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re: Is being a bricklayer trashy?

Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:06 pm to
Posted by Donkeypunch
Georgia
Member since Jun 2007
1420 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:06 pm to
I know one in particular that cleared over 400K last year. Half million dollar home, trucks , boats , etc all paid off with cash.....so you tell me.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20062 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:07 pm to
Getting a degree in Gender Studies and Human Sexuality from Sarah Lawrence College is trashy
Posted by SG_Geaux
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Member since Aug 2004
77927 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:08 pm to
An honest job isn't trashy.

How you conduct yourself determines if you are trashy.
This post was edited on 7/21/21 at 7:11 pm
Posted by MattA
Member since Nov 2019
1591 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:09 pm to
quote:

Someone that works their entire life as a brick mason? Trashy or not?




Hell no. I’ve met way more trashy pos’s in the legal field where I work. Give me a hard working dude any day of the week over some silver spoon over weight lawyer. My profession acts tough but they are the softest bitches out there.
This post was edited on 7/21/21 at 7:26 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98127 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:10 pm to
They don't skip leg day
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35473 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:17 pm to
frickers have the strongest forearms and best grip of any people I’ve met. Much respect for those that do an honest days work in a trade.
Posted by Duckhammer_77
TD Platinum member
Member since Nov 2016
2675 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:20 pm to
Masonry guys, fine cabinetry, and electricians are about the last true craftsmen left on the jobsite these days. I'll throw welders in there.
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
22140 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:20 pm to
quote:

frickers have the strongest forearms and best grip of any people I’ve met. Much respect for those that do an honest days work in a trade.


My brother in law is a bricklayer. He's an absolute monster of a man with the largest hands I've ever seen.
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:22 pm to
I will say I’m pleasantly surprised by the responses. My dad his dad all great uncles most brothers etc were brick masons. My father made a great living doing it for a hard but honest days work. He would be watt to busy to someone’s exterior but people would wait fir months to have something custom like a detailed fireplace or mailbox to be done by him. He took so much pride in his work. As a kid just riding around in Lake Charles he would point all of the city that he had built. I worked doing it from the time I was a little kid stacking bricks but never wanted to learn because I was scared I would be t”trapped” in the trade worked as a laborer for years through high school and through college. Really wish I had learned the trade. It’s a noble and honest one
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48348 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:22 pm to
No. Skilled craftsmanship is an underrated skill these days. Way less trashy than a social media influencer imo.
This post was edited on 7/21/21 at 7:24 pm
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73674 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:23 pm to
I'm a pipelayer. Ask your mother.
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89831 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:24 pm to
quote:

Masonry guys, fine cabinetry, and electricians are about the last true craftsmen left on the jobsite these days.


I can watch videos of the guys that are awesome all day long on Youtube. Some of the work is phenomenal.
Posted by Circle G
Member since Dec 2020
392 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:25 pm to
I have a friend who's built a very successful and profitable business from perfecting his trade. Those contracts are big money when you start building on the industrial side.
Posted by mouton
Savannah,Ga
Member since Aug 2006
28276 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:26 pm to
Yeah it is and you can hire cobs that are fast for commercial and insdustrial
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
Member since Feb 2019
4541 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:27 pm to
Jerry Rice's father was a brick mason.
Posted by QuothTheRaven
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2019
183 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:29 pm to
Any legal and legitimate blue collar career path is not trashy outside of the sex industry. I think most injury lawyers have trashy occupations, but they make more money that I do, so Catch 22. Your life outside of work is what truly determines if you are trashy.
Posted by Klondikekajun
Member since Jun 2020
1281 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:30 pm to
People are trashy.... Not professions.
I know some trashy executives.
Masonry is one of the most admired and scarce trades around. Besides the obvious physical demands, the artistry is amazing and it leaves a tangible product that will likely outlive the Craftsman (unlike most paper pushing jobs).
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
259875 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:31 pm to
quote:

. Way less trashy than a social media influencer imo.



Tech grifters.
Posted by DiamondDog
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2019
10514 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:32 pm to
Put it this way. You find a good brick mason, you have found gold. I can ride around Lake Charles and point out some pretty terrible brick work post-Laura with my untrained eye.

This seems like another trade where if you’re good, you can take custom jobs only and be very selective about your clientele. Just about on par with a custom cabinet maker.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
8129 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:32 pm to
An honest job doesn’t make you trashy. The way you act does.
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