And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Brooklyn Bridge painters at work high above the city, on December 3, 1915.
No inteference ftom that pesky OSHA.
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ReplyDeleteNot for any money.
ReplyDeleteWedges that self tighten.
ReplyDeleteSo, sort of like the Sta Lok terminals used for the standing rigging on sailboats. I wonder how often they check for corrosion.
ReplyDeleteThose are some big nuts.
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