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MikeLitoris_________ t1_iu07ggd wrote

TIL there are still coal mines operating in the US.

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90daylimitedwarranty OP t1_iu0biyz wrote

I just hope the people sitting around him were cool and not bitching about the guy next to them "being dirty." If it was me, I'd be buying him beers.

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chirop1 t1_iu28zv6 wrote

The game was the Blue White game preseason scrimmage normally played in Lexington. It was moved to a venue in Eastern Kentucky as a way to raise money for flood relief after the recent floods. The people around him would all have been Eastern Kentucky folks accustomed to coal workers.

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dolphins3 t1_iu3a8li wrote

> If it was me, I'd be buying him beers.

Why? That seems really random.

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[deleted] t1_iu3ir08 wrote

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dolphins3 t1_iu4qrql wrote

Sure, I don't feel the need to buy strangers who work physical labor job gifts though.

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col-fancypants t1_iu1k03z wrote

Its still around. But no one is singing songs about it. The company broke all the backs and spirits

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dolphins3 t1_iu3a4cl wrote

> TIL there are still coal mines operating in the US.

It's really a huge shame. Whenever I see a story about another coal mine closing I like to post it to this subreddit.

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jwilcoxwilcox t1_iu21no8 wrote

There are more people who work at Disney World than there are coal miners in the US.

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