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Originally Posted by pidgeon92
My dad was a welder, and installed furnaces and water heaters. Can you imagine welding when it's 100 degrees? Or repairing a furnace for hours when it's 10 below? Or working in standing water in the middle of winter fixing a broken water heater? He did this work for 35 years, so I would have the luxury of working in an air-conditioned office. I appreciate him more and more as people complain about "inhuman" conditions.
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One of the best summers of my life was the summer I worked at the gravel pit. When business was good, I worked a 60# jack hammer for 8 hours a day. I had a great tan and was in a lot better shape. When things were slow, we screened gravel. My job was to drive a dump truck under the screening factory, climb out the window into the screen and prod the gravel through with a pole. When the truck was full, I climbed back in, backed up a man made hill, and dumped the screened gravel. I got to try my hand at a back hoe (which is very difficult to maneuver) and welding. It was a great experience.