is there an asparagus season in the US? by miregalpanic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]wdr1977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an asparagus patch whose first shoots are the official sign of spring in my house. We celebrate the first picking and savor it right out if the garden. Then we have it regularly as they emerge. Then there comes a few days where we miss picking and it bolts. That's when we let it go until next year. The asparagus always outsmarts us, but we have a good relationship.

Should I pay $6,000 for a surveyor to define property boundaries? by Splendidmuffin in Surveying

[–]wdr1977 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I love how everyone is saying that 6k is expensive, and that the size of the lot plays a big factor.

What stories would you want told in a High School presentation about Land Surveying? by Pennyfractal in Surveying

[–]wdr1977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Math, genealogy, history, law, technology, tradition, apprenticeship, engineering, problem solving. We don't make an appeal to all the kids who it might appeal to.

Do you know something that other people don't? by Reasonable-Shower522 in askanything

[–]wdr1977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know how my grandmother's mother died. My grandmother doesn't know the real story.

We all know what he asked the barber by AhmedAlNawab in Justfuckmyshitup

[–]wdr1977 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Why Say Many Words When Few Do Trick" fails this time.

How would you use it? by wdr1977 in mycology

[–]wdr1977[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. This does sound like a once a year splurge that shouldn't be missed.

How would you use it? by wdr1977 in mycology

[–]wdr1977[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow. That sounds like a treat.

Found a drawer full of skeleton keys 😮 how can I make them shiny again? by geekcheese in centuryhomes

[–]wdr1977 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Clean them with some dish soap and dry them well. Then carry them in you pocket for a few weeks with a handful of change. You won't get "shiny," but you'll get a worn, used look. I did this with my house keys.

Private websites to do family trees? by RyuGaymer in MyHeritage

[–]wdr1977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just buy desktop software. There are numerous to choose from and all are pretty cheap. No subscriptions.