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		potato3732842 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to draw construction equipment for kids My dad bought exactly one pound of roofing nails when replacing an entire asphalt shingle roof thanks to child labor.

mindslight 7 months ago [–]

Did he at least buy new shingles?

potato3732842 7 months ago | [–]

They were unused and in the package and they were new to him. They weren't new to the world. And he didn't buy them he bartered for them.

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