His mother fell ill, and he dropped out of high school to support her by hauling concrete blocks and mixing mortar.
Actually, there is a relatively easy way built a beautiful walkway without having to mix concrete or trowel mortar.
Those not actually laying bricks or making them were cutting stone, building molds, crushing stone, carrying bricks, or mixing cement and mortar.
Having limited, or no construction skills, these men quickly learned their jobs of mixing mortar, laying block, placing concrete, stringing electrical lines, carpentry, etc.
When his first Ragovoy-produced single 'Ain't Nobody Home' hit the R&B chart in August 1966, Howard was mixing mortar on a Philadelphia construction site.
It can also be used to mix mortar when there is no Plasticizer available on the building sites.
The Odjob is rolled for a maximum of 90 seconds to mix mortar.
Now, though, I'm making more money teaching people how to mix good mortar than I ever did laying stone-block walls.
Gangs of Kagonesti elves swarmed around the site, sawing lumber, hauling stones, mixing mortar.
He also worked as a labourer for his uncle's bricklaying firm, mixing mortar for the bricklayers.