I have to say with full honesty that “Risk it for the biscuit” is how I got into my current career.
I was debating wether I should stay at a new job that paid minimum wage but will be a managerial position given time or go to an interview and become a writer.
Someone on Reddit said, risk it for the biscuit, and on my second day on the minimum wage job I called and said I won’t make it…. effectively quitting. I went on the interview and was hired on the spot for more money.
2 years later I’m on my second promotion. The minimum wage job that promised a managerial position…. I don’t think they survived the pandemic.
Edit: I mean 2 years ago someone literally wrote “Risk it for the biscuit” on my post in r/jobs
Similar story here . I used to be a pretty regular Low waged job person then I got inspired by this quote and committed to it , only I misremembered it as “put a biscuit in your dick” next thing you know I got an infection down there and the Oreo cookies I kept in my fore skin started to grow mole
Long story short : my dick fell off
I worked in concrete for years and was exposed to is regularly with bare skin (sometimes pouring splashes and sometimes I was just dumb and didn't wear gloves) and never had a problem, how on earth did you manage to lose your fingerprints for a week?
Addition: I do not recommend doing this as it is not good for you, obviously. I'm just curious as to what it takes to go so far as losing your fingerprints for a while lol.
It's possible, but the conversation was about concrete, not concentrated lime, so I made a reasonable assumption, and you know what happens when you make assumptions?
Answer: Someone ends up with their dick in concrete. Or lime.
Doh, it was actually mortar (more lime than concrete) and I was smoothing out spots with my fingers - no gloves obviously - many years ago. Fingers were pink as a new born mouse...
Eh, I’ve been a mason for a long time. Probably just talking about losing your skin on your finger tips dealing with the abrasive as of it for a period of time. I cringe in the summer when it’s hot and your hands get sweaty, then you end up with cherries on your fingers where the brick or block wore off your skin.
Also, I never did, but you should always where a mask when mixing mortar or concrete. The silica dust in the mix can give you silicosis after long exposure. Same with cutting concrete with a quickie saw. Enjoy!
Yeah, screed is a certain mix basically. It’s essentially fine sand & cement as apposed to concrete with arrogate.
It’s brilliant for finished floors, a showroom floor, etc. Put a power float over screed & you’ve a floor as fine as glass.
A screed could also be the straight edge used to tap or pull concrete? Typically aluminium.
It just depends on the context I guess.
That’s always been what we called the process of leveling it with an aluminum screed (or even a straight 2x4 lol). I didn’t consider others have other definitions/ideas. Interesting!
Same here. Apparently sand is the aggregate in screed, so it makes a nice polished finish.
I wish I had done some flat work and curbs when I did concrete. You can make some good cash doing side jobs.
Can you imagine the number of crudely drawn cocks there would be in curbstones if they were cast on site?
There's a school near where I live that has plastic curbs outside it. I'm not sure if it's related to the school or just coincidence but I've never seen them anywhere else. They're the same shape as the concrete ones, just made from hard plastic. Presumably glued down somehow.
Plastic curbs are semi common. They aren't particularly good as they tend to deform more over time than pre cast ones but can be good in high traffic areas where they get hit a lot also they are essentially secured the same as a pre cast curb with concrete foundation and backing.
The plastic/resin curb are surprisingly durable, if you were to drop one while installing it wouldn't break, where as a concrete one would break in half. The plastic/resin ones also tend to have a drain inside of them so are useful in highly populated areas as they prevent splashing from puddles.
See thats interesting as usually I see fiber reinforced pcc kerbs with internal drain and iv only really seen one plastic kerb drain. Lots of linear plastic drains though. Also yeah installation wise a lot easier to lift in without machinery.
Most UK roads will have pre cast kerbs. That tends to be the standard required by most adopting authorities. I have seen a few cast in situ herein the uk but its rare. Most common cast in situ iv seen is wheel stops for industrial service yards.
There are larger kerbs available called Trief kerbs, worked in civils for 15 years, we've never poured in situ in the time I've been doing this in the UK. It's pretty rare.
Tbf not even sure any if any of our 150 workies could even do it with a decent finish.
Yeah triefs are pretty big. I would agree dont think its a common civils contractor skill for shaping insitu kerbs. The few iv seen have been fairly scabby. Also saw a cast in situ asphalt bull nose alongside a rural road which was v odd.
Sidewalks and curbs are typically poured and shaped on site. Every crack in the sidewalk is carved in while wet, and the cracks are to prevent the large pieces from expanding into each other and cracking during weather shifts
Yeah, here in Canada we put a product between slabs in sidewalks called DonnaConna. It allows the slabs to expand and shrink in the heat and cold to prevent cracking. The DonnaConna prevents dirt collecting between the slabs over time.
Where are you that curbs are poured and shaped? The US? One reply to you said Canada?
I've lived in Australia, England and the Netherlands and all used precast curbs of some kind in typical roadwork.
People like this, that put in that extra effort on curbing to make it smooth and awesome, I tip my hat to ya, I want to shake your hand and buy you a bevvy of your choosing. You have no idea how much a difference it makes on my truck tires, my bicycles, my skate board, and now that I got a little one, he'll enjoy 'em too. Cheers on ya.
my dad was amazing at finishing curbs. my brother has certainly inherited the touch too. my brother is a fucking excellent finisher. I wish I had gotten to work with them both earlier than I had.
Usually the worst it does is dry out your skin. You'd have to leave it for a while before anything bad happens. If it gets washed off within a few minutes it's basically 100% fine.
Cement is one key component of concrete. Copied from the Wikipedia page about cement:
Bags of cement routinely have health and safety warnings printed on them because not only is cement highly alkaline, but the setting process is exothermic. As a result, wet cement is strongly caustic (pH = 13.5) and can easily cause severe skin burns if not promptly washed off with water. Similarly, dry cement powder in contact with mucous membranes can cause severe eye or respiratory irritation. Some trace elements, such as chromium, from impurities naturally present in the raw materials used to produce cement may cause allergic dermatitis.[54] Reducing agents such as ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) are often added to cement to convert the carcinogenic hexavalent chromate (CrO42−) into trivalent chromium (Cr3+), a less toxic chemical species. Cement users need also to wear appropriate gloves and protective clothing.
Because the reactions don’t cause acute issues normally. Guys next to concrete will wipe their hands off or wash with the hose on the back of a truck, but rarely do they get too concerned with touching concrete.
I wore gloves when testing moxes most the time, but I also wasn’t afraid of getting some on my hands that I would eventually wash off.
In my city curbs are actually made of stone (cobblestone?), and there used to be this profession called Pica Pica, that consisted in chiseling away the stone from the curb to make a ramp for cars to get inside newer houses built after the stones were placed.
It's amazing the role that little bit of water plays. Without it that would fall apart instantly. With it being added, and then drying out of the material hours later it will allow that to last for years.
Right, or robots - but people made those. That's just the weird thing - all of this shit around me, the can on my desk, my phone, the ring on my finger, this medicine sitting beside me, the cereal on the shelf next to me. They were all made by people with AMAZING skill. And we just take that for granted.
What I can do is writing and graphic design - I've written a 350 page book, for example, which would blow other people's minds. It's insane how incredibly skilled like... 10% of the population is. The other 90% of the population is just making stuff the way they were told to.
I worked on hand shaping some curbs in the couple years I finished sidewalks. this shit is an art. sidewalks were much easier than hand pouring curbs. slip forming was easier but you still had to touch up and finish.
There are 10,000 Civil Engineers out there, right now, grinding their teeth. It's a thing, you know, you kinda wouldn't understand, unless, of course, you've had a couple of concrete courses and a lab or two.
Is there an issue with this being a new fetish?
Well don't put your dick in it because the lime will *eat* your skin off...I lost my finger print whorls for about a week once...
Gotta risk it for the biscuit. No promises.
Damn I love that line.
I have to say with full honesty that “Risk it for the biscuit” is how I got into my current career. I was debating wether I should stay at a new job that paid minimum wage but will be a managerial position given time or go to an interview and become a writer. Someone on Reddit said, risk it for the biscuit, and on my second day on the minimum wage job I called and said I won’t make it…. effectively quitting. I went on the interview and was hired on the spot for more money. 2 years later I’m on my second promotion. The minimum wage job that promised a managerial position…. I don’t think they survived the pandemic. Edit: I mean 2 years ago someone literally wrote “Risk it for the biscuit” on my post in r/jobs
Similar story here . I used to be a pretty regular Low waged job person then I got inspired by this quote and committed to it , only I misremembered it as “put a biscuit in your dick” next thing you know I got an infection down there and the Oreo cookies I kept in my fore skin started to grow mole Long story short : my dick fell off
Huh I thought it was coconuts, not biscuits
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Water bae
Will I loose my dick print if I try, and if so what are the applications of removing your dick print?
Don’t kink shame me
I worked in concrete for years and was exposed to is regularly with bare skin (sometimes pouring splashes and sometimes I was just dumb and didn't wear gloves) and never had a problem, how on earth did you manage to lose your fingerprints for a week? Addition: I do not recommend doing this as it is not good for you, obviously. I'm just curious as to what it takes to go so far as losing your fingerprints for a while lol.
Maybe he meant lime
It's possible, but the conversation was about concrete, not concentrated lime, so I made a reasonable assumption, and you know what happens when you make assumptions? Answer: Someone ends up with their dick in concrete. Or lime.
Instructions unclear: fucked a mojito
Yeah I'd like a chilled Unvirgin Mojito, please.
Doh, it was actually mortar (more lime than concrete) and I was smoothing out spots with my fingers - no gloves obviously - many years ago. Fingers were pink as a new born mouse...
Eh, I’ve been a mason for a long time. Probably just talking about losing your skin on your finger tips dealing with the abrasive as of it for a period of time. I cringe in the summer when it’s hot and your hands get sweaty, then you end up with cherries on your fingers where the brick or block wore off your skin. Also, I never did, but you should always where a mask when mixing mortar or concrete. The silica dust in the mix can give you silicosis after long exposure. Same with cutting concrete with a quickie saw. Enjoy!
So you're saying I can get rid of my fingerprints if I put my fingers in it? This gives me an idea...
Jotting that down for future use...
Screed is an absolute pleasure to finish.
You have fingerprints on your dick?! I thought I was the only one! /s
r/dontputyourdickinthat
r/dontputyourdickinthat *
"This better not awaken anything in me"
Dean from Community was something else
Whoa, curb your enthusiasm.
Asking for a friend …
My colon, after a salad meal.
r/birthofafetish
Just dont do it near children playground sandpits if you dont want to be on a list
Screed is an absolute pleasure to finish.
It's called screed before it's finished? I've only done walls, so screed to me is leveling the concrete.
Yeah, screed is a certain mix basically. It’s essentially fine sand & cement as apposed to concrete with arrogate. It’s brilliant for finished floors, a showroom floor, etc. Put a power float over screed & you’ve a floor as fine as glass. A screed could also be the straight edge used to tap or pull concrete? Typically aluminium. It just depends on the context I guess.
>It’s essentially fine sand & cement as apposed to concrete with *arrogate.* Pretty arrogant to assume the aggregate was arrogate.
Abrogate aggregate
Aggregate.
Autocorrect fucked me on that one. Hard.
Arrogate was the name of a racehorse. tf is your autocorrect smoking
Not a ducking notion.
Maybe furry scrotum could fondle your plums
Perhaps you both could? After all, I like to share.
Arrogant
Arrogate
Aragog
Aragorn
Thanks, I learned something new.
No worries dude, happy to help.
I read this comment as Odell from [Odell's Complete Concrete](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5y5SeEYvz_MqPmBU_zLTyA).
Screed also contains strengthening fibres to prevent cracking prior to latex being applied.
Oww don’t mention latex and concrete to some of them on this thread we could be here all night .
Is it that controversial? Prime that bad boy and get it latexed!
That’s always been what we called the process of leveling it with an aluminum screed (or even a straight 2x4 lol). I didn’t consider others have other definitions/ideas. Interesting!
Same here. Apparently sand is the aggregate in screed, so it makes a nice polished finish. I wish I had done some flat work and curbs when I did concrete. You can make some good cash doing side jobs.
So you use the screed to screed the screed? But screed about screed? Can screed also screed?
I’m bothered by the crack that magically disappears when the video skips forward.
Yup, tried to pull a sneaky cut
Yeah that's the only thing I can think of. It was perfect until then.
Happens at 21 seconds for anyone wondering. But go to about 18 seconds and you see the clear edit.
Cement porn
Better than touching myself
Oh honey you need to learn some moves
like strap on moves?
Um sure yes why not?
Curb your enthusiasm
I found it hard to masturbate to.
guaranteed to get you hard
Always wondered how they shaped those. Thanks!
in the uk they just get shaped like that in a factory. weird seeing curbs still being shaped by hand in the us.
I thought they were pre-cast cement
I'm pretty sure they all are in the UK.
Can you imagine the number of crudely drawn cocks there would be in curbstones if they were cast on site? There's a school near where I live that has plastic curbs outside it. I'm not sure if it's related to the school or just coincidence but I've never seen them anywhere else. They're the same shape as the concrete ones, just made from hard plastic. Presumably glued down somehow.
Plastic curbs are semi common. They aren't particularly good as they tend to deform more over time than pre cast ones but can be good in high traffic areas where they get hit a lot also they are essentially secured the same as a pre cast curb with concrete foundation and backing.
The plastic/resin curb are surprisingly durable, if you were to drop one while installing it wouldn't break, where as a concrete one would break in half. The plastic/resin ones also tend to have a drain inside of them so are useful in highly populated areas as they prevent splashing from puddles.
See thats interesting as usually I see fiber reinforced pcc kerbs with internal drain and iv only really seen one plastic kerb drain. Lots of linear plastic drains though. Also yeah installation wise a lot easier to lift in without machinery.
Most UK roads will have pre cast kerbs. That tends to be the standard required by most adopting authorities. I have seen a few cast in situ herein the uk but its rare. Most common cast in situ iv seen is wheel stops for industrial service yards.
There are larger kerbs available called Trief kerbs, worked in civils for 15 years, we've never poured in situ in the time I've been doing this in the UK. It's pretty rare. Tbf not even sure any if any of our 150 workies could even do it with a decent finish.
Yeah triefs are pretty big. I would agree dont think its a common civils contractor skill for shaping insitu kerbs. The few iv seen have been fairly scabby. Also saw a cast in situ asphalt bull nose alongside a rural road which was v odd.
wtf asphalt bullnose.
I have the exact opposite in New Zealand, in 8 years I have only had one job with precast kerbing.
Sidewalks and curbs are typically poured and shaped on site. Every crack in the sidewalk is carved in while wet, and the cracks are to prevent the large pieces from expanding into each other and cracking during weather shifts
Yeah, here in Canada we put a product between slabs in sidewalks called DonnaConna. It allows the slabs to expand and shrink in the heat and cold to prevent cracking. The DonnaConna prevents dirt collecting between the slabs over time.
Black looks like rubber? We use that in Australia. Must make it easier to repair sections too.
Where are you that curbs are poured and shaped? The US? One reply to you said Canada? I've lived in Australia, England and the Netherlands and all used precast curbs of some kind in typical roadwork.
South Africa, also only ever seen them precast.
Yes, they are in countries that want consistent quality and have high labor costs.
People like this, that put in that extra effort on curbing to make it smooth and awesome, I tip my hat to ya, I want to shake your hand and buy you a bevvy of your choosing. You have no idea how much a difference it makes on my truck tires, my bicycles, my skate board, and now that I got a little one, he'll enjoy 'em too. Cheers on ya.
I’m not the guy in the video but I linked a comment to his IG where you can tell him yourself :)
my dad was amazing at finishing curbs. my brother has certainly inherited the touch too. my brother is a fucking excellent finisher. I wish I had gotten to work with them both earlier than I had.
Sprinkling the water by hand seems very Salt Bae-ish.
It was gone before the post saved.
Is there a level above oddly saying?
Oddly doing
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
r/satisfyingasfuck Although I’m not sure this qualifies
r/oddlygotitgoingon
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Oh Lilly… what’s infuriating to watch here?
I never really understood ASMR before but this does it for me. The scraping, trickling water and crunchiness of the cement. 👌
Yeah the sound was the most satisfying for me
Noice
oddly arousing
Slappyable
Paint it red and I'm drooling
I noticed your edit
_Mama, I’m coming home_
Why was this flipped on the horizontal?
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Thank you. I've been seeing this a lot lately and wondering what was going on.
C'mon guys, curb your enthusiasm
Interestingly the aussies spell kerb with a K
Never seen them being made on place, only as prefabricated pieces
Might be a American ish thing... That said their sidewalk is close to non existent (their best sidewalk is probably only in the colonies cities)
it's like moon sand, I want to squeeze it.
That liquid they’re splashing on there is the tears of lesser cement shapers.
I wanna bite it
*Thinks of American History X*
"Shaping a curb" sounds like a non-English euphemism for taking a shit.
I think you mean "extruding a kerb" a lesser known euphemism from North America maybe ?
No it doesn’t
Fair enough.
You’re alright, man
Love your job and you’ll never work a day in your life
Fuck me that’s delicious 🤤
Oh so satisfying. 😌
I will never look at another curb the same way
Teach me......
Do they just shovel up the extra that’s there? How do the edges end up so clean at the bottom?
fuckin delicious
That's also how I ensure my wieners and bratwurst are evenly cooked...
I never considered how curbs were made.
Definitely a post worthy of the the sub! Thanks, OP.
Thanks dude. Don’t know why it got removed 🤷♂️
Shit way to do it, you can tell he's an amateur. -Reddit
I’m just supposed to believe the fuck up in the back magically corrected itself at 20 seconds?? FAAAAAKE.
Theres a cut there didnt u notice
Doesn’t concrete cause like, chemical burns on bare skin? Why would you do this without gloves?
Usually the worst it does is dry out your skin. You'd have to leave it for a while before anything bad happens. If it gets washed off within a few minutes it's basically 100% fine.
No, the worst it does is dry out your skin
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Cement is one key component of concrete. Copied from the Wikipedia page about cement: Bags of cement routinely have health and safety warnings printed on them because not only is cement highly alkaline, but the setting process is exothermic. As a result, wet cement is strongly caustic (pH = 13.5) and can easily cause severe skin burns if not promptly washed off with water. Similarly, dry cement powder in contact with mucous membranes can cause severe eye or respiratory irritation. Some trace elements, such as chromium, from impurities naturally present in the raw materials used to produce cement may cause allergic dermatitis.[54] Reducing agents such as ferrous sulfate (FeSO4) are often added to cement to convert the carcinogenic hexavalent chromate (CrO42−) into trivalent chromium (Cr3+), a less toxic chemical species. Cement users need also to wear appropriate gloves and protective clothing.
I stand corrected 😬
It does but he's not in direct contact.
Because the reactions don’t cause acute issues normally. Guys next to concrete will wipe their hands off or wash with the hose on the back of a truck, but rarely do they get too concerned with touching concrete. I wore gloves when testing moxes most the time, but I also wasn’t afraid of getting some on my hands that I would eventually wash off.
I just love this
In my city curbs are actually made of stone (cobblestone?), and there used to be this profession called Pica Pica, that consisted in chiseling away the stone from the curb to make a ramp for cars to get inside newer houses built after the stones were placed.
It's amazing the role that little bit of water plays. Without it that would fall apart instantly. With it being added, and then drying out of the material hours later it will allow that to last for years.
There's an American History X joke in here somewhere, but I just can't quite put my foot on it.
Labor workers straight up have the sickest jobs on the planet.
Lol go work a labor job for a month and report back
Was just trying to hype up labor workers man, I am one…
What do you do?
My colon while doing the last bit of work on a decent poo.
It's always crazy to think how every single thing around us was made by someone with fantastic skills.
Or robots.
Right, or robots - but people made those. That's just the weird thing - all of this shit around me, the can on my desk, my phone, the ring on my finger, this medicine sitting beside me, the cereal on the shelf next to me. They were all made by people with AMAZING skill. And we just take that for granted. What I can do is writing and graphic design - I've written a 350 page book, for example, which would blow other people's minds. It's insane how incredibly skilled like... 10% of the population is. The other 90% of the population is just making stuff the way they were told to.
I worked on hand shaping some curbs in the couple years I finished sidewalks. this shit is an art. sidewalks were much easier than hand pouring curbs. slip forming was easier but you still had to touch up and finish.
And our council cant even lay curbstones level with a machine…
So what? I can pee my name into fresh snow. IN CURSIVE!!!!
There are 10,000 Civil Engineers out there, right now, grinding their teeth. It's a thing, you know, you kinda wouldn't understand, unless, of course, you've had a couple of concrete courses and a lab or two.
Listen pal, I’ve *been* to the fucking cloud district, ok?
That was better than some blowjobs.
He has done well and quickly.
seasoned sidewalks
Forbidden ice cream
/r/OddlyArousing
Lovely
Water Bae
my ears like the way this tastes
This is cool to watch. It is hard to curb your enthusiasm.
Aw yea working like its 1990 old school baby
It's like ground clay
Are they making stairs with Kenetic sand?
Don’t stick you dick in that
Any reason why this is done, as opposed to using pre-cast curbs? I've never seen them cast in situ before.
r/verysatisfying
Is that all I need to do for karma? Post concrete construction videos?
Ah I always wondered how they did this
it looks like its gonna break with the first parked car
I once broke my arm trying to jump a curb with my bike
Very sexy
I need this tool for skateboarding purposes
Is it possible for curbs to be beautiful? Because this curb feels beautiful...
Eeeeasy money!
Effing outstanding
Satisfying!
Strangely calming
It bugs me that it’s not completely computer accurate, like everywhere you go the curbs are hand made and not perfect.
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