I've worked in all types of weather. Some of the work was heavy labor in different conditions, but none were as brutal as that in cold weather. I don't think we're really designed for it, and the worst of fatigue I ever experienced was after working a long day in cold weather. Summer can be exhausting, but the cold takes more, and the constant cold takes much more to endure.
I'm glad I don't have to spend long days in the cold any longer. Truthfully, I don't think I have the stamina any more.
We in Michigan feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteAge brought times when my hands, and feet, would hurt like I hit them with a hammer. That was unexpected. When I was young, they never bothered me.
DeleteAlways felt sorry for my mechanics having to twist wrenches in desperately cold weather with, at best, bare fingertips.
ReplyDeleteI was cold. But I was out of the wind.
You were creating the wind.
DeleteI would have the crews come in late, or shut the project down, when temperatures fell below freezing. Few had clothes for that temperature, and even if they did, nothing would be accomplished.
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