Talking to my old boss about the new power trowels made me miss the quiet
Ran into my first foreman, Mike, at the hardware store last month. He's retired now. We got talking about gear and he said something like, 'You guys have it easy with those quiet electric rigs. Back in the day, you'd finish a slab and your hands would buzz for hours from the gas motor.' It hit me that I don't even think about the noise anymore, it's just part of the day. But he made it sound almost peaceful, just you and the concrete, no engine screaming in your ear all afternoon. Makes you wonder what else we've gotten used to without noticing. Anyone else have an old timer point out something simple that's totally different now?