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Yes! flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I watched these guys “swing steel” at the company I work at near Philly (KOP, PA) around 15 years ago when they were building an addition. It’s amazing to watch them clamber up those beams like they are monkeys going up a tree. Those guys weren’t up in a high rise but still high up enough that a fall would end them and I don’t recall them being harnessed or tied off. These guys deserve every penny they make! | |||
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| It's not you, it's me.  |
That was a great article. Thanks for posting that. | |||
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Seriously makes me sick just watching the video. How anyone can get used to heights like that is crazy to me. | |||
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A Grateful American |
They swing more brass than steel... "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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Philly iron workers are a very notorious breed. I’ve known quite a few of them. Not guys you’d want to mess with. Google Dougherty phila ironworkers his story is crazy | |||
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| No double standards |
I climbed Half Dome in Yosemite, was laying down, peering over the face, looking straight down about 5,000 feet, was quite cautious, almost queasy. A climber who had just come up the face chided me a bit, stood with the toes of his climbing shoes over the edge, commented "if you can't do this, you will never be a serious climber". I told him I was quite happy where I was as I crawled backwards.  "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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I wonder how these guys feel about Unions? | |||
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| It's not you, it's me. |
They’re Local 401...but What’s that have to do with anything? | |||
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delicately calloused |
I can't even watch it. Much respect to them. I think this is what robots are for.... You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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I am a retired Union ironworker. I used to do that kind of work, when I was much younger. The reason I asked about it is because almost any time Unions come up on this forum, I here about how worthless and lazy Union workers are. I thought since we had a positive portrayal of Union Workers, I would mention it. | |||
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| It's not you, it's me. |
I gotcha. Let’s just all enjoy their badassness. Just for the record, I’ve never met a worthless or lazy union guy. | |||
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I would be more scared being the guy one story down standing under the beam that the crane is moving into place. It seems like there should be more than one line holding the beam. | |||
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| I Am The Walrus |
I couldn't do it even if I had a parachute. My grandfather worked on the exteriors of buildings in the 50's and 60's in Hong Kong when they still used bamboo. He said many fell to their deaths. _____________ | |||
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I am a retired Ironworker. Local 8, Milwaukee Wi. 37 years of service.. "Shoot lower, Sheriff, They're ridin' shetlands" May I assume you're not here to inquire about the alcohol or the tobacco? | |||
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Coin Sniper |
... and to think it wasn't too awful long ago that those guys did that without harnesses and safety lines. I've climbed a 100' aerial ladder, and spent quite a bit of time in my old department's 85' ladder tower. That's high enough. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Nucking Futs!! That’s what that is Nucking Futs! ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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| It's not you, it's me. |
That’s awesome. To the two iron workers in this thread. How did you guys choose to pick this Trade over being a plumber/Carpenter/fitter/welder/glaser etc? | |||
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My Dad was an Ironworker and I followed in his footsteps. It is a tough way to make a living but it is rewarding to see what you accomplished. The money is/was good and the benefits were great. It is way different now than when I started in '73. There was no OSHA back then.. Nobody cared if you were tied off or not. Not that it's a bad thing, but some of their restrictions are over the top! "Shoot lower, Sheriff, They're ridin' shetlands" May I assume you're not here to inquire about the alcohol or the tobacco? | |||
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I saw an ad the Union put in the newspaper. There were 50 people in my apprenticeship class. I think about 20 made it thru the program and became Journeyman. | |||
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