tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post5674766039957158579..comments2024-03-29T09:14:34.373-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Kilroy was hereBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-82934297471945385462010-01-12T17:04:40.559-05:002010-01-12T17:04:40.559-05:00Thanks for that - the petroglyphs are haunting. Ne...Thanks for that - the petroglyphs are haunting. Never built a wall - laid cobbles though, backbreaking.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-44101060861651359892010-01-12T14:58:00.740-05:002010-01-12T14:58:00.740-05:00Paladin, that's earning your money the hard wa...Paladin, that's earning your money the hard way. But yes, there is a satisfaction at the end of the day that you don't get in my line of work.<br /><br />Elmo, heh. I like the Smith version because most folks haven't heard it, and so it gives a new twist. You get full marks for obscure victorian poets!Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-79378226207537900872010-01-12T14:49:53.495-05:002010-01-12T14:49:53.495-05:00A lesser blogger would've used the Shelley ver...A lesser blogger would've used the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias" rel="nofollow">Shelley version</a>, but look at you bringin' theHorace Smith!<br /><br />Victorian poetry sonnet-off repre-<b>sent</b>. <br /><br />;)elmo iscariothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710846725911318970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-87967945012936593752010-01-12T14:48:39.301-05:002010-01-12T14:48:39.301-05:00My very first job for pay off the farm was as a ma...My very first job for pay off the farm was as a mason's assistant - although we were doing flagstone patios and sidewalks instead of vertical work like walls. I worked my way up from hauling stone to mixing mortar and eventually setting and laying stone. <br /><br />This was during the Texas heatwave of 1980 (69 days over 100, 42 days of which were in a row).<br /><br />I have never again in all my life been payed to do something that gave me the same level of satisfaction at the end of the day.Paladinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516484024226270103noreply@blogger.com