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My undying respect, sir. My dad was a carpenter. I never did any flat work, but I've hauled enough wheelbarrows full of wet 'crete, concrete blocks, bricks, stones and lumber and **** to last a lifetime. We didn't have conveyors, and I was also the guy that hauled nails, tarpaper and shingles up the ladder after the plywood whenever he did a roof. By 15, my hands were fully calloused.
That may be part of the reason I got in to mechanicin'. It's easier.
for two years I worked out of the Labor Union Local 1202 out of Tulsa
90% of the jobs I was sent to were for finishers helper….all the grunt work for the Finishers , mix their patching mud in a wheelbarrow , grade mud on por days with a square point shovel and then a come along
yeah , I have also pushed mud in a Jackson wheelbarrow , and Georgia buggies , both manual and motorized
hose man on concrete pumps , vibrator man on walls , and swing a sledgehammer and run a 90 lb jackhammer all day , wake up the next morning and cannot even make a fist , hands so swollen
yeah , I had callouses too , and I have had the tips of my fingers bleed from cement poison
that all adds up to a lot of hard arse work , period.
I have worn out several pairs of leather knee pads and this is my last pair…
I keep some Portland around in case I need a reminder of why I retired