Often times I come home EXHAUSTED
Not because the work itself was so strenuous, but because my butt was clenched so tight, for 8-10-12 hours.
I know intimately about gallows humor. It's often how we get ourselves and "support" each other, through what has to be done.
There was a local guy that spent his life building water towers. He must have loved working at those precarious Heights.
Cuz when he passed they lowered his casket with this huge crane from his company. Different to say the least