Lin says that in the past at TSC November to March was sugar-making time. This was the only period during the year they were really busy. The rest of the time people just "twiddled their thumbs."
林永存說，以往在台糖，十一月到隔年的三月是製糖期，每年只要忙這麼一陣子，其他時間都很「打茫」。