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Could you be a caretaker of a hotel for 7 months like in “The Shining”?
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:17 pm
Let’s put it into two categories, with and without the internet/cell phones.
Sitting here watching this movie just had me wondering. It’s just you, your wife, and your kid(s). 210 days/nights of nothing but tv and radio.
Modern times, you would have the internet.
Plus, you know about the murders that happened there a few years earlier.
Sitting here watching this movie just had me wondering. It’s just you, your wife, and your kid(s). 210 days/nights of nothing but tv and radio.
Modern times, you would have the internet.
Plus, you know about the murders that happened there a few years earlier.
This post was edited on 7/21/23 at 2:23 pm
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Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:20 pm to theantiquetiger
If I had never seen the movie or read the book, I’d probably think that’s a cool job.
Knowing about the movie? Nope
Knowing about the movie? Nope
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:21 pm to theantiquetiger
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Sitting here watching this movie just had me wondering. It’s just you, your wife, and your kid(s). 150 days/nights of nothing but tv and radio.
Modern times, you would have the internet.
Easy, the film took place over winter which would mean that you get NFL, College Football and EPL is still going strong. There would be a bit of a lull before March Madness but it would be easily doable now as long as they had a decent weight room on-site.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:22 pm to bad93ex
The job was from Nov 1st to May 1st, so 7 months, not 5.
Corrected in the op
Corrected in the op
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:23 pm to theantiquetiger
Not being able to escape from the wife/kids for that long would mentally break me rather quickly.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:29 pm to dkreller
Almost forgot about the bar being closed.
Extra no go.
Extra no go.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:29 pm to theantiquetiger
As long as I had some greenery, sure.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:30 pm to theantiquetiger
Watching it too.
I think I could pre internet or modern day. Not sure about TV reception though. If the phones are out, cable may be too? And it’s so remote, how close is the nearest broadcasting TV station?
Always the chance of going stir crazy, I suppose.
I think I could pre internet or modern day. Not sure about TV reception though. If the phones are out, cable may be too? And it’s so remote, how close is the nearest broadcasting TV station?
Always the chance of going stir crazy, I suppose.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:30 pm to theantiquetiger
Depends on the two dead twins walking about in middle of the night...
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:31 pm to ReedRothchild
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As long as I had some greenery, sure.
You will basically be snowed in for 5 months
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:31 pm to upgrade
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Almost forgot about the bar being closed
Jack had quite a few cocktails though.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:31 pm to theantiquetiger
Just any hotel in the mountains? Or a hotel that is haunted that is going to mentally terrorize me?
If its just a hotel where there were some murders, but not violently haunted, hell yeah. You'd really only get 3 or 4 months of constant winter conditions, but the other months would have a lot of really nice days. I'd have fun in the mountains. In those dead-of-winter months, you could ski, snowboard, hunt, ice fish, snowshoe, observe cool wildlife, etc. I could do that in modern times or pre-internet/cell phones.
If its just a hotel where there were some murders, but not violently haunted, hell yeah. You'd really only get 3 or 4 months of constant winter conditions, but the other months would have a lot of really nice days. I'd have fun in the mountains. In those dead-of-winter months, you could ski, snowboard, hunt, ice fish, snowshoe, observe cool wildlife, etc. I could do that in modern times or pre-internet/cell phones.
This post was edited on 7/21/23 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:33 pm to theantiquetiger
Jack was already f'd from his past. The hotel just brought his old demons back out.
Yes. I could do it.
Yes. I could do it.
This post was edited on 7/21/23 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:36 pm to dkreller
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Jack had quite a few cocktails though
That always made me wonder. Did the ghosts get him drinks?
Or was he that bat shite crazy that he thought they got him drinks?
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:39 pm to LSUBanker
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The hotel just brought his old demons back out.
It helped him to address and corrrrrrrrrect a couple.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:40 pm to theantiquetiger
Yes.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:43 pm to theantiquetiger
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The job was from Nov 1st to May 1st, so 7 months, not 5.
Just watched the first bar scene. Jack said 5 months, but at the beginning of the movie, they said the hotel was open from May 15th to October 30th. So I’m not sure how long they are by themselves.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:45 pm to theantiquetiger
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You will basically be snowed in for 5 months
Pretty sure he wasn't talking about landscaping or park space.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:45 pm to theantiquetiger
frick yeah. for the right pay…
give me a daily, weekly, and monthly task list and a good wifi connection for audio books and podcasts. In. I work well in a team setting, but i thrive solo when i can focus and knock shite out.
give me a daily, weekly, and monthly task list and a good wifi connection for audio books and podcasts. In. I work well in a team setting, but i thrive solo when i can focus and knock shite out.
Posted on 7/21/23 at 2:46 pm to Indefatigable
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Pretty sure he wasn't talking about landscaping or park space.
correct, haha.
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