Hat's off to all the Delivery Folks out there working in this heat.

[Sherman A1]

The UPS, Fed-Ex, Hostess, Wonder Bread, Pepperidge Farm, Brownberry, Entemann's, Snyders, Frito-Lay and all getting the goods to the stores alike, often in trucks with nothing resembling a/c.

Hard working folks that often don't get a second thought.

[TwilightGardener]

1. I think that would be a fun job. Except for times of extreme heat/cold.

[meegbear]

2. And the trashmen ...

I would NOT wanna be doing that any day, never mind a day it's been baking in the sun.

[Sherman A1]

4. Agreed

Another group of hard working folks that are part of the "just making things work" segment of our society of which we tend to forget.

[alfredo]

13. The Trashmen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow

[hamsterjill]

3. Seconded!!!

n/t

[ThomWV]

5. We split about 2 cords of firewood yesterday and I thought I was going to die

God dam it was hot.

[Fumesucker]

12. Start right before dawn..

Get set up by flashlight, as soon as there's enough light to see what you're doing you commence to get as much as possible done before it becomes unbearable. I've had big portable fans on the job powered by a generator before, that helps a good bit too..

Two cords is a lotta logsplitting.

That stuff's a lot more fun in the winter than the summer, I have about a cord's worth in a heap that needs to be thrown on the trailer and then stacked, something I'd love to find a younger and stronger back for.

[Sherman A1]

17. Agreed

I was up early today (well, that's every day) got my grass cut by 9am and straight to the shower.

[Skidmore]

6. And the linemen, construction workers, water works people,

rescue workers, groundskeepers, security people, etc.

[Sherman A1]

7. Yes, indeed

and we should probably include the a/c repair guys......

[damntexdem]

8. And the construction folks, and agricultural workers, and roofers, ...

and a long, long list.

I start to complain about walking from my car across the lot to my building -- then I notice the guys in hard hats working on a dig in part of the lot.

[alfredo]

11. Roofers and farm workers suffer this time of year.

I used to work the tobacco fields. Cutting tobacco in the August sun is not my idea of fun. Housing was tough too. I would always call for unloading the trailers, even though I have to handle every stick of tobacco. On the truck you are not 10 to 20 ft off the ground, up near the hot tin roof.

This is a small barn compared to the ones I've worked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWyXPbUtcVk

You can't imagine how filthy you get housing tobacco. Tobacco is nasty stuff.

[alfredo]

9. My mail route was 10 miles long. I would go through

one gallon of water on the hot days. The other carriers wondered why my shirt was soaking wet. That was because I kept hydrated. In those six hours I never had to pee. I was sweating it all out. Walking on cement and asphalt didn't make it much easier in the heat. Still, it was better than being stuck in a delivery vehicle. Those things are like a fucking oven. The puny fan in them just blows hot air from the windshield or the top of the van.

[Supply Side Jesus]

10. Good Thread!

Stay cool people!

[Sherman A1]

24. Thank You

I think a whole lot of hard working folks get ignored in our day to day activity and once in awhile they need to be recognized for both their work & the often difficult conditions in which they perform their jobs to make our world's just a bit better. :hi:

[etherealtruth]

14. ... to anyone working out in the heat!

i know summers's are hot ....but, few of us experience these extremes enough for folk to acclimate to it ... This is very bad

[madmom]

15. Ever work in a factory? It's not outside but there is no such thing as

air conditioning when you are working in a foundry or other factory that makes things with hot molten iron or plastic. It's at least 20* hotter inside than out.

[Sherman A1]

16. Very true

and factory workers also deserve our Thanks!

[cali]

18. I'll take my hat off to me- around 90 today and I cook in a tiny kitchen

with the oven blasting for hours, and I do it 6 days a week. Usually I have only one or at the most two wait staff- so here's to Mavis and Roy who do all the setting up, clearing, dish washing and cleaning. We had 55 people today for lunch and teas, and it's not like they're all in some air conditioned dining room- they're spread out all over in the tea garden, on the screened in porch and gazebo.

My blue moon beer never tasted so good.

[Sherman A1]

19. +1, Agreed & Well Said!

:toast:

[underpants]

20. We do forget about the people working inside over hot ovens

my brother is one of those guys.

Thanks cali.

[Sherman A1]

25. +1

:toast:

[Scurrilous]

21. K & R

:thumbsup:

[Blue-Jay]

22. And the Jehovah Witnesses!

[ms liberty]

23. mr liberty is a FedEx courier and sends his thanks to all...

and reminds everyone to keep hydrated!