Galadriel: (speaking partly in Elvish)
I amar prestar aen.
The world is changed.
Han matho ne nen.
I feel it in the water.
Han mathon ned cae.
I feel it in the earth.
A han noston ned gwilith.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.
Wise words taken from a most desirable yet unobtainable IP. I'm just hoping that last line never comes true.
I have found it to be true with most things. I remember being a kid and our milk was delivered by a milkman. Once a week the local bakery truck would stop at each house in the neighborhood. That type of service stopped long ago.
I also remember our local mall used to have this huge fountain at the center hub, and up and down both lengths at Christmas time Santa's North Pole Village was set up. There were animatronic elves, reindeer, etc. everywhere with a huge chair that Santa sat on. And now? All the money spent on cool decorations was saved by erecting cheap kiosks to collect more rent. The Christmas Village scenery is a thing of the past and now, where the fountain USED to be, is a covered over floor where at Christmas, a cheap wooden wall is set up with an all-too fake fireplace. And Santa has set hours with multiple breaks.
When I look back on how things used to be, it seems as though quality either did not cost very much, or the people cared too much to squander it.
