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- Concrete Pumping 101 Reduced To One Lesson As Bloke Reclines In Hoodie And Lets The Boom Take Every Load Without Lifting A Finger
- Three Blokes Stop A Live Slab Pour To Get Jam And Cream Down The Hatch While One Mate Screeds Alone And Nobody Offers To Swap
- 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
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