The Worst Jobs in History - The Urban Age - Part 2

[InnannasRainbow1]

Thank you, Tony for showing how hard the common people have always and always will work to make life pleasant for others.

[TheDrtomz]

I think I have a CUNNING plan!!! ;)

[instante101]

Gah, let's get a not Baldrick to do this all :P

[xraidedlok]

i would never ever ever do this

[jeffdeanable]

Man, Tony's somethin' else. I'm not afraid of heights and I don't know if I could do it so well at all.

[TheIcelandicPatriot]

that old man is in one good shape i tell you.

[PollyJuice]

Considering that Tony's afraid of heights, I think he's amazingly brave for doing this.

[puzokutya]

the quality unfortunately is terrible, practically make it unintelligible.

[AnonTbomb]

@puzokutya

No, thats just how all british people speak.

[dodico20]

4:27

[GPunktmod]

sounds like he came 2:58

[dodico20]

LMAO

imagine if we still used this technology till this day.

This would be the best show of heroics of all time

I couldn't even imagine some guy using that ladder device to save 2 young children

[ZamfirChannel]

So this is where the "put a leg up" comes from

[benoitbabe]

ty for uploading this. I love this show.

[Bullettube]

So this is where the term "Hook and Ladder" came from!

[slessorpr]

The fine dust in ships holds can become a virtual bomb if a spark ignites it. Apparently very fine dust is more flammable than the coarse, so grain shipments and coal transfers can be potentially very explosive. U wdn't think wheat or flour cd cause a big explosion/fire. It's surprising how flammable airborne dust can be. If it was 'inflammable' dust, that means it wd not burn ie 'inflammable'. Usually something 'inflamed' is swollen not burning. Only 'flammable' substances can burn or explode.

[guysmiley00]

@slessorpr Sorry, that's not true. I refer you to the usage note at the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: "This -in is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame." Flammable and inflammable are synonyms.

[slessorpr]

@guysmiley00 Thank you guy! I depend on other YT ppl to correct me, as you have, and I want you to know I appreciate yr input. The 'flammable' /'inflammable' conundrum is but one example of the 'knots' one can become tied up in, tinkering with the semantics of the language. That these opposite sounding words mean the same thing is crazy isn't it? I wd have thought a thing was either one or the other, 'able to be burned' or 'not able to be burned', but not both. Synonyms!! Indeed, a paradox!!

[guysmiley00]

@slessorpr No problem - it's a very weird little twist of English, which is itself one of the weirdest languages on the face of the earth. I recall hearing that students of language find only Japanese to be as difficult to learn as English.

And might I add how impressed I am at your ability to take correction without feeling personally attacked. It seems to be a very rare talent in this day and age. Thank you for your civility, it is both welcome and refreshing.

[aptomten]

Thanks a lot! I love these.

Is it just on my end or are parts in the middle of it broken/missing?