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3. An online woman acquaintance works in a steel mill

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 08:03 PM

Jan 2012

and says the hardest part of the job is saying the names of specialized equipment without giggling.

Would you believe "peckerhead" is one of them?

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Women Get Skills to Break Into Traditional Men’s Trades [View all] xmas74 Jan 2012 OP

I have to admit xmas74 Jan 2012 #2

An online woman acquaintance works in a steel mill Warpy Jan 2012 #3

I'm not surprised at all by the names. xmas74 Jan 2012 #4

Meh, the first bucket of cement up the stairs isn't that big a deal... Fumesucker Jan 2012 #5

Carrying the buckets isn't all that much different xmas74 Jan 2012 #6

Wages have been dropping xmas74 Feb 2012 #8

Most of the CNA positions I've worked have started between 5-6 am. xmas74 Feb 2012 #10