As usual, we were stuck in a mini-jam at the red light near my office today morning. Me and my husband were looking around and making intellectual observations about things around while our car crawled through the traffic. Down the road, some meters ahead of us, we noticed laborers pushing a cement-mixing machine on the side-walk. Those of you who know what I mean by a cement-mixing machine will picture it as a circular container suspended on bars with huge wheels. Cement along with other material is put inside this circular container and the container is rotated to mix the cement properly. It is not a light contraption; on the contrary, it seems quite heavy. These laborers were moving quite fast. They were actually running behind the machine while pushing it with their hands. One laborer was pulling it from the front. "I wonder why they are moving so fast," My husband wondered. "They must be in a hurry," I suggested. "But this machine must be heavy and difficu...
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