A sight for sore eyes

Don't ask.....

Interesting mix of trades and sexes:

Okay Boomer.

(I'm one of 'em you know. )

Edited By Hopper on 26/03/2020 21:14:18

I saw one similar of an Asian woman rendering a wall. It was on a staircase. A right grafter.

Steve.

Agent Floogal Boomer...look it up xxx

Lol. Thats me. Trainee space cadet.

Common throughout Asia, and particularly SE Asia to have more women than men in most labouring jobs on site inc, to name just a few, tilers, roofers, plumbers, brick layers, rebar tying in, tarmac layers etc etc etc.

Go into ironmongers or an independent auto factors, or a steel stockholders, (yeah, remember them?), and quite often, the main person at the desk for all orders is a woman.

I lived in Hong Kong as a young man and walking to work had to climb up a level of about 150 steps - which wasn't a problem as I was very fit back then (but the humidity did result in you getting very sweaty).

There was some construction work en route at one time and this required rubble to be carried up the stairs to the road above - which was done by Chinese ladies with a large basket on each end of a bamboo pole.

The steps were a zig-zag with landings about every 20 steps. One morning I passed one of the labourers who had paused halfway up - and wondered how heavy the baskets were - so offered to take them up a flight. She laughed and agreed to let me try.

I couldn't even lift them - the bamboo pole had a lot of spring in it and kind of pushed back as you pushed up. I shook my head and said I couldn't lift it but I'm sure she thought I was pulling her leg. She picked it up quite easily and trotted off up the stairs still laughing...

Regards,

IanT