[sshine]

> it always gladdens my heart to see a female roadworker

Sure, but a female coalminer?

[DanBC]

Are you saying there aren't female coal miners? What do you think coal miners do?

[sshine]

> > > it always gladdens my heart to see a female roadworker

> > Sure, but a female coalminer?

> Are you saying there aren't female coal miners?

No, I'm not saying that. I'll be more verbose:

Sure, but does it gladden your heart to see a female coalminer?

> What do you think coal miners do?

I assume they mine coal.

[heavenlyblue]

Please tell me how many men willingly (having had other choice) would go doing road works :)

Or working at a coal mine on thaf matter.

[ss108]

I have helped defend claims brought by coal miners against their employers, and, while I obviously am restrained from giving specifics, a number of the miners were not without skills that would permit them to work in mines, yet they persisted in working in mines.

[dgoodell]

It doesn’t seem unreasonable to me that people with skills that would permit them to work in mines, work in mines.

[ss108]

Oh, sorry, other poster pointed out my error, lol

Was typing on phone

[ss108]

? Ok. See the post to which I was replying.

[kybernetikos]

> a number of the miners were not without skills that would permit them to work in mines, yet they persisted in working in mines.

Do you perhaps mean that the miners were not without skills that would permit them to work other than in mines, but persisted in working in mines?

[ss108]

Yeah, haha, thanks for correcting.

E.g. some ppl are electricians, but opt to work in mines (presumably for higher pay, but IDK)