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EatYourCheckers t1_jcw6vv5 wrote

No safety goggles in the 70s

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Mechaninerd t1_jcwak5g wrote

When your glasses are that thick who needs safety glasses

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jetjordan t1_jcwkbyk wrote

Also no ear protection. Cutting steel pipe with a chop saw is loud as hell. How deaf is/was this guy?

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denalitl t1_jcw820x wrote

Who needs stinkin' gloves.

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psychocopter t1_jcx1opx wrote

Gloves are more dangerous than going bare handed with machinery that spins. Youre at risk of getting the glove caught and yanked around whatever is spinning. If it spins, rotates, or operated on a belt/band never use gloves or any loose fitting clothing/loose hair.

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HuginnNotMuninn t1_jcy5603 wrote

Unless you're on a commercial or industrial job of any size, 100% PPE.

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psychocopter t1_jczctay wrote

No, gloves are not ppe when using a machine like in the picture or like I described before. Its more dangerous to wear gloves in those situations than to not.

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HuginnNotMuninn t1_jczkkwa wrote

I'm a Union Pipefitter, I've worked in a wide variety of commercial and industrial projects. I assure you, if he was doing this on a job today he'd be wearing gloves, a hard hat, safety glasses at a minimum. Likely ear plugs and a face shield as well.

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dontpet t1_jcwd1i8 wrote

So did he keep all his fingers? Me paps lost a few over the years in a similar role

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CoochieMunch t1_jcwfnra wrote

I’m more interested that he wore his belt buckle on the side. I feel like it wouldn’t be as comfortable and I’m wondering what the reasoning may be.

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MyVoiceIsElevating t1_jcwi2qb wrote

I asked OP’s grandpa, here’s what he said:

“So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on them. Give me five bees for a quarter you'd say. Now where were we, oh ya. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time.”

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Bacon_Block t1_jcwsh6s wrote

Take my upvote you beautiful bastard and fellow Simpsons fan.

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JSchneider85 t1_jcxw9az wrote

Probably practical. If you're leaning over stuff all day long the buckle will constantly catch on things and start to piss you off.

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Rusnak52 t1_jcwbq8n wrote

Cutting tube tube stock to length ! Good man .

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YeahMarkYeah t1_jcwgoir wrote

Homie jeans dirty. You know he was workin hard.

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egus t1_jcy09a6 wrote

All I see is tinnitus

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RunyonLA89 t1_jcx1f43 wrote

How do I reach these kidsssss

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AmazingMojo2567 t1_jcxv9bz wrote

He was probably making a hood living wage too back then compared to now doing the same job

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csanyk t1_jcx4yyy wrote

People's pants got DIRTY back then.

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Dopey-NipNips t1_jcxkyk4 wrote

Still do, just not yours because you went to college or you work in the service industry

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MOOzikmktr t1_jcy0938 wrote

70s Chicago-style air ventilation was just a small open window at the back.

I wonder if the inside of his lungs looked like the outside of his pants...

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GCDurantula t1_jd01965 wrote

I can hear this picture and it’s loud

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