Seeing as discussion of working on bogs, farms and sites is the order of the day here at the moment I said I’d do up a poll. It’s straight forward enough, I would consider two months or more as a significant length of time.
Myself, I worked the buildings in Australia and Dublin for about a year. I found it enjoyable enough work with decent pay but you’d get sick of it after a while. It made me appreciate the cushy office job.
The climate dictates how hard the job is in my opinion.
Loved most of it as it helps keep you very fit.
I’d say Kev you went down a treat on the sites with your stories about your pilates sessions before big games in the Cork junior championship.
I’ve never had a job in manual labour and I think this was one of the key reasons I never made it as an intercounty footballer.
I fear we are only a soft auld crowd compared to previous generations, I do be killed in the tractor saving hay or silage, ok forking a few square bales, turning a bit of turf or filling a bit of turf into a trailer, tis handy really compared to what used to be done.
Squeezing bulls was a real task 40 years ago, caught by the nose in some cabin/corner, a knife was involved, jaysus I have seen crushes that lift up the cattle so you don’t even have to bend your back.
Following the Limousine cattle is hard work alright, it should probably be an Olympic sport in fairness.
only did it for a summer, theres a house in wexford that has the imprint of my forehead on every fucking rafter. (note my haed was not used as the hammer just kept banging into them, and im only about 6’)
i worked for a cowboy, some shocking stories but they might be best left for another thread.
I am not strong and tough. A real shame as I had skill to burn. The “diminutive” ClarkeyCat the papers called me.
Pilates? I think Pilates is pretty much a load of shite.
Whatever level i have played, i have never lied about it.
I presume you still catch cattle by the nose when dosing
I come from a wealthy family in Fingal so we always had rural migrants to perform whatever manual labour was required. A couple of days’ barwork in Germany and an unsuccessful stint as a security guard at a car show were about as manual as my labour ever got.
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I presume you still catch cattle by the nose when dosing
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Worked for 2 years in a meat factory, in the coldstore part. Had to lift 30-40 kg boxes of frozen meat onto pallets all day everyday. Shattered everyday after it and would often be in the bed by 9.
Office job the last 5 years has led to shoulders dropping a size and the belly to droop a little.
When I saw the thread title I thought it was going to be about some possible summer transfer target for Liverpool.
Have done a fair bit of manual labour in my time, the hardest job you’ll get is either horsein blocks during the winter or loadin a roof with tiles by hand in the baking sun(it’s a killer on the calf muscles)
+1
Manual labour is for working class dullards
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The working class don’t work
+2
As I said earlier, poor people are funny.
I’ve worked on sites here and in the states… The states was a different ball game all together.
I was a labourer for a muck man from Mayo, doing concrete. Tough gig, usually 12-14 hour days with only two short
breaks. Myslef and seven Mexicans did the graft while he got pissed on bottles of miller while roaring abuse…
Them days are long gone and Manual Labour these days is most certainly a waiter from Madrid…
A lot to be said for a bit of landscaping. Did a summer in the US cutting fences over your head with a chainsaw. Would put shoulders on ya…
Bit of pruning trees over head height and carryings barrow loads of wood up the hill.
Tree felling is some craic.
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Doing a bit of manual labour for the last 7 weeks since i got a bit of work. i want my office job back thank you.
