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[Mikel]

 

[mobil1syn]

im curious on what fall rates were back then. i know my space cadet self would have probably fell to my death

 

[arse_sidewards]

im curious on what fall rates were back then. i know my space cadet self would have probably fell to my death

Probably not that bad. They didn't start you on the big shit. They started you on the little shit. You'd break a leg falling off the little shit and they wouldn't let you and you wouldn't want to be on the big shit. The only guys up there were the ones who really knew what they could and couldn't get away with.

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

im curious on what fall rates were back then. i know my space cadet self would have probably fell to my death

I'm sure those are engineered 2x8's
pretty safe

 

[plym49.2]

If that is NYC dollars to donuts they are American Indians.

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

If that is NYC dollars to donuts they are American Indians.

I have reservations all around me
I have seen about two Indians work
I do not believe you

 

[arse_sidewards]

I have reservations all around me
I have seen about two Indians work
I do not believe you

Pre-welfare minorities vs post-welfare minorities.

 

[Squamch]

I have reservations all around me
I have seen about two Indians work
I do not believe you

Awful lot of em are ironworkers to this day.

Or maybe an awful lot of iron workers are Indians.

 

[plym49.2]

I have reservations all around me
I have seen about two Indians work
I do not believe you

You would be mistaken. Through the 1960s definitely and very probably afterwards as well, it was well known that American Indians were the ones employed to do all of the high iron work in New York City. Now considering that that’s not exactly located near any large reservations, I speculate that they came in for the work.

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

You would be mistaken. Through the 1960s definitely and very probably afterwards as well, it was well known that American Indians were the ones employed to do all of the high iron work in New York City. Now considering that that’s not exactly located near any large reservations, I speculate that they came in for the work.

No, I have been keeping track
two
keep in mind, I come from the commercial fishing industry and we are not allowed to work until those gems get their quota
when you can not work, you pay attention to who is working
two

but your area may be different

 

[Mikel]

 

[plym49.2]

No, I have been keeping track
two
keep in mind, I come from the commercial fishing industry and we are not allowed to work until those gems get their quota
when you can not work, you pay attention to who is working
two

but your area may be different

Could very well be. Maybe it was that after you all poached all their fish they had to ship themselves east to build skyscrapers.

 

[[486]]

man, fuck built-up roofs

was looking at repairing a falling-in flat roof with a roofer and he was looking at the membrane roofs around with disdain, then he points at the fallen in built up roof and says "now that, that's a hundred year roof"

of course I have immediate flashbacks to being told the cedar roof on my barn "is a hundred year roof"

Yeah, with a hundred years' worth of man hours sunk into maintenance it is, but that's just twofaced salesman talk.

 

[Mikel]

 

[Mikel]

Borax mining, Mojave desert.

 

[grapehead]

What are the broads up front for, ballast?

 

[mobil1syn]

What are the broads up front for, ballast?

anytime i see pictures of people (men and women) dressed like that from that era ... i can see the BO. makes me appreciate modern hygiene

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

anytime i see pictures of people (men and women) dressed like that from that era ... i can see the BO. makes me appreciate modern hygiene

and I look at the pictures and note that everyone is not obese
cause we all know that obese people smell good

 

[aczlan]

You would be mistaken. Through the 1960s definitely and very probably afterwards as well, it was well known that American Indians were the ones employed to do all of the high iron work in New York City. Now considering that that’s not exactly located near any large reservations, I speculate that they came in for the work.

The ones back in the day were primarily Mohawk from near Quebec: Mohawk people - Wikipedia

Aaron Z

 

[mobil1syn]

and I look at the pictures and note that everyone is not obese
cause we all know that obese people smell good

the rich were obese, they werent out there working with the skinny peasants

 

[Mikel]

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

and with all that business, management still ran that business into the ground

 

[Firstram]

What are the broads up front for, ballast?

That was the finest snatch in the area, letting them out of sight wasn't an option. As mentioned, bathing was optional

 

[mobil1syn]

That was the finest snatch in the area, letting them out of sight wasn't an option. As mentioned, bathing was optional

societal norms and there was plenty of procreation, so it obviously didnt stop the uglys from bumpin’

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

That was the finest snatch in the area, letting them out of sight wasn't an option. As mentioned, bathing was optional

and think of the size of the bush

 

[Mikel]

Young cotton mill workers in Georgia, circa 1909

 

[Sceep]

Seattle, 1984

 

[Wades_76_cj7]

Seattle, 1984

FAWK that! that shit gives me the willies just looking at that pic.

 

[plym49.2]

FAWK that! that shit gives me the willies just looking at that pic.

Nuthin' to worry about. He's got his hard hat. He's fine.

 

[Wades_76_cj7]

Nuthin' to worry about. He's got his hard hat. He's fine.

WTF is going to be above him to fall on his head? lol