On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:25:45 GMT, "Dave Bugg" > wrote:

><RJ> wrote:
>
>> I grew up in a small coal-mining community in Pennsylvania....
>
>In order for me to give your post some context, to what are you replying or
>responding to?

One of the splinters of this thread was;
The Southern ( hillbilly/redneck ) lifestyle.

I offered my observations of social changes in Pa.

<rj>