http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL1861218020080218
Reuters UK
18 February 2008
Painting the Forth bridge -- end in sight
LONDON (Reuters) - For over 120 years the job of painting the colossal Forth railway bridge has famously been a never-ending task.
So much steel is involved in the 1.5-mile long rail bridge over the Firth of Forth that, the legend goes, by the time the painters finish, they need to start over again at the other end. [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7250560.stm
BBC News [UK]
18 February 2008
Forth Bridge painting set to end
The process of painting the Forth Rail Bridge is finally set to end in four years' time, it has been announced.
The need for continuous maintenance of the structure has passed into folklore and led to the coining of a phrase for a never-ending job. [...]
The New Yorker, 7 Sept 1929, p. 17.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Notes and Comment
Investigation to determine the dreariest job in the world has brought to light the fact that the fence at Woodlawn Cemetery requires painting once a year -- that is, each paling must be covered with a coat once in every three hundred and sixty-five days. Two men are employed on the work, and as punctually as they complete the round, the year completes its round. Then they start over again. [...]
Reuters UK
18 February 2008
Painting the Forth bridge -- end in sight
LONDON (Reuters) - For over 120 years the job of painting the colossal Forth railway bridge has famously been a never-ending task.
So much steel is involved in the 1.5-mile long rail bridge over the Firth of Forth that, the legend goes, by the time the painters finish, they need to start over again at the other end. [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7250560.stm
BBC News [UK]
18 February 2008
Forth Bridge painting set to end
The process of painting the Forth Rail Bridge is finally set to end in four years' time, it has been announced.
The need for continuous maintenance of the structure has passed into folklore and led to the coining of a phrase for a never-ending job. [...]
The New Yorker, 7 Sept 1929, p. 17.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Notes and Comment
Investigation to determine the dreariest job in the world has brought to light the fact that the fence at Woodlawn Cemetery requires painting once a year -- that is, each paling must be covered with a coat once in every three hundred and sixty-five days. Two men are employed on the work, and as punctually as they complete the round, the year completes its round. Then they start over again. [...]
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