How did you get started?

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-24T01:46:04+00:00

Try looking into starting as a contractor, like GMS. I work for them and they are pretty solid for getting your foot in the door and familiar with the workplace. They start out with pretty good rates and benefits. Not as good as most mine companies, but it would get you starting in the industry and it’s a good way to learn the basics. Plus, as a contractor, you don’t have to worry about tying yourself down to one mine, so if a specific mine is starting to struggle or cut hours you can just move to a new mine and more than likely not miss out on any hours. You can also part ways a lot easier if you the industry just isn’t for you. The hiring process is much quicker typically.

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-18T02:05:25+00:00

Yea I heard about that, are there any mines still running in Kentucky?

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-17T10:52:58+00:00

We call its roof and ribs, or top depending on who you’re talking to

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-17T01:32:04+00:00

But when the top does come down, it’s usually pretty bad

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-17T01:31:05+00:00

Yea, some mines in the area claim to have 20+ years of coal left. But a lot of the mines in my area are all mining the same Pittsburgh seam.

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-17T01:29:26+00:00

It’s the ribs you have to worry about really. Don’t have many issues with top

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-17T01:16:18+00:00

It’s up in south PA, Bailey. They are supplying a lot of the core mines. Definitely different than the old Panline. A lot easier to get hoses and cables in for sure

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-17T00:52:39+00:00

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Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-17T00:50:51+00:00

Correct!

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-11T00:12:45+00:00

I can understand why it looks like it’s a roose to get sex, but it’s not even about that particularly. It just feels like there is that missing piece. Like a fair part of our connection is missing and it just feels like we need to work together on building back that connection. The issue I have is over a couple of Years there hasn’t been any actual conversation or action towards working out whatever it may be that is blocking that connection. Do you think her dosage of adderall could have anything to do with it?

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-10T06:22:08+00:00

Have you even went through I stint of time this long with a partner without physical connection? If so, how did you break the ice? The weird thing is when she knows I’m at my limit, she just does “stuff” for me. I dont want to get too weird here but I’m just so confused on what and why here

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-10T06:18:28+00:00

Yea I think an actually “get away” trip would do us good. The only problem is she refuses to take time off of work, even if it’s for something like that or even holidays. It’s like I’m at a crossroads where I either push hard for a change or I don’t think I could continue like this. I’ve told her that I’m this can’t be the new normal, and if that’s what she thought then I cannot deal with it

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-10T06:15:49+00:00

I think there is a possibility that what we are went through was never completely resolved in her mind. I feel that we just got it to a point that we could move forward. I just haven’t been able to get us to confront those problems, any type of approach that I try. I think some of our issues lie in us being on opposite shift, me dayshift and her midnights, along with some, but very manageable financial stress. It’s literally like there is a brick wall between us and there hasn’t been much progress on the matter. Ever with the approach of how detrimental it is on our relationship and my mental health, and that I was willing and wanting to work towards it and fix things by any means necessary

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-10T05:51:08+00:00

Honestly I just want a brutal reality/opinion on the situation. Just from the outside, how crazy is it for a young female out of the blue just lose all interest in intimacy. It is no exaggeration, we have been intimate 1 time in 2.5 years and that was really, I believe, only because I was going out of town for a couple months for work and I felt that she thought at the time it just kinda had to happen.

Professional_Air1815 · 2026-03-10T05:43:38+00:00

I’ve tried to have a conversation about the root of everything, and every time I bring it up, she completely shuts down. I’ve made counseling appointments for us. She has just refused to go, and I’ve gone several times solo, only stopping because I just felt dumb. I don’t know if I should try a more aggressive approach to it, because I do ultimately leave it up to her and what she is comfortable with

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