[VaSteve]

I was in NYC last week and saw something that really surprised me. Middle aged white guys doing construction. I saw this 40 something guy repairing a tile on the sidewalk near City Hall (or the mayor's house) speaking in English to some other guy. Then I saw a bunch of guys digging out some pipes in the street. This was interesting, all the work was done in a trench in the cold (since there were like 50 pipes in this trench). They put all the dirt into a big handled bag and I guess a buldozer lifted it out. Yeah, I know it was probably all Union labor, but I was really surprised to see it.

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