Appalachia now Trump country

[yuna628 9,758]

Spent a lot of time there have you ?

Is that a problem for you in particular?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Is that a problem for you in particular?

I don't have a problem either way. I am way too much of a class clown to really give 1/2 of of 1 nanosecond about too much of anything.

But however since you avoided the question, I will take that as a NO

[yuna628 9,758]

I don't have a problem either way. I am way too much of a class clown to really give 1/2 of of 1 nanosecond about too much of anything.

But however since you avoided the question, I will take that as a NO

You can take it however you like. If I answered yes, you'll have no doubt just as snarky reply to as if I answered no. I'm glad you care though, really, even if it is just a little bit.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

You can take it however you like. If I answered yes, you'll have no doubt just as snarky reply to as if I answered no. I'm glad you care though, really, even if it is just a little bit.

So no ?

[yuna628 9,758]

So no ?

You've made that assumption, which isn't correct.

[ExPatty 502]

haha hahah @*#&ing love that. So true.

As for mining mining is going nowhere and is as crucial now as ever, tons of raw materials are pulled from the ground and will be throughout our life times. Coal could very slowly be on the way out (I've not checked), but we won't be going to other sources of energy at a fast rate.

Edited May 5, 2016 by ExPatty

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

You've made that assumption, which isn't correct.

So yes ?

You've made that assumption, which isn't correct.

So yes ?

[yuna628 9,758]

So yes ?

So yes ?

If you can't determine a yes from my previous statement, you may need an eye check.

I know the excitement to know if I have spent time in the Appalachian area is killing you with suspense. It's such an important issue rather than the topic at hand.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

If you can't determine a yes from my previous statement, you may need an eye check.

I know the excitement to know if I have spent time in the Appalachian area is killing you with suspense. It's such an important issue rather than the topic at hand.

Well you gave a rather details first person report, so one would assume you had first hand experiance. I was just wanting to clarify if you were just parroting something you googled or you had actually spent time in the area.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

haha hahah @*#&ing love that. So true.

As for mining mining is going nowhere and is as crucial now as ever, tons of raw materials are pulled from the ground and will be throughout our life times. Coal could very slowly be on the way out (I've not checked), but we won't be going to other sources of energy at a fast rate.

Dude, you are only right about the fact that you haven't checked.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Make America Appolatia Again! I'm pretty sure that Herr Drumpf will get right to work on making all of America working poor. Just Google how well Drumpf treats his Vegas Casino workers. Good pay? Nope. Decent benifits? Nope! Get your own wealthy daddy to give you a fortune.

Nine out of 10 Appalachian men do not receive college degrees; some don't even finish high school. The average starting salary for a coal mine worker is $60,000.

"You can come right out of high school and make $70,000 a year," said Missy Perdue, 22, a stay-at-home mother whose husband, Jeff Perdue, Jr., 22, is a miner.

April Athey, 28, also says she appreciates her husband's salary, despite the risks of mining, so that she can stay at home and raise the couple's four kids, including one-year-old twins

http://abcnews.go.com/US/Mine/west-virginia-coal-miners-allure-dangerous-profession/story?id=10305839

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Nine out of 10 Appalachian men do not receive college degrees; some don't even finish high school. The average starting salary for a coal mine worker is $60,000.

"You can come right out of high school and make $70,000 a year," said Missy Perdue, 22, a stay-at-home mother whose husband, Jeff Perdue, Jr., 22, is a miner.

April Athey, 28, also says she appreciates her husband's salary, despite the risks of mining, so that she can stay at home and raise the couple's four kids, including one-year-old twins

http://abcnews.go.com/US/Mine/west-virginia-coal-miners-allure-dangerous-profession/story?id=10305839

Thanks for sharing. You nailed it

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Nine out of 10 Appalachian men do not receive college degrees; some don't even finish high school. The average starting salary for a coal mine worker is $60,000.

"You can come right out of high school and make $70,000 a year," said Missy Perdue, 22, a stay-at-home mother whose husband, Jeff Perdue, Jr., 22, is a miner.

April Athey, 28, also says she appreciates her husband's salary, despite the risks of mining, so that she can stay at home and raise the couple's four kids, including one-year-old twins

http://abcnews.go.com/US/Mine/west-virginia-coal-miners-allure-dangerous-profession/story?id=10305839

What is your point? Available jobs in a dying industry pay well?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

What is your point? Available jobs in a dying industry pay well?

I would say that was exactly his point. Helen Keller could see that

[yuna628 9,758]

What is your point? Available jobs in a dying industry pay well?

That's the tradeoff isn't it though? Give me your life and health for $. And when the person offering $ is all you have to survive with desperation and not much else, people will do anything for it.