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#1819231 - 05/31/13 05:41 PM
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landscaper
roofer
roadway paver...
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#1819242 - 05/31/13 05:57 PM
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I'm chuckling at 'roadway paver'....just such a genteel way of saying it. 
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#1819246 - 05/31/13 06:00 PM
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What are they called then, rj?
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#1819247 - 05/31/13 06:02 PM
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We just call them "the highway crew" or "highway department". (I didn't say your term was wrong, just genteel.)
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#1819250 - 05/31/13 06:05 PM
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I've done roofing in 90+ degree heat and high humidity. It made me less suicidal than the average day working compliance does!  Roadkill scraper? Anyone wearing a mascot suit!
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#1819251 - 05/31/13 06:05 PM
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I have customers that lay asphalt for a living.
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#1819265 - 05/31/13 06:19 PM
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roadway paver... and YOUR (yankee) definition of "heat" is...? like 80 degrees.....right? pppffftttt 
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#1819269 - 05/31/13 06:26 PM
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Try 94 and humid, missy!
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#1819277 - 05/31/13 06:29 PM
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That's just spring in Texas... if there has been any rain.
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#1819279 - 05/31/13 06:32 PM
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It is even too hot on the balcony.  chewing packs of Nicorette today then?
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#1819280 - 05/31/13 06:33 PM
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That's just spring in Texas... if there has been any rain. Which, being spring in TX, there is, in buckets.
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#1819286 - 05/31/13 06:36 PM
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That's just spring in Texas... if there has been any rain. Which, being spring in TX, there is, in buckets. We've gotten maybe two inches of rain out of all this, but since it has been raining all around us, the humidity is oppressive.
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#1819287 - 05/31/13 06:37 PM
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I'll take what is Deek's usage for one afternoon for $500 Alex
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#1819292 - 05/31/13 06:44 PM
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Laying asphalt has GOT to be the worst!
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#1819341 - 05/31/13 07:42 PM
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playing golf in 100 degree heat with women that cheat, carry huge purses, and pack real heat.
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#1819354 - 05/31/13 08:02 PM
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southeast texas during summer - Roofing or sandblasting under a 1500 gallon LP tank) take your pick
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#1819356 - 05/31/13 08:08 PM
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Is that what you exec types do for work?? Play golf?
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