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>> NOW, THAT SUMMER, THE
BUILDING MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
HAD DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING
TO BASICALLY TEAR DOWN THE OLD
WATER TOWER AND PUT A NEW ONE
IN.
AND THIS WATER TOWER WAS ENCASED
IN A WOODEN-- HUGE WOODEN BOX
WITH A ROOF ON IT.
AND OUR JOB WAS ESSENTIALLY TO
GO UP THERE THAT SUMMER AND TEAR
OFF THE SIDES OF THIS BOX, AND
THEN, JUST TAKE OUT ALL OF THE
DEBRIS THAT WAS SITTING BETWEEN
THE TANK AND THE WALLS OF THIS
BOX.
AND THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY FILLED
WITH, YOU KNOW, DEAD CARCASSES,
BIRDS, BIRD DROPPINGS, FEATHERS,
YOU KNOW, AND THIS STUFF WAS
YEARS OLD.
I MEAN, NO ONE HAD GONE UP THERE
IN YEARS, SO THIS STUFF WAS
NASTY.
NOW, THE ACTUAL CASING OF THE
TANK WAS ENCLOSED SO NONE OF
THIS WAS GETTING ITS WATER
SYSTEM PLUGGED.
WE SPENT, I DON'T KNOW, A WEEK
OR TWO UP THERE, JUST CLEARING
OUT ALL THE DEBRIS.
IT WAS LIKE TWO OF US, TWO OR
THREE OF US, IT WAS NASTY.
I GUESS THE VIEW OF THE CITY WAS
GREAT FROM THERE, THAT PARK WAS
GREAT, BUT NASTY JOB.
THAT THERE WERE JUST SOME JOBS,
THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY
PAID YOU, IT WAS JUST TOO NASTY
THAT-- TO DO, AND I'M GLAD IT
WAS JUST A SUMMER JOB.