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Probably because I get sweaty palms on a 6' ladder, a friend e-mailed me this: https://www.authorstream.com/presentation...ppt-powerpoint/
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Lunch on a skyscraper
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tony barnhill
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Not me! Even the staged ones! Those guys had balls of brass.....
"Balls of ..." and the brain of a indiot! Just my opinion...
aeronca65t
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Wow!
I put a roof on my house not that long ago and it was a challenge at times (it's only 2 stories).
One of the wildest things I've ever seen is the glass floor in the CN Tower (in Toronto). I've stood on it but it sort of freaks you out to see the baseball stadium almost 1/4 mile below your feet.
And all the little kids get on it and *jump* on it. :shocked:
I put a roof on my house not that long ago and it was a challenge at times (it's only 2 stories).
One of the wildest things I've ever seen is the glass floor in the CN Tower (in Toronto). I've stood on it but it sort of freaks you out to see the baseball stadium almost 1/4 mile below your feet.
And all the little kids get on it and *jump* on it. :shocked:
martx-5
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There's a rib joint we go to often that has a bunch of old prints hanging on the walls dating from the late 1800's to the early forties. One of them is the first photo shown in the array. It's about a 14"x17" print with very fine detail. Whenever I look at it I think that people would do just about anything for a job during the Depression. That's just a scarey place for lunch. :eeek:
tony barnhill
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I doubt they really ate lunch out there all bunched up like that....methinks that one & a couple others were staged (i.e., the one with the guy laying on a beam listening to his huge radio).
bgbassplyr
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...makes my pucker string draw up so tight you couldn't drive a 16p nail with a 10# hammer...
Sherlock
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It wouldn't surprise me if those photos are real, as standards were different back then... From what I've heard, many Newfoundlanders and Native Indians went down to help build those skyscrapers...
And on another note, the CN Tower has nothing on Calgary... Here in Calgary you can walk outside the Calgary Tower onto a short walkway that looks straight down, not as far down as the CN Tower, but still a long way down!
Someone else's photo of the view down...
And on another note, the CN Tower has nothing on Calgary... Here in Calgary you can walk outside the Calgary Tower onto a short walkway that looks straight down, not as far down as the CN Tower, but still a long way down!
Someone else's photo of the view down...
tony barnhill
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Isn't there also one of those glass-floored things at the Grand Canyon?
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I worked in heavy construction for many years as a crane operator and worked with iron workers many times. They are no different today as they were back then, but with the modern regulations promoted by the insurance companies and OSHA, the workers wear and use the required safety equipment such as nets, temporary hand rails and must tie off with a lanyard where their working. In the 70s, they were not allowed to ride the beams up anymore as they did in the past. If we, the crane operators let them, we could be fined and loose our license. They used to drive us guys crazy with some of the shenanigans they'd pull. No doubt about it, their still a crazy bunch. But personally, a great bunch of guys.
