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Do you really need a concrete pump or a conveyor belt ? 1

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Robbiee

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Jan 10, 2008
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The answer is...
 
There is no way that is real.
 
that is absolutely real.

i've also seen a video of guys in India or Bangledesh or somewhere unloading bricks off a boat. they would take four at a time and throw them up onto the stack on top of their head. once the had about 40 brick on their head they would walk down a flimsy plank from the boat to the dock.
 
Nice videos. The Bangladeshi Brickie is even bare-footed. I don't imagine one of those bricks falling on a toe feels good.
 
I just never realized what a wonderful labor-saving device the wheelbarrow was.
 
Thanks for the reminder about how extremely lucky we are and how small our problems are!
 
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