On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:39:04 -0600, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:

>Lou Decruss wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:52:09 -0600, "Gregory Morrow"
>> > wrote:

>>> Maybe with the crackdown on the employment of illegals there's now a
>>> dearth of chicken - catchers in yer area, blake...
>>
>> Chicken - Catchers???? ROFLMAO
>
>
>Believe it or not, it's a real job, Lou...do you think the chickens march
>off voluntarily to their deaths...!!!???

<laughing> I guess I just never thought about it. But the job title
still cracks me up.

>;-P
>
>Seriously, a few years back there was an article in a DC paper (_City Paper_
>IIRC, it's the DC equivalent to the Chicago _Reader_) about this. It's just
>about the krappiest job there is...it described the lives of these poor sods
>working as chicken - catchers at the MD/DE Eastern Shore chicken farms,
>asmtha from all those chicken feathers and chicken poop dust was just one of
>those problems. Just about the only peeps who did this work were Mexi
>illegals and black ghetto ex - felon types who could find no other work...

I don't know the current status of the trade but in the 80's-90's the
asbestos abatement trade was almost all done by what you describe.
I'd bet they were making more than chicken catchers. I was the
electrician and was responsible for making sure nobody got
electrocuted in the work area. I'm union and they were making almost
as much as me and most were fresh out of prison. I was in charge of
60+ other properties but I spent 90% of 12 years there. I became good
friends with one on the maintenance techs. The asbestos killed him at
43 years of age.

Lou