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Canary in a Coal Mine



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Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:45 pm
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"Alas." He glanced down at the menu. "Might be worth it to you to make it up there, come to think of it. Cheap beef's better on your end of things than mine," he joked with a chuckle.

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Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:55 pm
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She smiled humorlessly. "You certainly keep me in business. Good thing, too; this town's starting to dry up."
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:58 pm
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“…yeah,” Esmond agreed with a sigh. “It’s getting old. The kids are all taking off when they graduate. It’s a shame.”

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:02 pm
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"Not to mention the miners are coming up with less and less coal every day," she added. "Jobs are hard to come by."
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:06 pm
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"That they are," Esmond agreed with a nod and another sigh.

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:15 pm
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"What will you do when this place isn't profitable anymore?" she asked. "Have you got a summer home somewhere?"
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:20 pm
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(Good news the pizza was absolutely incredible and worth the phone call lol)

"Eh, I don't think I'm in danger of going out of business anytime soon," he said with a shrug. "Farming is farming. And as long as people exist, they need to eat."

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:05 pm
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(Huzzah!)

"So they do." She looked up at him, sipping her drink again.
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"Is your business hurting that bad you're thinking of moving?"

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:09 pm
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"No," she said firmly. "I'm very comfortable. It's the miners that are struggling."
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:10 pm
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"Glad to hear it." He inclined his head to her. "Even if I'm sorry for the miners."

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:22 pm
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She nodded. "I give it two more years, tops."
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Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:23 pm
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“Mm… dunno about that,” Esmond disagreed. “But who knows. Maybe you’re right. Guess we’ll see. I’d be surprised if natural gas or logging doesn’t sweep in to scoop up displaced workers.”

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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"Some are migrating to the steel mills in PA already," she said. "Not willing to stick it out."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin

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"True," he agreed, then shook his head. "I guess we'll see how it all plays out."

"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus
"From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf
"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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