On 2021-05-18 12:47 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 2:50:24 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>>> I got to see the inside of that mine once. Dark, damp and a tunnel
>> going way underground that mountain.
>>
>> That would be a scary place to work all your life.
>
> It sure sounds like a shitty way to live. I can't say if it's better
> to be a miner or a slave. Working underground sounds like a
> terrifying notion. My father-in-law worked in a coal mine when he was
> young. He didn't like it so he learned to dig for data with computers
> instead. A friend's dad became a rocket scientist to get away from
> mining. They certainly done better than their fellow coal miners.
>


Think about what it would have been like in the old days for people in
northern regions. They often worked at least 12 hours a day. They would
go to work in the dark and come home in the dark and might not see the
sun for a week at a time.