Just realized I've laid over 100,000 bricks on the new library project downtown

Andrew Reed · 2026-03-23T04:05:05.837713+00:00

I was tallying up my weekly count and the number hit me. That's a full city block's worth of material, just from my trowel. It made me think about how much physical work goes into a single public building. Has anyone else had a job where the sheer scale of the material hit you like that?

charles_mitchell7mo ago

Makes @the_elliot's uncle's courthouse feel small.

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wade8714mo ago

Whoa, that paint story is wild. Makes you wonder about all the little stuff.

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the_elliot7mo ago

My uncle laid brick for the old courthouse... that's a lot of mortar.

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tessa_murray7mo ago

Remember my friend who painted lines on highways. He told me once he measured the paint for a single exit ramp in miles, not gallons. That kind of math makes your brain hurt. Makes you see the whole world differently.

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