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[–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Working as a laborer putting in asphalt driveways in 100-degree summer heat. It's backbreaking work even without the heat.

The upside was that I grew shoulders and back muscles, and my cholo Spanish swearing was fluent by the end of the summer. And like a fool, I went back for two more summers after that.

Pro tip: kerosene gets asphalt off your skin. E45 replaces the skin oil the kerosene strips out.

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