A Simple Curve

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] peaks and valleys are you talking now about your financial situation or about the mountains you don't think they're related landscape and behavior geography and economy the patterns one reflected in yeah I think what Jim saying his point is Phil Caleb and I are waning right now and we will be the first to admit it but with your help we will get through this and get back to a period of waxing that's what this proposal is all about am i right Caleb sort of Jim to take home or down at this stage now help us through this period of war if it was possible help us through the warm fill and we will get back to a period of wolf those are weaving terms I know what they are okay then I'd like to ask you something when the Memorial Hall was being refurbished this spring the village took bids to do the trim wainscotting handrails all of it are you guys aware of this yes well why didn't you put in a bit we make furniture fill desks cabinetry original designs you should drop in sometime look if I'm even gonna be able to consider this you have to provide me with a certain level of comfort and you get that from wainscoting okay all right you know what Phil we know what you're saying we do it's just what we're trying to do what Jim is able to do with wood it's it's rare Phil it's rare and it's worthy there must be a way to make this work there's good [Music] [Music] it's backing up again [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] is this a Sinclair cabinet mm-hmm this is right here mm-hmm so what's that these case I know what are you doing Jim what are you doing antennas it's what the piece is asking it's not what the customer is paying for Jim if I can respond that's where we are we're on white-knuckle teeth-gnashing survival mode and I can't make it clear to you the wolves are at the door this precipice has a door hi Jim this place it's fantastic Caleb deserves a credit I'm just a laborer you know I try to tell people about this valley I go on and on Oh i Casas he'd run you remember of course I do doesn't Matthew um got some work to do I was so sorry to hear Jim I should have come then just weird lots of sport you should come up and see the place I would love that Hey hey how's your plane huh yeah it's my work plane got a sweet little Seneca used for pleasure trips what is your work I run an eco-tourism company that's why we're here we're building Lodge on the south end of the lake oh that's okay it's my work to yourself this is fantastic [Music] no this was all Rowling when I was here I can't believe it [Music] every time the wind blew this tree looked like it was gonna come down on us huge old poplar so Jim Saunders up to the things his a little prayer to the tree God's fires at the saw now I don't know Caleb you might have already spotted a flaw in our little plan here but if a trees leaning dangerously towards a teepee which direction you think it'll fall if you try to cut it down I don't know maybe towards the teepee towards a teepee now see Jim we could have used him back then the idea was to compensate with a large undercut oh that's right professor hasha was going to compensate with a large undercut never mind that the mere sound of the saw for a look of naked terror and his eyes never mind that by the time that chainsaw touchwood he was shrieking like a banshee I wasn't shrieking Jim I think if you recall yeah okay so Jim's wailing away right your mom and I are often the distance sawdust is flying terror reigns now I don't know I think he was about halfway through his back cut and suddenly the tree just just lists right towards the teepee so Jimmy kills the saw races himself against a tree Marge and I come over we brace ourselves up against it and I mean we are just barely barely keeping this tree upright time passed theories are hatched plans are shared but eventually we have to face facts the Sun is setting somebody's gonna pass out right we are clearly outmatched so we'd silently set our little goodbyes to the teepee we counted to three and we ran like hell what happened see that's the thing nothing the tree didn't move no the [ __ ] was mocking us I mean all that energy to keep it up all that anguish of knowing that it was come down and now it's just gonna [ __ ] stand there no by God we were gonna see that tree fall so we started pushing it the other way towards the teepee right because nothing mattered at that time I mean nothing except getting that tree to [ __ ] come down did it go no it didn't budge and bud didn't budge so you know we had no choice right we made peace we smoke some hash and we talked a lot about how nature was more powerful than we were and how that tree was meant to be there and we fell asleep with a newfound sense of understanding and in the middle of the night the wind picked up and that tree came crashing down right on our heads right fractured my collarbones smashed your mom's foot all hell teepee was destroyed course it was more than a lark for us was it the whole thing Margie and I stuck it out no I I know Jim I wasn't no man I know it's okay to live I mean laughs okay some very funny [ __ ] happen back then but it was a holiday for you pit stop and some of us we were building a life here I have nothing but admiration for you've done up here of course you do all the tourists do [Music] I went all day the other day without thinking about Margie have you had that happen perhaps yeah you know a little while after she left us had this terrifying thought some day I'm gonna be a guy whose wife died a long time ago you know Matthew was all set to go over he was a good young Patriot where I didn't think there was an accident in boot camp he got hurt Canada started looking pretty good the other thing is it had nothing to do with objecting to the war or wanting to make change he just didn't like the way shrapnel felt in his gut we went back to the States as soon as he could came because he was afraid weren't you afraid I was terrified saying goodbye to my family my friends forever for all I knew coming to a country I knew nothing about yeah I was afraid we all were but I made a choice hi Anna hey what's that garlic your mom asked for it so I mean I wouldn't normally bring garlic on a first date if she hadn't specifically asked for it you're not too concerned hi Caleb I'm sorry I'm running behind I'm just Oh is everything okay yeah come in make yourself at home I just having one of those late delivery and the babysitter got grounded or something Hanna what is always phone number you brought garlic yeah thank you it's tonight may be a bad night no no I'm looking forward to this I need to I need to get out of the house Oh despondent point just come later Caleb Dave Petrovich will put the whole set in for $2,200 and he'll fix the steps to the deck while he's doing it Dave Petrovich that's half the cost of your offer we have a contract Pete Arlene you you guys accepted the bid we've already bought the materials half the cost though Caleb Dave Petrovich will use particleboard that's that's what $2,200 is gonna get me a week we talked about this remember about matching the air of the house about using fur you guys wanted something that would last you said you wanted something the kids could inherit but we're sorry Caleb we just hasn't got the money for the fancy stuff okay [Music] Pete will you help me push start my car [Music] [Music] it's a big project when we're talking about people who fly to other continents to fish they expect a certain level of quality oh that's not a problem I wouldn't be able to make any allowances based on our friendship I mean this would have to be a formal transaction of course the store in the shop you put that together um well I did the business plan I mean when we lost Marjorie's income we needed something so you know Jim said that you're a better woodworker than he was at your age really I think we should do it yeah mm-hmm great okay I have a guy he does a design end do you think you could put a sample together for him uh yeah absolutely perfect let's drink my friend success hmm look um about Jim you don't want him to know yeah okay Thanks ooh miss Emory she was my science teacher in eighth grade she was in Caswell I don't remember well it doesn't matter the point is she wants a chair good you know a chair something nice oh nice nice Jim she said um to uh let the would be your guide she said that yeah well okay then maybe a craftsman hey what are you doing I'm going out second date okay let's just relax please so it's going well Wow clearly it's going well it's fine Jim you know it's it's early so well you do have a real nice time thank you maybe maybe a shaker style something wrong I lost my virginity on a log near the mouth of Wilson Creek and the reason I bring that up is because the other lucky participant of that event Mary Shackelford is as it turns out our waitress for the evening Oh which I didn't plan I guess that's how it works around here the people you share these experiences with stay in your life yeah probably a good thing well I'm glad you feel that way because I also slept with her I didn't realize that she was back in town but that's rain McBride and we were together for about a year which one oh um one of the pink shirt the other ones her sister to you quick fling with her as well ah but it's really it's really not how it seems how about that guy uh no not yet anyway I'm completely giving you the wrong impression I can really count my sexual partners on one hand you can yes in fact I could I could probably have a pretty serious accident with a bandsaw and still be able to count them on one hand now if any are we talking about um well there's there's Mary yes and the McBride sisters and that's it so what you're saying is everyone Nate you've ever had sex with ever your whole sexual history start-to-finish has converged in this cafe at this moment it would appear so yes well that that is unusual Caleb that is an uncommon experience you know I dry hump Shelby Nisha heat a few times in grade seven so we can go see her at the gas station okay okay you know what I'm sorry I should slow down okay well I'm comfortable with this is Paige no it's not fair to either of us for me to get all wound up okay I can't do this casually just doesn't feel casual to me it's the opposite it's whatever the opposite is formal it feels formal I had a really nice time tonight I did too we should do a compound curve you think she wants it nice right what else well I'd love to see it Nash and we'll need some cherry for the seat okay what else to do it right we should have those Forstner bits is this your store mm-hmm are you from here yeah you're a lucky man this place is beautiful yeah it's like you're living our dream no please don't say that I'm Erica and this is buck buck like Buck Rogers like buck Debbie dontoh he's it guru Krishna guru nice not my given name really hey this is a geodesic shake isn't it yeah sort of uh well guys look I got a lot of work to do you guys make pottery as well no we basically just do wood that's too bad Buck's quite a Potter is he really that's terrific I'm gonna get back to work so unless you guys are thinking of actually buying anything Oh No thank you we were just looking to see if we could get some water for our radiator those pita narleen's cabinets how'd you know ugliest sin so how much he'll do it mm oh I know but we've got this contract in the works which should be pretty lucrative so you can't go to the ground I'm sorry Dave ah come on [ __ ] we're saving to go to conquer this fall to see Linda's parents so only reason I'm even able to consider this it's because we're saving to go to Capri this policy Linda's parents [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so how long have you been flying seven months my license in Mexico of course is shorter and easier not actually valid in some states but apparently it's okay up here find you I'm not supposed to be flying solo till I put in 50 hours not even close to that yet so if anybody asks you got your license okay yeah all right yeah Guinea I've been flying for 20 years okay we're alarmed by any of that it seems like you know what you're doing [Music] hey hey what are you doing just looking at these do me a favor yeah I got myself a vehicle in case I need it while I'm up here you think you can drive it back for me yeah sure okay great I'll be outside cake time all right [Music] what's this Mathew rented it he says we can use it when he's not what what's the problem feel like I'm in the presence of a sex toy well you'll like this look at these yes you make these work [Music] [Music] you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] well I'm a bit tongue tied kilobits and you guys made the perfect chair sit in it you think your guys gonna like it how could he not to love it what's that price uh I haven't done all the numbers yet ballpark well this one's gonna be hikes it's a prototype so roughly I think we can bring them in for about five seventy five six six um well we could probably get them down eventually to 550 Canadian uh-huh is that too much no no I mean that's what good work costs right we we can bring it down we could make some adjustments that might be a good idea yeah of course it's just Jim gets a bit protective about these things but we will simplify good okay you mind a little advice from an old man I mean this is business advice life advice covers just about everything yeah sure tell him to [ __ ] off tell her to [ __ ] off Jim are you gonna tell him of [ __ ] right the hell up what are you talking about you love him right yeah and that's what you have to do what Jim told his dad to [ __ ] off he said pops I'm moving to Canada [ __ ] you I'm gonna grow my hair long I told my dad to [ __ ] off they told their dads to [ __ ] off this is a history of Western people caliber and he knows about the only meaningful tradition we have left you know we really don't have that kind of a relationship that's precisely what I'm saying yeah what I want you to cut my heart out oh here we go I want you to carve it out of my chest while it's still beating minor alterations that's all I'm talking about what's wrong with it I like it I like it too well then exactly what's the problem look if we can bring the cost down it'll be helpful if we find ourselves in the situation where we have to produce in quantity produce in quantity since when is one a quantity miss Emory might want more how many more I don't know a set a dozen maybe she's building a studio she teaches Reiki why didn't you say that because she's not sure she wants to see how the first one turns out and she wants to see what price point we can hit what sort of alterations well we could go with a simple curve I can make it on the bandsaw a simple curve as an idea give me the chisel I'll cut my own goddamn heart out what is this they're having engine trouble that's it they can stay here while they sorted it out oh great Jim well thanks for checking with me I really appreciate come on they're nice kids you remind me of me when I was that age oh yeah I could see that hey it's Caleb right America I remember hi Joe some carrot no thank you it's a chocolate substitute it's healthy explaining to me what carob is it's from the Mediterranean I know what carob is I have eaten more carob than you can comprehend every major event of my childhood was celebrated with carob so you don't like it okay look if you don't want chocolate in your life great that's fine but don't pretend that that that carob is an acceptable substitute because it's not it's not even close so you don't want chocolate then make the sacrifice there is no more chocolate I'm sorry I've got how about okay yeah told your dad to [ __ ] off of course yeah well you've met the man of course I have there was a period there where [ __ ] off is about the only thing I told him back right before I went off to school it got so bad between us I told him he was more full of [ __ ] than a bear with no ass and you threw a soft-boiled egg at my head and I actually charged at him wait a little Donnybrook right there in the kitchen you're kidding oh no I wanted blood man we didn't speak for like a year listen I can't spare another thousand Kalin can you get by on five hundred I'm so sorry the valley is one of five points on this sacred star that spans continent ah yeah and and we're in a wind shadow from the coast so you don't need to worry about nuclear fallout oh well that is good to know I I thought so yeah ah there are these pictographs and aura pockets and spirit bears and rainbow gatherings a lot of people come for the rainbow gatherings we have these spectacular rainbow gatherings the water keeps you young the mountains keep you wise the lake keeps him grounded I might have that in the wrong order hold on a second you think all this is nonsense yeah pretty much don't you I don't know I I I think it's people trying to put words to something that's hard to describe I mean I've been to a lot of amazing places but when I found this one I knew I was gonna make it my home so how do you break that down how do you describe the experience of looking out over the valley and just being overwhelmed with sureness and ah well you can't help but get a little cosmic yeah I guess so [Music] [Music] Erica mm-hmm do you mind if I make a comment on your form sure it's um not a spatula you gotta use your legs just there you go that's good cuz you can just kill your back otherwise where's your mom back she's dead right back yeah she's dead buck so where is she she's um she's in the lake she's scattered in that Lake if you talked to her I think about what she might say about different things I can hear how she'd say it so you listen I guess so yeah you think she liked me I don't know buck I think she'd probably like you yeah she think your brakes were too long but she'd probably like you why well when I first met you I you know I thought it was kind of weird that you're as old as you are and you still live at home mm-hmm but now the more I'm around here I think if my parents were as cool as yours I don't think I would have left either you know what buck when your parent gets sick it doesn't matter if they're cool or not [Music] [Music] no no we are talking about an exemption on one portion of the land I understand that I understand but that's wait a minute wait a minute listen to me if I have to come down there in person I will make a scene of biblical proportions do you understand what I'm saying I'm very good at it I look for reasons to do it so unless that's what you're hoping for unless you think that you can make your point louder than I can face-to-face I suggest you direct a bit more of your energy to making this thing work hi is everything all right yeah yeah you ready yeah everyone was behind the war at first you know that's what people tend to forget I'm protesting all that that didn't come till later yeah we were traitors criminals all these upright middle-class kids suddenly on the run ratted out by friends and family in some cases imagine it and that madness straight to this just blew my world right open why didn't you stay I was 19 you know that stuff I wanted to do give a family know it's easy to go around thinking there's time for that stuff later but there isn't Caleb yeah good I thought that was you I need to talk um can it wait well no I want to say this while it's fresh Matthew and I are different kiddo is what it boils down to it and I can see that you feel close to him and I don't want to get in the way of that okay okay do you feel close to him not this close Jim that's okay we're almost done so is that all right what I just said yeah well okay then I really like us to get to work on that septic field tonight tonight uh yeah I'm ready to have a bathroom again I don't much feel like shoveling [ __ ] right now kiddo well I do Jim that's exactly what I crave after a long day's to shovel a bunch of [ __ ] fine Kayla you know what no not tonight what there's nothing about this that seems inappropriate to you ask me to shovel [ __ ] tonight nothing about this night in particular well thank you very much oh my god that's right I guess you're a little caught up in your own stuff right now huh Jim I am so sorry forget it I don't really want to be around you right now either come on I'll make it up to you no shoveling [ __ ] I'm sorry I'll cook I might have overplayed it okay this could take a second [Music] divorcing drops divorce how many years ago hurry this wall 72 [Music] a certain respect that goes away because you're asking very nicely you know to do what they [Music] [Music] Caleb I thought I got that right you know what I understand the deal okay I I get it and I like the package I like Hanna I like you I can handle it I believe I can handle it I do too then tell me what it is you need to hear they you belong here that this is your life and and you know it isn't gonna belong what I think doesn't matter I think I'm more of this place in the ground that we're sitting on right now I mean wait memories my family my work it's all here a future yeah my future my past all of it this place is my whole life and are you okay with that yeah I wouldn't have it any other way okay then kiss me okay we've got that sorted out and now we can proceed yeah I'd like to I just I needed to know okay well it's it's not as organic as before but here I come [Music] good night buddy good night thank you good night the dome later goodbye and [ __ ] [Music] tonight [Music] [Music] [Music] that's um this is Jim's first uh first work he probably told you that huh it's a decent design it's you know it's strong it's stable because of the triangulation does buk know that you're here mm-hmm does he know that I'm here not sure okay well here's what I know I've seen a lot of this type of thing go on over the years and it rarely ends well what type of thing this whatever is happening here you wouldn't buck are a couple we have an agreement that's the one that's the thing I'm talking about we are proprietary okay really Erica I'll be honest I I was walking up here and and I didn't know what I was going to do and I mean lord knows it's been a long time for me and you are a very pretty girl and I just thought this is my place yeah damn right it is and and and this is what we do out here this kind of thing so why should I be any different trust me the best thing right now would be for you to go back to the TV to your boyfriend and for me to go back to my room and to be you know just almost 30 No I don't wait a minute are you on ecstasy right now no ok mushrooms [Music] [Music] I want you [Music] [Music] hey Caleb hi thanks for coming by come on I hate to spring this on you but can you incorporate that huh it's a new motif um this isn't really the style we were going for I realized it's late in the game but if you could work it in that'd be good well it's not really a matter of time somewhat Caleb look I know it's not great but we have older clients fat guys the rich they like their seats padded okay I got a defer to my guy on this this is worrisome Caleb that you would even consider this is very troubling for me it's a chair Jim it's a choice I mean it's just really the way you want to go on this one maybe that's the problem maybe you don't know who you are you know most 27 year old guys don't know how to make yogurt do you know that and I think God that must be nice to not have that information in your brain it must be nice to not know who buckminster fuller is to be able to flush the toilet with confidence and just watch the water go down we're gonna fix that you ate my placenta Margie and I did so how am I supposed to explain that to who to anyone it was a celebration of renewal that makes no sense to me I don't want that to make sense to me it's nutritious no there are lots of things in the world that are nutritious Jim and you don't eat certain ones with them I mean that's what I'm saying Caleb I have no idea what you're saying maybe we lose the business what maybe it's not working out I'm just saying maybe you need to come to terms with it I mean I never thought we needed all of this and how do you propose we survive without it we'll go back the way was we'll set up shop at home and Margie will be alive no she'll still have her job at the hospital I'll be 17 years old your little apprentice is that the idea no it's not the idea the chair is for Matthew there's no miss Emory it's for Matthews lodge and if his designer like so we can supply the whole place okay how could you because everything is riding on it Jim you understand I mean it's not just the business anymore it's everything the house and the land and the garden and the [ __ ] and the chickens and your [ __ ] dome all of it your whole world you can kiss it goodbye and if you let that happen because of pride or stubbornness or some 30 year old hang-up you have over this man who is trying to help us than Jim you're more confused than anyone [Music] it was cycled a mile and it was late and we got a party at the door and we were all fairly high you know as I recall as was our tendency and the three of us were stretched out in this for me and Matthew was strumming away in his guitar and that is the moment that your mom and I first made love well Matthew watched pretty much yeah well that's a lovely story dad Thanks on the thing is there's more oh good yeah you know because your mom and I had finished up you know and um and I picked up my accordion and started playing along with Matthew and then we had a pretty good jam going and in time Matthew is sort of put down his guitar and climbed under the covers with your mother a hippie three-way no we took turns well I don't think I need to hear any more I went then he went went consummated okay stop talking yeah I think you should hear me out no no you know what any time you feel compelled to tell me a story about the old days ask yourself if there's a foamy in it okay nine months later you were born so there is some uncertainty he you have to understand the dynamics Calum Matthew and I competed for Margie's affection in the end needless to say she picked me but on that night well I guess we tied holy living [ __ ] yeah I know it must seem like I dropped a bomb but we're only talking a possibility here Oh 50/50 possibility no well yes mathematically yes but that suggests there's no poetry to any of this no guiding meaning you listen your mom and I were ready to start a family Matthew was on a different course everybody could see that so this matter and I don't want to call it incidental but once berta biology what does that set against an entire life it's nothing does he know no we didn't know ourselves for a couple of months anyway then he was long gone well this this is perfect it's just so fitting I mean when you look at me and my life and everything that I represent and all that I've done and you trace backwards it only makes sense that it would have begun in a moment of such pure ridiculousness listen Caleb it is poetic it's a [ __ ] Limerick but it is poetic okay you're in pretty good shape now let's just forget about that for now I borrowed some money from Dave I'd like to see that he gets paid back as soon as possible kill him let's talk about this [ __ ] off okay no no no no [ __ ] that - [ __ ] every last thing about you I'm off the job Honda you're a bad man ale [ __ ] you're a bad man what are you four years old I love her you know I'm not having this conversation I just want you to know I love her look I'm sorry okay I really am really - the both of you I should not have done what I did and I am truly sorry I don't want you to be sorry I'm doing this for you oh [ __ ] I am having a fairly shitty night I think there should be one thing that you know for sure one single thing in your miserable head what buck loves Erica say tell me one thing you know for sure don't touch me but you're empty Caleb you're a vessel you're like a you're like a dried gourd okay you want one thing how about this pack up your [ __ ] TP and get off my land how about that you got that [ __ ] get the [ __ ] out [Music] [Music] hi Hey don't you ever phone okay go get dressed I've let myself and I hope that's okay are you alright things have kind of fallen in on me a bit they didn't feel like being at home projects are off killed we didn't get approval I mean we can appeal but we're looking at next summer at the earliest it's too late I know I'm sorry you destroyed us I'm gonna ignore that Jimmy because I know you're upset you destroyed us and now you can go home you guys are trying to sell fine woodworking in a valley where every third guy figures he's a carpenter and the other two live in trailers I didn't destroy a goddamn thing how long have you known it may not happen from day one that's how these projects work and redesigned the new fabric that was you all along what do you suppose the sample was for Caleb I already knew you work was good I knew that the moment I stepped in here I needed to know if you could deliver could you be flexible could you be efficient could you compromise and you know what you did you came through I wouldn't hesitate for a second to hire you and what you you're the most selfish man I've ever met and the worst part is you don't even see it what are you doing jump I do see it hey he's still lost you know she chose him that's what you came down here to tell me it came down to you against him she picked a better man and you know what nothing you do is ever gonna change that you want to come with me I can't finish what they started Caleb you can you know the questions you have about what's out there they don't go away you wake up in the morning and there they are and you can push them aside and go about your business but the next thing you know Caleb it's 30 years later and you realize you don't even wonder about the choices you made anymore you just regret there's no gentle way to do it are you up for it that with you Kaylah I need you to tell Jim something for me when I was in the Army I had an accident that took a piece of shrapnel in the groin he knows all that what he doesn't know is I try to have a child a few years ago I couldn't can't you tell him this is true I don't think it matters kid [Music] ah [Music] you I'll take that screwdriver well and I'll take you like this fart face I was trying to make the hole bigger yeah sorry [Music] [Music] morning hey Jim I haven't heard anything hmm no news oh okay so I check-in last letter I got said he was doing really well yep hey Jimmy hey kiddo hey Jim what do you think do you think Kyle looks more like me or or Erica I see buck in the facial structure Diane I am I think I'm gonna get out here thank you good nice to meet you good luck [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] 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Channel: A Simple Curve

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Keywords: Socan Valley, Fathers and Sons, Hippies, Nelson BC, Woodworking

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Length: 91min 22sec (5482 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 27 2018