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Most Satisfying Job in the World: Replacing Mismatched Brick Pavers

Well, aside from the chronic back pain

By Rain Noe - November 12, 2020

in Tools & Craft

This was posted in the Specialized Tools subReddit, as a means of celebrating this brick-grabbing tool. But never mind the tool--what I want is this man's job:

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Aside from the chronic back pain a gig like this would bring, it looks like immensely satisfying work. Tetris without the time pressure. Indisputable measurements of success or failure.

Comments wondered how the cock-ups happened in the first place. The prevailing theory is that it was laid by a RoadPrinter, the massive bricklaying machine from the Netherlands, and that workers under time pressure incorrectly loaded some of the bricks.

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