Posted by n8terry on March 13, 2009 at 17:48:26 from (172.190.62.112):
In Reply to: WPA posted by frdmnn on March 13, 2009 at 17:15:02:
Funny thing I have noticed over the years, utility workers standing around doing nothing. No one complains, but it affects our utility bill.
As far as the WPA, they built a lot of roads, did a lot of work building small dams etc. The guys that did their best to get out of work were called gold-brickers. I don't know where this term came from, just remember my Dad using that term.
Several years have gone by, and we still have "gold-brickers". My Dad was a hard worker all his life and I suspect that he worked hard during the WPA days.
How many of us now days would like to spend several days on the business end of a shovel handle??
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