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Women delivering ice, traditionally a man's job, USA, WW1, 1918 (infosec.pub)
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[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Compare and contrast

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 55 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I picked a bad presidential term to stop huffing glue

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

We should legalize glue. It's got other uses besides mind altering experiences.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

AI p i z z a

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's never too late to pursue your dreams

[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Is the guy on the left cross eyed?

[–] msprout@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

God. I love a woman in overalls.

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Hope they are wearing steel tipped shoes

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure those didn't become a regular thing till the 1930s in the earliest. So probably not. That's also a fair bit over anyone's safe lifting limits.

[–] msprout@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Believe it or not, that's what dutch clogs (sabots, the teardrop-shaped wooden shoes) were for. They were around as early as the 1500s.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

True! It was pretty much the go-to safety shoes during the industrial revolution, and the agrarian safety shoe long before that. (Gotta spend those long winter nights doing something when you can't plow the fields)

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah those hook handle things make me super nervous. Seems like that ice would just slip the fuck out.

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

possibly wingtipped

[–] Damage@feddit.it 7 points 2 weeks ago

Sidewalk ice for your whiskey