Any Other Business

[eastcoast 4,774]

Turned the TV on and BBC4 opened. An interesting programme, Loretta Lynn -Still a Mountain Girl. 1st song played a coal miner's daughter. Got me thinking, my mam was a coal miner's daughter. Most people where I was born were sons or daughters of coal miners but no songs have really been written about it. Well, there have been, but not celebrated in the way it is in other countries, particularly as in the good old US of A. A battle was fought and won in this country. Coal mining was bad. Green is good (Margret Thatcher played a blinder to get the bleeding heart middle classes on board) and even though we are still sitting atop of billions  £££s of coal, even in the grip of a global energy crisis, we will not be mining it. At least silicosis of the lungs is a thing of the past... well, should be but people are not being educated and protected to the standard that they should be. That is something that I angered people about today. Also, Mental Health Day this Monday coming. Lads topping themselves becoming ever more common. Working in construction. FFS.

Anyway, I was at a meeting today that ended as they all do with any other business. I came on here to see if the people who post funny or interesting things had posted in the sections that they do and thought... what if people just want post random stuff that does not fit into an existing thread? Have a rant or a vent. Or post something positive or... whatever.

Don't worry, if mods do not delete this I will at 14:50 tomorrow. If I remember.

 

[Ken's Deputy 4,463]

8 minutes ago, eastcoast said:

what if people just want post random stuff that does not fit into an existing thread? Have a rant or a vent. Or post something positive or... whatever.

Don't worry, if mods do not delete this I will at 14:50 tomorrow. If I remember.

Relax, East. This is " General Talk ", mate. " Any Other Business " would actually be an excellent title for the place!

Why would ye want ye own post deleted?  Ye sound a shade off colour, mate. You alright?

 

[eastcoast 4,774]

14 minutes ago, Pez79 said:

Gutted I missed out on working down the pit, in today's climate health & safety is much better so it would have been possible to live a full & healthy working life.

I literally grew up 2 mins walk from my local colliery, 8 hour shift and off to the working man's for a gallon, sounds bliss.

 

 i have said the same thing many times to members of my own family. Mostly to the ones who have become a few generations removed from "proper" working class but go on the Durham miner marches etc, and would not last 6 month working down the pit. But you know what? They would if they had no choice. Same as the generation before had no choice. Sink or swim. And there are others in my family that spout shite about Ireland, brave freedom fighters, FFS, they struggle to served in a bar.