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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months ago

Two women carrying a wooden beam during construction of a chalet, Switzerland, 1936

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Two women carrying a wooden beam during construction of a chalet, Switzerland, 1936

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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months ago
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  • screaming in digital@lemmy.ml
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    significant carry. damn.

    • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Yup. In dresses up the side of a mountain.

      • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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        And still without the right to vote at that time.

  • agingelderly@lemmy.world
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    Me pretending to know what that is

    • SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world
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      Women are like dudes but they pee different

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      • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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        I know plenty of women who are more dude than most dudes

    • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPM
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      A particular kind of house style of the region, often used in ski resorts

    • Slovene85@sh.itjust.works
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      It’s that smaller narrower pointier onion, right?

      • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
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        No, you’re thinking of the paper slips people use to vote.

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          No no, that’s when people dance to classical music in those fancy toe shoes.

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            Yeah nah, you’re thinking about the part of the shore, where the water isn’t that deep.

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    the composition of this image is so incredible, the more I look at this the more I’m amazed by it.

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    That thing had to be heavy.

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      Surely not light, but huge variance if pine or some hardwood.

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        Oh of course. But I have carried something like that in pine and it is still very heavy.

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    I used to know people old enough wearing this kind of clothing regularly, and later some now old people wearing it ceremonially. Pretty funny that these were used to work with. Especially with the hats.

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