03-10-2009, 10:48 AM
Great photos! any idea where thewy were taken?
I've seen old Colorado photos of men with shovels clearing forty foot snow drifts the same way - lifting one shovel full at a time up to the next level so the next guy can lift it and so forth, until finally the last guy shovels it off to the side. Labor was cheap, shovels were available and there wasn't any other practical way to do what had to be done. I wonder how many calories a day it took to perform that kind of labor.
My grandfather was a double-bladed axe logger, and he averaged around 3,000 calories per meal.
I've seen old Colorado photos of men with shovels clearing forty foot snow drifts the same way - lifting one shovel full at a time up to the next level so the next guy can lift it and so forth, until finally the last guy shovels it off to the side. Labor was cheap, shovels were available and there wasn't any other practical way to do what had to be done. I wonder how many calories a day it took to perform that kind of labor.
My grandfather was a double-bladed axe logger, and he averaged around 3,000 calories per meal.