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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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Scrubbing down the neighborhood (Baltimore, 1950s)

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Scrubbing down the neighborhood (Baltimore, 1950s)

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish ·
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    Nothing screams broken neck like soapy marble stairs. I can’t imaging climbing them in the rain.

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      With no handrails, apparently.

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        Yeah this is the part that bothers me the most

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        you know how they say that safety regulations are written in blood? here’s an early example of building codes, or lack thereof

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      That’s not soap, they’re holystoning the porch.

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        Holystoning is done to wood, not marble.

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        Maybe, but in the rain those would be slick. That was my point.

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