http://www.ted.com Mike Rowe the host of "Dirty Jobs," tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work,...
========== The "Dirty Jobs" crew and I were calledto a little town
in Colorado, called Craig.It's only a couple dozen square miles.It's in the Rockies.And the job in question was sheep rancher.My role on the show, for those of you
who haven't seen it -- it's pretty simple.I'm an apprentice,and I work with the people
who do the jobs in question.And my responsibilities
are to simply try and keep up,and give an honest account
of what it's like to be these peoplefor one day in their life.The job in question: herding sheep.Great.We go to Craig and we check into a hotel,and I realize the next daythat castration is going to be
an absolute part of this work.Normally, I never do any research at all.But this is a touchy subjec...