Vintage work crew photos

**hemmjo** · Jul 13, 2021, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by marksbug

snip....bad heart from birth ,couldn't go with the rest of the guys, ...

Originally Posted by marksbug

snip...boom .that hit him hard. he never talked about anything over seas.till about 2 years before he died in 2016. he told me stuff mom didnt know,.....

There is a good reason they say that "War is Hell". It affects everyone, differently, but so deeply. Even those that did did not go are affected. For those that went and made it back, how can they possibly forget the things they saw and HAD to do!!!!. For those too young to have gone, how can they possibly understand the reasons for their loved ones act as they do. Some vets seem to do ok, others, not so much.

Bad heart kept me out of the mess in Vietnam. I still feel guilty when I remember my friends who went and did not come home, or came home with horrific injuries, both seen and unseen.

Life is hard, we do the best we can.

**Jon** · Jul 18, 2021, 12:49 PM

Pipe laying workers in Newton, Massachusetts. 1903.

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**hemmjo** · Jul 18, 2021, 01:14 PM

I wonder if that old pipe is still in service? SO MUCH of our infrastructure in the US is so old.

**IntheGroove** · Jul 18, 2021, 01:58 PM

No cave-in protection, that scares me...

**Toolmaker51** · Jul 18, 2021, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

Pipe laying workers in Newton, Massachusetts. 1903.

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Certain the crowd here will find this simply incredulous; I know misguided citizens that believe public art projects and day-care centers qualify as infrastructure.
I'm forwarding this very picture to each one, with briefest note possible "INFRASTRUCTURE".
Some will get it by text message, some by email, some won't get it at all.

**skibo** · Jul 18, 2021, 04:06 PM

That's what I call Trench War fare, you against the cave in!

**McDesign** · Jul 18, 2021, 04:53 PM

Ah, just run into the pipe - you know that was their plan.

**1960 Starliner** · Jul 19, 2021, 03:29 AM

This was in the days before anyone thought of OSHA. Notice the men wearing BRIMED hats, nothing like a hardhat in sight. Back when these pictures were taken, probably no one had thought of protecting the workers with cave-in trench protectors.