Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

Coal is heavy! I'm a little surprised to see it ported on peoples' heads. I see they have those little padded hats, like Motorcycle lifting on head guy.

I also found an interesting head carrying device called a tumpline.

[hemmjo]

Coal is heavy! I'm a little surprised to see it ported on peoples' heads.

I often work with a mission in the Dominican Republic. I once watched 4 men unloading a full size, flat-bed, semi trailer of 100 pound cement bags. One man on the truck, sliding the bags off the trailer, onto 3 men's heads, one man/one bag. They then carried the bags, on their head, into the storage building. The 3 men were spaced out so there was always one guy walking up to the truck for his next bag, as another was walking away. Knowing how they work down there, if they would have had to carry the bags much further, I am guessing they would have had 4 men on the ground, so the timing would be right. The men on the ground were covered in cement dust, from head to toe. I saw this in the morning on the way to a work site. In the afternoon as we passed them on the way home, they were finishing the job. I can only hope they took a break during the heat of the day.

Just like seeing this coal loading photo, I do not complain about any of the work I need to do when I get back home.

[ranald]

I often work with a mission in the Dominican Republic. I once watched 4 men unloading a full size, flat-bed, semi trailer of 100 pound cement bags. One man on the truck, sliding the bags off the trailer, onto 3 men's heads, one man/one bag. They then carried the bags, on their head, into the storage building. The 3 men were spaced out so there was always one guy walking up to the truck for his next bag, as another was walking away. Knowing how they work down there, if they would have had to carry the bags much further, I am guessing they would have had 4 men on the ground, so the timing would be right. The men on the ground were covered in cement dust, from head to toe. I saw this in the morning on the way to a work site. In the afternoon as we passed them on the way home, they were finishing the job. I can only hope they took a break during the heat of the day.

Just like seeing this coal loading photo, I do not complain about any of the work I need to do when I get back home.

And they wont have med ins to reduce pain/operate of crushed discs. I have but one and it gives me curry but forget an op: statistics are getting better re success.

[threesixesinarow]

Some more heavy music, to go with post #180

[Toolmaker51]

Some more heavy music, to go with post #180

I just had to investigate origin; link opened to "Historic 1912 recording of rowing song of a boat's crew on the Yangtze River in Sichuan, China" The beginning had me envisioning Middle East.

[Toolmaker51]

Poetry and musical chorals might be the final bastion of imperial measure. I'd challenge any writer, even Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, or Ian Anderson the lyricization of "16 Tons" into "load 14514.9558 kilograms and and whadda ya get"...

[Frank S]

Poetry and musical chorals might be the final bastion of imperial measure. I'd challenge any writer, even Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, or Ian Anderson the lyricization of "16 Tons" into "load 14514.9558 kilograms and and whadda ya get"...

I would challenge any of the testosterone deficient singers of today in any genera of what laughingly tries to pass for music to try and sing any of Tennessee Earnie's songs Think of how John Henry or Big John would sound sung by Bieber

[Toolmaker51]

I would challenge any of the testosterone deficient singers of today in any genera of what laughingly tries to pass for music to try and sing any of Tennessee Earnie's songs Think of how John Henry or Big John would sound sung by Bieber

That jes makes me headbone hurt.
Lol "testosterone deficient" isn't the only problem, a crop of "estrogen laden" performers isn't relieving it.
While I can't provide a direct quote, Noel Gallagher remarks the crop main fail is delivering material sufficient listeners can identify with in a positive way. Frank S's offer of Sinatra "My Way" isn't one of mine, but the message is undeniable.
Somehow, our HMT family fits right in with that. Could there be a broader strata? I am not surprised.

[Frank S]

around 150 would be about the minimum I would want I've tried printing email pictures without first trying to enhance them they are usually around 75 DPI
A trick I have used several times is to up size in Microsoft office to 30% larger at a time then save then auto correct and repeat several times until the saved size is 400% larger than original then print them off on my smaller printer on photo paper they come out more or less fair there is only so much enlargement that can be done but a good scanner can do wonders to a wallet size photo if you want a 4x6 print No where near what a true photo enlarger can do at the lab though and even those depend on the exposure setting the photo was taken on and the clarity and lighting.
There was studio in Kuwait that printed wrap adds for the sides of the buses they could take a digital photo of a painting about 3500 by 2400 and blow it up to fit the side of the bus which would look like it had been painted on by Rembrandt himself they were that good

[ranald]

Poetry and musical chorals might be the final bastion of imperial measure. I'd challenge any writer, even Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, or Ian Anderson the lyricization of "16 Tons" into "load 14514.9558 kilograms and and whadda ya get"...

HA HA Ha but if they were challenged to do so?