Wednesday, December 13, 2023

No harness, nothing

 


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  1. OSHA? Never heard of 'em.

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    1. What about their sister agency, OHSHIT?

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  2. Also why high steel workers tended to become alcoholics

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    1. I bet he smoked 2 packs of Camels every day as well.

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    2. Filter less too unless you're a pu$$y.

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  3. I remember reading that indians (feather) made great workers for high steel. Absolutely fearless.

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    1. They also handled some of the most dangerous jobs in the building of the Hoover Dam.

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  4. Unbothered. Moisturized.Happy.In my lane. Focused and Flourishing….
    Klaus

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  5. My dad did this, back in the ‘60s. He worked on the Hancock building in Chicago and the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA. He had some great, but terrifying, stories.

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  6. I worked power line construction for a year in my younger years. Walking steel was nerve racking. When a transmission tower is put up all of the bolts are loose to prevent the tower from twisting. I was part of the crew that tightened those bolts when it was up. That crew consisted of some very heavy drinkers on the weekend.

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  7. When I was younger heights were no problem, now I hate long high bridges and getting out of bed in the morning.

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  8. That job is certainly not for me!!!

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  9. They walk that way because of the clanking steel shot puts they have for balls.
    But the helmets are pretty small, for similar reasons.

    And let's be fair about it; it's NYFC, so they're still safer up on the iron than they would have been down on the sidewalk.

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    1. waiting for this one along with "it'll buff out"

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  10. I wonder what did these guys do on days with strong winds and what percentage fell to their deaths, with or without wind being a factor.

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  11. Sky scrapers used to cost a man every ten stories.

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  12. That was my job for 50 years. The pic was takes back when you were allowed to do your job with out all the stupid rules. Glad I retired the last 15 to 20 years, all the rules and regulations made it miserable just to think about going to work

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  13. With a pair of balls naturally situated one to the left, one to the right, man can automatically balance without extra motion. The testicles will raise and lower, swing left or right as needed to make micro-adjustments to the center of gravity, leaving the man able to use both arms freely to perform actual work building things and creating something from nothing.

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  14. It's just a job most will tell you.
    Walking open steel is not for everyone, but there are no magic talents or anything involved.

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    1. Other than the ability to ignore one's own mortality, and inability to fly. ;)

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