Vintage work crew photos

[ranald]

Tunneling crew on London's Central Line. 1898.

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Hope those "TUBEs" were/are above the ancient sewers there. The odour of sweat & persperation would have been bad enough down there. It's hot enough digging a grave 5ft or 6 ft under let alone in a kind of mine shaft. I'm sweary enough thinking about it.

[Frank S]

Tunneling crew on London's Central Line. 1898.

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How would you like to have to stand shoulder to shoulder 3 or 4 levels high while swinging a pick all day in a dimly lit tunnel

[Frank S]

A fire alarm goes off , the first step is to build a fire in the boiler in hopes that it will have a head of steam to power the pump by the time the horses are hitched and the apparatus gets hauled to the fire. to relieve the bucket brigade. Lots of old silent movies made of these even the 3 stooges had a couple episodes with them.

[MeJasonT]

ahhh no. they are pressure hoses, the larger suction hoses are still on the engine.

[PJs]

Wow 1898 and got to be 25' in diameter with some somber workers. Looks ripe for a touch up but tough on a postcard type. Great pic Jon. I'm thinkin' this thread may reach mach and the 25 page barrier. I think second only, so far to Shop Truths, Phrases, Tales; and Outright Lies which may have temporarily stumbled into the effervescent Godwins law.

Thanks!

[Frank S]

Wow 1898 and got to be 25' in diameter with some somber workers. Looks ripe for a touch up but tough on a postcard type. Great pic Jon. I'm thinkin' this thread may reach mach and the 25 page barrier. I think second only, so far to Shop Truths, Phrases, Tales; and Outright Lies which may have temporarily stumbled into the effervescent Godwins law.

Thanks!

New post in http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...ght-lies-42152 Am I retired or an indentured servant

[ranald]

Frank, I thought you were WW or WW.(walt whitman or william wordsworth). Thanks = very entertaining.

[Frank S]

Frank, I thought you were WW or WW.(walt whitman or william wordsworth). Thanks = very entertaining.

I fail to see any correlation hidden within the ramblings of my often ludicrous posts of events past present or future, of the literary poetical genius of 2 IMHO greats like WW&WW. I appreciate your comment none the less.

[ranald]

I fail to see any correlation hidden within the ramblings of my often ludicrous posts of events past present or future, of the literary poetical genius of 2 IMHO greats like WW&WW. I appreciate your comment none the less.

I actually meant that ,until I had finished reading "Shop Truths etc" ,I thought you had written it. It is very entertaining. Neither insult nor flattery intended.Thanks for posting it.

Side track=Ha, ha , my dyslexia has often landed me in hot water esp in high school: folk often wonder when i pause a little before I answer verbally: is he about to lie/exagerate? I don't really know what they are thinking; I'm merely trying not to offend. Friends have said "just blurt it out :who cares?" But that doesn't work for me ( reminds me of "Macloud" the series. Generally with written responses, I can & do go over my stuff to fix errors but inevitably some sneak through. You should see some of the gobbly de gook I have to change despite my fat fingers touching other keys.

Cheers

[PJs]

New post in http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...ght-lies-42152 Am I retired or an indentured servant

I'm taking this as a question, but perhaps its just your flavor of rhetorical(?). Some valued points about retirement but as for indentured servant, I find that incredulous in your case. The life of a human can at times feel indentured to the difficult and demeaning tasks doled by those lording over watch or ones conscience. Some as I feel you do, choose the creative endeavors of the high road, beneficial to you, yours and others.

Sometimes here on HMT, the conversations are just as potent, inspiring, funny and irascible in bringing this stuff forward as the pics in this thread...for which I am grateful.