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Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Oh, You Kids! Today in Anus-Clenching Employment
Posted by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey on Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:43 AM
While your job may be harrowing—sitting in front of a computer monitor all day, occasionally glancing out the window to wonder how many minutes are left until you die—the guy in this video may have it a bit worse. For reasons unknown, his job is to climb to the tippity-top of a 1768 foot tall transmission tower. Here's his helmet cam video of his climb, and while it does not show his ass clenching up, I can guarantee you that mine did. If I had placed a pencil in there, it would have snapped in half.
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