Posted by alexandra_k on October 29, 2018, at 6:25:30
In reply to Re: coal and god, posted by sigismund on October 27, 2018, at 5:38:58
to be fair, the university recently had a lot of paving done. really good paaving, actually. it looks slightly shiny so you expect it to be slippery on a cold winter morning, but it surprisingly isn't as slippery as it looks.
this is to be contrasted with some of the features strips that have been laid in other areas, over the years, that are more slippery than they look, and that claim many an injury for acc, each year.
it is hard to underestimate the quality of life improvement that provides to a person in a wheelchair. most especially to people who are more permanently in wheelchairs (not the temporarily injured who typically have the motorised SUV types of mobility aids). for people who have cheaper chairs (heavier, less agile, easier to tip) having a smooth paving surface is just wonderful. they must have cost quite a bit to lay.
the work took a while. and you could tell that the people doing the work had pride in the work they were doing. that was nice to see. that isn't something that you see much of, anymore. craftmanship.
and the work looked quite hard. the stone is quite hard, i guess. and heavy. large blocks of it not just scrapings / scraps / chips embedded in something spreadable. saws and the like. could feel the vibrations... i don't know how people do that kind of work without going insane. jackhammer too, for construction. i don't know how people do that. i had a friend who was doing personal training at tech and he was previously a welder. he said he couldn't bear it anymore - the long hours of heavy hot gear and the facemask and the sparks flying he thought he was going insane. he was a really naturally friendly guy. the sort of person who likes to be with others, i mean, not a solitary guy, particularly. he said the quiet in his head was just too much...
i don't suppose you go to new zealand if you want to learn how to be a stone mason. i suppose you go someplace in Europe or someplace that has nice buildings they do care about maintaining, at least.
i wonder who built the buildings in Tasmania and New Zealand. I wonder if they were the same people, or what...
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