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Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
The books are filled with names of kings.
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
— sigh, yes, Bertolt Brecht, A Worker Reads History.
Look, in retrospect, my idea for a fundraising CFMEU “Not WorkSafe!” glamour calendar was a misfire, and it’s probably good it didn’t happen. The concept came from noticing how, on sites, there were so many young people, male and female, of a certain… elegance, and suggesting that sultry shots of them in situ, plus two of fat, grumpy old geezers for December and January, for giggles, might raise funds for charity.
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