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  • alpha
    Established Member
    • Dec 2003
    • 352
    • Owensboro, KY, USA.

    #1

    Construction Efficiency

    Cement job in Africa:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt5v6HHlfxE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZPN1qkwUzc&NR=1


    Carrying bricks in Bangladesh

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiHuo0LZyfo&NR=1


    I wonder how many hours a day they work.

    Bob
  • atgcpaul
    Veteran Member
    • Aug 2003
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    • Maryland
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    #2
    Originally posted by alpha
    Carrying bricks in Bangladesh

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiHuo0LZyfo&NR=1


    I wonder how many hours a day they work.

    Bob
    The Bangladeshi brick carrier was a foot taller when he started the job.

    That is impressive. Better than Chinese acrobats.

    Paul

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    • Mr__Bill
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      • May 2007
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      • Tacoma, WA
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      #3
      I agree, very impressive. So often we hear that people are poor because they are lazy, don't want to work to better themselves. I see how hard these people work and have to wonder just how far it gets them. I would be willing to bet that you would be hard pressed to get anyone here to do that kind of work.


      Bill
      I soon found the object was to do as little real work as possible while looking very busy and appearing to make great headway at the task. It was very tiring.

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      • os1kne
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        • Jan 2003
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        • Atlanta, GA
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        #4
        That was impressive. The cement work in Africa was much different from this:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1q1m...eature=related
        Bill

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        • twistsol
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          • Dec 2002
          • 3106
          • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
          • Ridgid R4512, 2x ShopSmith Mark V 520, 1951 Shopsmith 10ER

          #5
          Originally posted by os1kne
          That was impressive. The cement work in Africa was much different from this:

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1q1m...eature=related
          And that's considered physical labor here.
          Chr's
          __________
          An ethical man knows the right thing to do.
          A moral man does it.

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          • BobSch
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            • Aug 2004
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            #6
            I remember when I was a kid watching construction on some reasonably tall buildings where the cement was moved in wheelbarrows, using a construction elevator and ramps to schlep the mud.
            Bob

            Bad decisions make good stories.

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            • Tom Slick
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              • May 2005
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              • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
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              #7
              I wouldn't call their method "efficient" but it's fun to watch.
              Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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              • os1kne
                Senior Member
                • Jan 2003
                • 901
                • Atlanta, GA
                • BT3100

                #8
                I can't imaging how sore their backs/shoulders must be after doing that all day.
                Bill

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