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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Carpenter
Plumber
Electrician
Chef[/quote]

Except for Chef, the building trades can be physically intensive.
Not a problem when young but get into your 50s and the joints hurt. 
It's not the actual work that is demanding, it's the crunching and bending into awkward positions to get something to fit in the right place in the right way.

Architect here and have done lots of my own DIY and I tell you, I need physical recovery time after X days of labor equivalent to the X days of labor put in. This was never an issue when I was younger.[/quote]

You obviously don't know any chefs. I am married to one. It is a physically hard job lifting 50 pound bags and being on your feet in hot kitchens for 10 hours a day. [/quote]

I know a sous chef. Cooks don't have to crouch down in awkward positions half the time while doing physical labor. Their work surface is usually an ergonomic countertop height. And I have seen old cooks in the kitchen. I have yet to see an old carpenter move in and install the cabinetry
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I've never hired a young carpenter! [/quote]

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