[Shop-talk] It's spring...

[David C.]

When I was a kid I used to watch guys lay brick, and I remember 
seeing them do this all the time.

Remember when you were a kid and had time to do things like stand 
around and watch guys lay brick?  What happened?

At 05:51 AM  3/25/2008, wolfeb at verizon.net wrote:
>The brick layers for our house would just pick up a brick and smack it
>hard with the straight edge of their trowel breaking off the majority of
>the brick. Flip it over and trim the other edge with a similar, but less
>violent blow. Much faster. Less accurate. Practice makes perfect