My friend Charlie texted me at work last week saying he needed a "laborer" to help with some "demolition work". A typically understated way for him to ask for help removing the concrete floor in his basement along with ten inches of dirt. The "demo" portion consisted of him hiring a couple guys to come saw the slab into 4'x4' sections which we then broke up further with a sledgehammer. The "labor" involved us hauling the concrete out in chunks and the dirt in five gallon buckets. Here are the results.
I have a greater appreciation for the work done by the miners here in Colorado during the Gold Rush days. I spent the better part of two and a half days carrying buckets up and down stairs to and from the basement. The scope of the work that they did is enormous compared to what we did and our working conditions were pretty decent, too.
Charlie owes me huge now....
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