Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Sounds of spring
Walking to the store this morning, I noticed no less than three houses getting new roofs. One of the roofing jobs sounded wrong somehow ... seemed to be missing something. As I tuned my ears to the location, I realized that I couldn't hear an air compressor, I couldn't hear a boombox emitting rock-n-roll, and the tools sounded strange. More like a resonant ringing sound than the usual Thunk-thunk-thunk. Are these guys actually roofers? If not, what are they doing up there?
As I walked closer, I saw that they were indeed putting on new shingles, but they were doing it without hammers. That's why they didn't need the air compressor and the boombox. Instead of hammers, they were using tools with a long wooden shaft and a metal head, which accounted for the ringing sound.
Might be some strange kind of Amish tool? I've shown a comparison below, in hopes that someone can solve this mystery.
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As I walked closer, I saw that they were indeed putting on new shingles, but they were doing it without hammers. That's why they didn't need the air compressor and the boombox. Instead of hammers, they were using tools with a long wooden shaft and a metal head, which accounted for the ringing sound.
Might be some strange kind of Amish tool? I've shown a comparison below, in hopes that someone can solve this mystery.
¶ 11:46 AM
