Neil and I watched from our balcony as these men would put a metal pipe under the front of the piece of machinery (adding to the other pipes under it). Then they would all push the piece of machinery forward as hard as they could---while one worker pulled the pipe from the back and ran up to the front to put it under again. They did this for a few minutes and then they all had to take a rest. Not modern technology, but it certainly worked for them!
After seeing the previous operation, you won't have any problems believing this next one. Right across the street from us is a very tall apartment building. We looked out one afternoon and saw this man coming down the front of the building, sitting on a plank of wood---no safety line or harness. He would lower himself using only his left hand on the rope, while he painted with his right hand. When he stopped he would just hold the rope with his left hand. It made us feel really nervous for the guy! When he finished at ground level, he got off, and let a man on the top of the building pull it back up to the top. But the crazy wooden plank kept getting caught under the balconies of each floor and knocking plaster off! At one point the man on top even caught his hand in the rope he was pulling. In the end it all worked out---and that's entertainment!
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