Building A Block Wall

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• EL

  @elliottdiedrich2123 · 5 years ago

  Bricklaying runs in my family. My dad was a bricklayer and he said, "Son, do not become a bricklayer. All bricklayers are alcoholics." But then I became an alcoholic so I thought that I may as well be a bricklayer.

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• RU

  @rustyshackleford1282 · 4 years ago

  If I could pick a dad or grandpa in this world. It would be you. For some reason, the way you explain things and edit your videos, the information just sticks with me. Thank you so much.

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• AP

  @AppalachianLife · 8 years ago (edited)

  My dad is a retired 75 year old Marine (Vietnam)  and later master mason. He was the best around laying brick, block and stone.  I remember him spit shining his Red Wing work boots. His hands are now rough as brick and his back and knees are shot. As I sit hear at my cushy IT job watching this video, I'm reminded of all those years my dad worked his butt off to provide for my mother, brothers and me.

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• JM

  @JMnyJohns · 5 years ago

  "Do it right and you are never sorry." Can you imagine the kind of world we'd live in if every kid left high school knowing that? :)

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• BK

  @bkl8804 · 4 years ago

  I'm a high school teacher. Teaching is hard. Easy to be mediocre at and really hard to be great at. This man is a GREAT teacher.

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• UK

  @Ukr4daWin · 7 years ago

  This gentleman's approach to his videos is the same as his approach to the trades. Truly makes me respect a good tradesman. And him, most of all.

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• MA

  @markgazelka8493 · 2 years ago

  True craftsmen are a joy to watch. Mesmerizing! I was a block tender, but mostly worked with concrete slabs as a college laborer. It put me thru college &nbsp;and had the privilege to work and train under craftsmen. It was the most valuable lesson I learned compared to a college degree. <br><br>Later I transitioned into carpentry. And at age 72.5, I helped run a concrete slab for our church. Not as flexible as age 22 though!

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• JO

  @johnthomas5166 · 6 years ago

  When I was a VERY young man I worked as a mason laborer for three days in the Florida summer sun. &nbsp;Just three days. &nbsp;That was the hardest work I have EVER done. &nbsp;The crew would lay two complete houses in one day. &nbsp;I never went to sleep so fast when I got home in all my life. &nbsp;Those guys earn every penny.

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• TO

  @TofuInc · 8 years ago

  I never thought a video about a block wall could be so interesting.

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• JO

  @jonrobbin170 · 4 years ago

  I just want to salute the skilled laborers who worked on this wall and many others. Very impressed 👍

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• FE

  @felipeserrano8528 · 6 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m an owner operator <br>( truck driver), 20 years.<br>When I&apos;m trucking, I can&apos;t wait to come home and work on my projects.<br>Old fashion brick ovens, walls, cement planters, ect..my next project will be a shed made of brick, with a Boveda ceiling.<br>There&apos;s nothing better to do your own cement work, drink a cold one, and give it your personal touch, and say I did it.<br>And when I&apos;m dead, someone will say, <br>This cement work was done by a crazy truck driver.Thank you to all the masons, Albañiles, Maistros..for sharing in Youtube.

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• CH

  @cheyennegrahamoneill9330 · 1 year ago

  I work in construction as a special inspector and watch videos like this for fun, and wow, it was quite surprising seeing Stone Cold Masonry in this video. I work with these guys regularly (well, less so these days, as I&apos;ve moved away from structural inspections a bit...) and they do great work.

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