I think it’s just happened in the last 30 days or so, really. -D
> On Apr 11, 2020, at 3:22 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > The world has gone to shit since those days. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 11, 2020, at 2:13 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> That’s what the foundry floor at Kohler (plumbing) looked like in the >> 1980s. Even though the guys were supposed to be wearing all sorts of >> protective gear they would leaving it laying around. These were all WWII >> vets who were much like the guys that were in that video. >> >> A real man didn’t have to wear all that pussy stuff. A real man breathed in >> all that foundry sand (and died early from silicosis, too.) >> >> Every employee in the company had to get a lung volume test upon employment. >> Anyone who worked in or around the foundry got tested every three months >> after that. It was funny as heck. You stood there with this mouthpiece >> connected to what looked like a vacuum cleaner hose and a pair of clips to >> hold your nose closed. You had to take the biggest breath you cold, then >> exhale as forcefully as possible with this mouthpiece in your mouth. Sounds >> simple, but think about having to blow as hard as you can with your mouth >> wide open. >> >> I kept cracking up because the nurse that did my test, an older, somewhat >> corpulent gal, was standing there yelling, “BLOW, BLOW, BLOW!!!!!” >> >> It made me laugh. It pissed her off. >> >> -D >> >>> On Apr 11, 2020, at 3:05 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> No gloves, no helmets, no safety gear at all. OSHA would crap their pants >>> these days. I bet that is hot hard work. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On Apr 11, 2020, at 11:07 AM, Mitchell Haley EA via Mercedes >>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> https://youtu.be/aEatTMQsGtg?t=895 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
