{"id":159,"date":"2014-03-18T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T10:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/?p=159"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:41:02","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T10:41:02","slug":"bricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/samuelmuggington.com\/wordpress\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"Bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday on the train I was watching the world go by and I noticed bricks, millions of them. \u00a0So many buildings around New York City were built out of those oblong objects. \u00a0Just think, hands carefully placed each one. \u00a0Where are all those bricklayers now?<\/p>\n<p>I did some research and found that bricks have been used since 7500 BC. \u00a0New buildings appear to be mostly made of prefabricated materials. \u00a0I wonder how many people know how to lay bricks? \u00a0Is it a dying art? \u00a0I hope not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday on the train I was watching the world go by and I noticed bricks, millions of them. \u00a0So many buildings around New York City were built out of those oblong objects. \u00a0Just think, hands carefully placed each one. \u00a0Where are all those bricklayers now? 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