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To: Road Walker who wrote (403611)	8/1/2008 2:50:31 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1572918

"To me that would be pure hell... carrying heavy shit up a ladder in 92 degrees direct sun and 99% humidity." They don't roof around here in July and August. It easily gets in excess of 120 degrees. The risk of dying just gets too high... The summer I graduated from high school, I sold Coke in the Beaumont area. On one of the routes, they had a foundry. This time of year, it was the hottest I ever experienced.

To: Road Walker who wrote (403611)	8/1/2008 5:36:32 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572918

I did roofing for a few weeks just to learn how to do it. A buddy of mine ran a crew, which at that time, in the summer, was mostly college students ( the pay was good ). Now, it's all Mexicans. The people you buy the materials from will come out with a truck with a conveyor belt/crane that will put the underlayment and shingles right on the roof. You spread 'em out to keep from overloading. This was in Texas in the summer, and the heat was brutal. Our day started just before sunrise and ended about 1:00 in the afternoon. After that, it's just too hot up there for humans. We'd all hit Barton Springs of Lake Travis after that. The worst part of roofing is ripping an old roof off, but you don't do this every time. You can just lay new shingles over an old roof, up to 3 layers. The easiest job is new construction.

To: Road Walker who wrote (403611)	8/2/2008 1:54:39 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572918

They have it made! Plenty of fresh air, sunshine. And getting paid to boot! No sitting in a stuffy cubicle for them... The house across the street is getting re-roofed. I was talking to the guys this morning (walking the dog). To me that would be pure hell... carrying heavy shit up a ladder in 92 degrees direct sun and 99% humidity. I seriously don't know how they do it.... but I bet it shortens their lives. This week on the news they were talking about the guys who run the tours in the Everglades and the guys who do the fishing expeditions out of Miami. So many people in those professions are dying young from melanoma cancer that the current generation of operators are starting to wear heavy clothing and lather on the sunscreen when they go out with their tours. I imagine melanoma is also an issue for those guys on roofs.