Jess H. Brewer
Aug 14, 2023

When I was a teenager I worked construction one summer, unloading bricks from a railroad car in the Florida summer sun. Despite popping salt tablets and guzzling water, I got hit by sunstroke and was laid up for a week or more. Dumb and dumber! But the other guys were doing it!

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Jess H. Brewer
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