Thursday, July 5, 2007

What Is Around the Next Corner? A Construction Crew


Can you believe this? I spotted this Ajijic crew unloading a truck of sand last year. I turned the corner and there they were, filling the buckets in the truck and handing them to a man who carried them as he walked across the ladder suspended over the street.
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What supported the ladder? One end rested on the truck bed. The other is intertwined in the rungs of the straight ladder leaning against the building.

Do you suppose a U.S. OSHA inspector seeing this system would faint dead away or turn 13 shades of purple?

Carry your cameras! You never know what's around the next corner.

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Judy King is publisher of  Mexico Insights' Living at Lake Chapala, a monthly online magazine for people interested in Mexico's Lake Chapala region, in the state of Jalisco.

Judy, a 16-year resident of Ajijic on Lake Chapala's north shore, conducts weekly newcomer's seminars, shares her expertise about Mexico in her monthly online magazine, and in the "Mexico Lindo" column for the Lake Chapala Review.

Judy also is a speaker for local organizations and visiting tour groups about the Lakeside area and Mexican customs and holidays.