The Candy Factory

An interesting documentary on The New Yorker Youtube channel:

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyqZp-XtFzo

The literalist in me was picturing Brach's on the west side of Chicago - you could see it from the Lake Dan Ryan elevated train  :)

source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/balinesecat/11576873646

 

No artists in that factory !  Here is a photo from the 1920s when Brach's built the factory:

 

 

One lady I worked with at GTE told me she worked there for a while - and that it was true that the workers could eat the candy if they wanted - but that a person really does get sick of candy after a while.

One thing that struck me from The Candy Factory was when Rafael showed these:

They are small but REAL tools - what I got one time was this:

NOT real tools, the only thing I kept was the tin box which now contains circuit boards:

Would I have become something different if I had been given better tools ?   I doubt it.

This documentary also reminded me of of the movie: Stand By Me where Gordie is telling the pie eating contest story and then Teddie asks:  

"then what happened ?"

So Gordie appends an ending.

Then Teddy says: "Great story, Gordie - I just don't like the ending"

Sometimes it's better just to leave things alone - give people what they need not what they want.

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm