There are very few places where a man with an 8th grade education can make a predictable six figure salary and none of them are behind a desk. I, myself, seriously thought about a tour driving for KBR in Iraq. Over $100K tax free makes you think long and hard about the odds AND I have a college degree!

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

Why didn't you go and what do you do now? By the way your avatar is making me drool.....

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

As bad as this mining tragedy is, you should look at the one currently developing in China; 172 miners trapped in a flooded mine.

China has no MSHA.

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-livin' in the terminally flippant zone

Today, they are going to drill one more hole...

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

I'm sure the only point in another hole now is PR.

My grandfather was a mine inspector back during the Great Depression. I remember seeing his miner's hard hat with the little carbide lamp on it sitting on a book shelf in his office.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles