wrote:
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:15:14 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 10/27/17 7:34 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/26/2017 8:58 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/26/17 8:34 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:27:04 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

As if you assholes had any idea of how tough on the body the sort of
work many construction workers do every day.

Really?


Get back to us after you spend a few weeks tossing, lifting, buttering
and placing 12" concrete line block


Been there, done that.

Also worked with a SeaBee Battalion for almost a year doing construction
and electrical wiring, all in metallic conduit BTW.

I agree though that those experiences provide great motivation to go to
school.

The last time I worked with block, "decorative block" at that, was about
10 years ago, on the 12' x 20' building out on the Shenandoah. It was a
backbreaker.

"Split face"?
Looks a little like stone when laid.


Yeah...gives a decent finished surface on the exterior...more attractive
than standard CMU’s.

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On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:05:58 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

The last time I worked with block, "decorative block" at that, was about
10 years ago, on the 12' x 20' building out on the Shenandoah. It was a
backbreaker.

"Split face"?
Looks a little like stone when laid.


Yeah...gives a decent finished surface on the exterior...more attractive
than standard CMU’s.

Pretty popular for office buildings and store fronts. Target uses red
dyed ones here.
When I was building the surround for the spa I thought about them for
about 30 seconds and decided to go with natural stone. Now we have
natural stone everywhere.