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Old 01-25-2003, 11:00 AM   #13
Griff
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Originally posted by wolf
You forgot one, El ...

5) Guaranteed to either drink or do drugs on on the job. It is unclear whether this is dependence, mere recreation, or a desire to be better able to fall off a roof to generate a workmans comp claim along with a liability suit.

(I have met a lot of roofers in the course of my job. They are generally part of the seven of the nine, not the two.)
It takes a special brain chemistry to do that job. My house is a 12/12 pitch so it was a mother to do. But after a couple days on it I was comfortable, which probably made me dangerous.
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