Hapiguy
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I started working in construction in early 1960...it was kinda scary working at timesI see no safety appliances.
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I can only imagine, as back in those days I can only suspect that anything went.I started working in construction in early 1960...it was kinda scary working at times![]()
In the morning a truck would drop blocks of ice in the dirt and a laborer would hold it on top of a 5 gallon igloo water jug and break the ice with an ice pick before filling it with water from an old job site rubber hose...at least we got drinking waterI can only imagine, as back in those days I can only suspect that anything went.
I can't maintain my balance on a 6' step-ladder, I don't know how those guys did it. Looking down makes me dizzy when I'm up a little ways.NYC circa 1926
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Yup...they were a special breed in that era...hard to believe that's nearly a century agoI can't maintain my balance on a 6' step-ladder, I don't know how those guys did it. Looking down makes me dizzy when I'm up a little ways.
Such a handsome man, Paps, and just look at that dark head of hair!My grandpa on his 62nd birthday. Got his cigarettes and beer, so he’s happy. A harder working man would be difficult to find.
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Wish I had his hair genes.Such a handsome man, Paps, and just look at that dark head of hair!