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All stories- Fresh Tats, Metal Cap Teeth And A Gold Chain Heavy Enough To Anchor A Boom Prompt Nationwide Search For What Jarred Murphy Upgrades Next
- Gold Coast's Sexiest Pumpy Talks A Possum Down Out Of The Boom Like A Fucking Steve Irwin Tribute Act While The Marsupial Shows More Teeth Than Most Lines
- Shirtless Bloke Squares Up To A Boom Truck In A Red Jersey With One Stick And Zero Plan, Linehands Divided On Who Is Getting Pumped
- Woman In Hi-Vis Tells The Whole Industry She Won't Say It Again, So Take Notes Ladies, And Blokes Who Never Listened Should Take Two Sets
- Concreter Spends The Lord's Day Behind A Hammer Drill And A Grinder, Then Sits In The Car And Lets Both Hands File A Formal Complaint
- Truck Driver Declares One Spray Bottle, One Blue Cloth And A Spotless Gear Knob The Only Therapy She Needs After A Cab Nobody Else Cleans
- Mowing Crew Adds Detective Work To The Service List After Following One Smoking White Flat-Tray Hilux Around A Roundabout
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