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HAB911

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2. Brother in arms

Reply to nikibatts (Original post)

Sat Jun 17, 2017, 08:35 AM

Jun 2017

very well put. I spent 45 years installing central offices and pbx around the country. Today it's all being dumpsterized. It's called progress and all those snowflakes that want to return to 1950 need to get real.

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I really feel for the Appalachian coal miners. Thousands have lost jobs. But millions of others [View all] nikibatts Jun 2017 OP

Hillary presented detailed plans for bringing green industry to Appalachia. yardwork Jun 2017 #1

Yup ismnotwasm Jun 2017 #8

Yep, it's hard time feeling sorry for people who continue to hurt themselves by supporting bigots. we can do it Jun 2017 #14

Thank you! Adrahil Jun 2017 #17

Thank you! lunamagica Jun 2017 #20

I remember, Hillary had detailed plans for green energy. ACA has already created over 400,000 jobs! Sunlei Jun 2017 #21

All of this. I agree with it 100%. NT Bleacher Creature Jun 2017 #28

Very true, she did. Also infuriating and sad not being able to penetrate the culture of grievance. n Hekate Jun 2017 #31

Brother in arms HAB911 Jun 2017 #2

One of my first jobs was on a PBX. :) No one knows what they are now :) luvMIdog Jun 2017 #4

I did that as a work study job @ college in the mid 70s irisblue Jun 2017 #10

Or imagine you still insist on making vacuum tubes . Trump bring back vacuum tube manufacturing lunasun Jun 2017 #26

My dad worked on aircraft from the end of WWII for 45 years. He survived rolling layoffs... Hekate Jun 2017 #32

I've had to change course each time for the better imo .it sure did keep me from getting behind lunasun Jun 2017 #34

Private Branch Exchanges are still being installed, but they are digital systems. LuvLoogie Jun 2017 #30

Yep HAB911 Jun 2017 #35

Totally agree. theophilus Jun 2017 #3

The miners know this janterry Jun 2017 #5

Trump's "open coal mines" idea won't create that many Panich52 Jun 2017 #6

The sad thing. Blue_true Jun 2017 #12

It seems they only know mining and don't want to learn anything else. And Trump promised them so nikibatts Jun 2017 #22

Look, coal is dead. Nothing will change that. Blue_true Jun 2017 #23

How true. And also sad that Trump has rescinded ban on Panich52 Jun 2017 #36

One other sad point. duncang Jun 2017 #7

Yep, to their detriment. nt Blue_true Jun 2017 #13

I watched a portion of my county's public building Ilsa Jun 2017 #9

We need politicians to start seriously thinking about guaranteed income for all adults. Blue_true Jun 2017 #15

In the 70s when the So Cal aerospace industry was booming procon Jun 2017 #11

health care jobs were #1 in coal country mopinko Jun 2017 #16

You forgot education. Teaching jobs are jobs. They're gonna reduce it to minimum wage abuse. lindysalsagal Jun 2017 #18

Much of coal country is losing population crazycatlady Jun 2017 #19

Yes we are doing a good job....its a different problem... Xolodno Jun 2017 #24

+1 n/t jaysunb Jun 2017 #33

One of many things I find hard to understand... 3catwoman3 Jun 2017 #25

I worked as a telephone operator for Ma Bell PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2017 #27

Nope, I don't feel sorry for those fools liberal N proud Jun 2017 #29