I know your brother Merman!

@@YuriTarrdid And Herman too??

@@testosteroneinc.3800 no relation to Berman, that’s a different Thurmond.

@@SillyPuddy2012 i know there was also a Thurman Thurmond and his grandson is still around Thurman Thurmond the Third

My father's (much older) half-sister, who lived in Logan, W. Va., was named Mamie Thurmond (born Mamie Morrison). She was married to a man described as the police chief of Logan named Jack Thurmond. Mamie died in 1932 and age 32, and my father was just three at that time. I only in the last 20 years learned anything about her, but technically she was my (half?) aunt. Was her husband possibly related to you?

Wow …super interesting work

That's great

If you get past the “dumb hillbilly” attitude you’ll find good people that are not nearly a dumb as people think.

O Office the engine we can see we're walking right now

My head is made out of coal…F.Y.I.

I'm glad your mother wasn't seriously injured. Just proves that even in a small town, idiots reside.

My First Car was a 1969 Ford Falcon. I learned how to drive in 1979 and the stick was on the steering wheel column. Wish I still had that car!

That sucks - and it's hilarious.

Prove it

That's just Ol' Crazy Joe

Jawtooth,,,,,hedidthefirstrainvideo,,amtrakstopstherealsoawesomelydone,,,heisthereasonthatpplnowvideothetown,,,,,,,,onyouyube

You don't need quotation marks around respectfully. That implies that he was NOT respectful.

@@PaintHerWhite Thanks 😉. Intention was to (+) emphasize. A proud WV'n that loves my state & mountain family heritage. You folks have a good Thanksgiving 👍

@@donalmeadows794 very beautiful state, and one of my favourites to visit. I spend most of my time there hiking, so I don't see many people, but when I do, they're often very genuine and lovely to chat with.

I was born and raised in Charleston, too. Still here.😊

I agree, more documentaries, and even museums, need to do that. It REALLY helps with placing where things were and remembering it.

First, I thank you sir for your service, my husband is retired marine Somalia, bless you for keeping the history, I find this fascinating and quite interesting, I do hope you're well, I'd enjoy hearing from you, we must keep the history and facts accurate of where we're from and our ancestors 😊 peace and love to you

I can only imagine what you went through in Vietnam my friend. Let's hope and pray we don't have to experience what Biden & Co has in mind for the World. That really would be unimaginable horror❗️Stay Safe ☮️

@@stephenclarke3990 The peace and quiet of Thurmond was what I needed when I returned from that Hell hole.

@@herbrv I can only imagine. I hope you somehow found that peace and quiet, wherever it was.

Wow! Thank you for your amazing and no doubt terrifying service to our Country! I truly thank you! Also cool, that you lived here in this little town and had family here back in the heyday of its existence. I too would LOVE to see your family album of photos. Those photos are much needed to WV for their history made, and kept through photography! It would be great to have co0ies made into a book, for libraries, museums, and definitely to be displayed in that town, should it actually become restored! 🏚📸🏠🏘

and the gorgeous drone footage!

Totally agree, this is an excellent video. Sort of a mini-documentary on a nearly dead town.

"Difficult to believe this is amateur work" compliment. "I feel like this is something you'd see on PBS" Not a compliment.

Just so ya know…the DEFINITION of professional is…..YOU GET PAID FOR IT. He’s making fairly good $$ no doubt tho that doesn’t matter…..even if he got only $25 for the video….that’s still getting $$. Sooooo yea this isn’t an amateur video nor an amateur channel…. It is obviously professional. What exactly do people like you who can’t grasp what these words mean ….what do you think professional even MEANS exactly?! 🙄😂🤣🤷🏼‍♀️

@@rumbleisbetter ya we can tell you don’t watch Anything on PBS Christ so is it what…NBC or who who has this o so amazing crap?

Read the comments. There's many with first hand accounts. Pretty cool stuff😊

From an American perspective im fascinated with English history. Sorry about how we were late to the ww1 and ww2 parties.

@@jdburris4455 Not late....just in time!

@@jdburris4455 Uh...sorry? Europe should apologize to US for starting two world wars only twenty years apart. What a moronic comment.

@@jdburris4455 Better late than never - especially if you send gifts ahead of your arrival!

"UKposts" hasn't a thing to do with it; just a site online that this dude chose to post his material.

Agreed...the commentary is at a good listening speed and does not resort to exaggeration or overblown language. Reviewed from Levin NZ.

There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it." Somerset WV"..... I'm afraid what's next

is that his girlfriend?

@@randomrazr I presume that was Emma, his wife.

look into natives of the past in and near Chicago

@@Alright397 what nonsense are you speaking? Are you on meth? Take that nonsense elsewhere

@@24sch42 I am a Chicago Native!

How you like Chicago

@@allergictostupidpeople7893 the wild west...cant go anywhere or do anything because mfs are just shooting constantly

Think it's a good place to takeover by ideologues? Like Antelope Oregon, Colorado City Arizona? Provincetown MA? Grafton NH? or Ave Maria FL? I'm antinatalist, using town abortion funding to save school tax, but it requires a tax base and a small school district is helpful.

What in the actual fuck am I doing see you in random video comments?

@@justletmecomment6453 Hey Buddy :-) Rubber side down *sip*

Go get your ass lost there then …you can write your manifesto in private

@@alan6832 It's a great place! They've got a mental hospital and everything, which I strongly suggest you visit... IMMEDIATELY.

@@realpoopypants Why? In the entire history of the USA there's been literally thousands of small towns like this, towns where people and companies came in and ripped the area for all values, and then left again. They are usually located in mining areas, and as said, there's literally thousands of them, yet The USA is still standing. ;)

WV is kind of a sad state. I traveled through WV and only saw a few nice cities areas . Mainly the college towns have services and things to do. The rest of the state just seemed very poor. But hey

@@realpoopypants

@@jprosey Do they have many areas where opiates are in vogue?

VW is a crap hole with many idiot voters.

Repent and follow Jesus! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation has been unfolding since Jesus died. The Popes have claimed to be equal to God and set themselves in Jesus' place (antichrist(s)). Vatican City (Which is its own nation BTW) have risen up to fulfill the role of the false prophet Regarding the man of lawlessness or antichrist, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 says “Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” The restrainer that the Apostle Paul was referring to in 2 Thessalonians was the Western Roman Emperor, who held back the Popes from taking power. Once the last Western Roman Emperor was removed from power in 476 AD, the Pope was given civil and ecclesiastic authority over Rome; healing the deadly head wound of the beast in Revelation 13, as they took the Emperors title of Pontifex Maximus, leader of the church and state. “We may according to the fullness of our power, dispose of the law and dispense above the law. Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God.” (Source: “Decretals of Gregory IX,” Book 1, chapter 3.) Pope Pius V blasphemed, “The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” (Source: Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Cities Petrus Bertanous Chapter XXVII: 218.) Pope Leo XIII declared, “We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.” (Source: Pope Leo XIII Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894) The antichrist sea beast of Revelation points to the office of the papacy, the Popes of Rome, who controlled the Roman beast for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. Daniel 7:25 says “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” The Popes of Rome spoke against Elohim and proclaimed to be God. They reigned for 1,260 years, from 538-1798 AD. during which they caused tens of millions of saints to be killed. The Pope’s title is Vicar of Christ, which in Latin is ‘Vicarius Filii Dei’, and equates numerically to the number 666

Let's hike in Washington!

Leave the States. You'll see much older, much more beautiful towns completely abandoned.

Wv Is a good place

WHAT A GREAT PLACE TOO PLACE TOO SOLVE THE AMERICAN HOMELESS PROBLEM NOW WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT 🤧🤔🤔🤔

I grew up in Northern WVA in a steel town. It is becoming neglected but hanging in their. I like to visit the state especially down state, such beauty and sadness together.

The surviving buildings in Thurmond are mostly owned by the National Park Service. The ones that aren’t are on the highest street, they’re all private residences, and constitute WV’s smallest municipality. They initially intended to fully restore them, but because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, they only had the funding to restore them to the point of sound integrity. Since the whole Gorge is a national park now, my understanding is the NPS plans to get the restoration project back underway. Fun fact about that: the NPS has been in a fight with CSX over the coaling tower for the better part of 30 years now. CSX wants it gone, NPS refuses to allow that due to its historical value. Same can be said for a lot of surviving structures in the New River Gorge

Well said Sir! Greetings from the UK.

idk man, whenever i hear about europeans talking about american nostalgia, it almost always ends with "oh yeah?! well the oldest structures in america is a cave town! go back to your cave! europe has thousands of old homes!" since i guess europe matters more then the entire histroy of the native american people, who they seem to hate for the most part outside of germany.

@@notjimpickens7928 If that's how the conversations ends, it's either because you've pissed of a European historian or because a 12 year old feel like flexing. I will though give you some advice. Don't compare all Europeans with each other. We're not all the same and we're far from equal. It might not look like it from a distance, but just like Florida and Alabama aren't the same, neither is Germany & Italy (or in my case, Denmark & Germany). As for the native Indians, it's not a hate against what they were and who they are. It's a massive dislike towards their street music and need to consistently play street concerts every single day, playing the same songs over and over. That's what's hated. Not the people themselves.

@@mariebussinger6565 It doesn't really matter what it's from, just don't do it. That was my point. Don't equalize people of different countries.

It's totally haunted.

@@lantlo3665 It's totally not. Ghost don't exist and there's no evidence .

@@mericanignoranc3551 I guess you've never been there... Whatever helps you sleep at night I guess.

Why would ghosts choose to roam here more than any other place? Aren’t ghost dependent on the spirit and circumstances surrounding their life/death, rather than a particular place?

@@jamesong.a.7695 Depends on the spirit and their circumstance. Both are reasons that spirits stick around.

It is WV not WVa. Get your BS western Virginia out of here with your know-it-all book of a comment. 🤡

Then service got worse now it’s a pitiful 3 per week

I work for the C&O we replaced all of the rails in the 80s we live on camp cars there in Thurmond. Upriver did a lot of fishing at SandStone Falls just south of Hinton.

The Banker's Club was in the bank of Thurmond in the early '80's and served great steaks. We used to kayak the New River and The Banker's Club was a favorite stop on Saturday evening.

@@qjtvaddict Why would you need more than 3 times a week? camon now

@@LemThurdy420 Someone might want to commute to a job daily on a train because they could do work or sleep, things that you can't do while driving in a car.

I rafted that river in 1997 or 98. We visited that train depot.

Yeah, its one of the last ones. I have rafted it three times, once when I was in Boy Scouts, and twice while in an Outdoor Leadership Program

@@jtukbb No it’s true. We went white water rafting there too. There were getting heavy rains and they parked the locomotive on the tracks thinking the weight would keep the bridge from being damaged ( that’s how high the water gets there). It didn’t help though and the swell of the river took out both the bridge and train. When the river is shallow enough you can actually see train wheels on the banks, which we did.

That’s a story and not true.

@@jessed1586 it’s not true. One of many stories that get told by guides which are mostly outsiders that don’t know the history of the area.

I have give u the ogugu

I'd love to hear some stories!

@@bluesira my favorite was a few years ago when a bunch of my friends packed in a car and headed into Thurmond to try and get spooked. We got exactly that! As we pulled into town in front of the train depot, we parked, about to get out when we spotted a man with one of those old cameras that you had to put your head under the cloth and press the button? Hard to explain that one haha and he was taking a photo of a woman dressed in Native American clothing. They both turned their heads to look at us, it felt very uneasy. The man started cantering towards us, so we peeled out as fast as we could. As we turned the car around, which took about 3 seconds, we looked back and the couple had disappeared. No camera. No sign of them. Nothing. At that time the depot was locked and no one was able to get inside. They weren’t even near the door even if they had some sort of access to the inside. We all Scooby Doo screamed and drove out of Thurmond at about 70 MPH!

@@bluesira every time I go I see something unexplainable. I’ve seen men dressed as coal miners sitting on the train tracks just to disappear moments later. We’ve had our brand new car stall out and cut off completely, unable to get it to turn on. Once when that happened, the car cut off and we heard a few screams over the mountains in the distance. Once it was quiet, the car cut back on. I didn’t used to believe in ghosts until I started exploring Thurmond. But I love it. I even got my senior pictures done there! It’s truly beautiful in the daylight. Spooky by night. Hope you enjoyed!!

@@kelseychangesthesubject4281 That sounds really fascinating! Scary in the moment but really interesting to reflect on afterwards. Thank you for sharing!

What kind of drugs are preferred to enjoy town exploration, and is there a teeth requirement to participate? What about inbreeding?

You sure you weren’t in Cock Co , TN sounds like?

@Karl with a K I'm sure those train communities could be turned into train not retirement communities who Among Us would not love to listen to Train and restore those old buildings to their former glory and all those abandoned houses could be filled with people on Social Security who would not have to worry about having to work and would be able to support a local economy. Don't laugh I know of retirement homes just for model railroaders.

@Karl with a K in today's cities you cannot afford to have a car even if you had it for free you could not find a place to park it. If America changes from housing and businesses located near mass transit should use that as their best asset the fact that there are poor neighborhoods are only because there are undesirables who are bred by the Liberals welfare system. Now when everybody wants green transportation Subways mass transit are even in more demand than ever. If you hate trains so much why do you watch this video?

Most people don't know much about a Carman and the logistics involved in aligning a train. I used to conduct FRA and DOT checks on HazMat tankers. You guys were always professional.

, and Antotio Motel...? , excuse!

You're very fortunate to have worked in such a beautiful part of the U.S.

@Terri Wells Joe Veazey!? Joe Veazey The 304 Easy!?!? That dude crushed the Belly Burden challenge like nothing!!! Dude ate 4 whole rotisserie chickens, guzzled 6 pitchers of beer, and finished 2lbs of peas, 2lbs of carrots, and 3lbs of fried ocra within 1 hour!! Dude won a carton of menthols, a case of Busch, a $20 bill, and a tee-shirt that says "I Crushed the Belly Burden at Thurmond Challenge." Swell guy. He's still kicking today, working as a highly sought after professional trainer at the local Thurmond "Curves" gym!!! His daughter, Monaya, is well on her way of taking down that very same Belly Burden challenge herself, keeping that legacy alive!!!

Ah, I was trying to find someone of note who may have been from Thurmond, and Charles Rogers would have been a great inclusion in this video. Thanks for sharing!

What did he do?

@@franksylva9031 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Calvin_Rogers

3 a week! London to Paris, a similar distance as Thurmond to Cincinnati, has 98 trains a week. Obviously London and Paris have bigger populations, but I think 12 trains a week, Monday to Saturday, should be the absolute minimum.

It's impossible for a Amtrak train to run between Chicago and New York thru wv

@@markalexander3487 ok..... and?

@@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164 It most certainly is not impossible, a quick visit to Amtrak's website to look at the route map for the Cardinal would've saved you the correction.

@@markalexander3487 The Cardinal takes a very scenic roundabout route to get from NYC to Chicago, serving rural areas. The Lakeshore Limited will take you on a more direct route, it is the modern version of the old NY Central Railroad's 20th Century Limited, the "water level route". In any case Amtrak cannot fill enough seats these days to run every train every day, and since the pandemic have had to cut back the schedule on some routes.

Lol Americans. 107 years ! I can't imagine thinking 100 years is old . You talking 500 years old before a European thinks o that's pretty old. All the Houses I've ever lived in and allot of furniture in them way older than that bridge .

@@avancalledrupert5130 It's an old, riveted steel train bridge. For a bridge that was purpose-built for the railroad, it's an old bridge of that type no matter where in the world you are. Most such bridges in Europe didn't survive the World Wars intact. The university at which I received my undergraduate education predates the founding of the United States itself and all but two universities in England, Oxford and Cambridge, and four in Scotland, St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh. I don't really understand why you're talking about the age of things in Europe in the comment section of a video about a small town in West Virginia.

@@avancalledrupert5130 I wonder if you could be any more condescending.

@@briancrawford8751 Good comment. He is talking because there always has to be an uppity twat reminding the rest of us how smart he is.

@@briancrawford8751 it's just interesting culturally . There's saying . Americans think 100 years is a long time and European think 100 miles is a long way . Idk I see Brunel's bridge regularly . I used to walk across a iron bridge across the Trent built in 1820 . It just doesn't seem significant most things I see are Victorian or older . But yea 100 miles is a long way . Wouldn't drive it for anything but a holiday .

Did you cath the usage of the Buster Keaton film, the General? Some of the rail footage was shot on the OP&E out of Cottage Grove OR.

I live in that area. My understanding of the Loup Creek Sub (line to Mount Hope) is RJ Corman has it on some odd long term lease rather than outright ownership. Basically CSX pays them to maintain the line, pick up empty coal trains in Thurmond, run them to Pax to be loaded, then take them back to Thurmond. That way, RJ doesn’t have to worry about bringing in their own rolling stock except for two SD units, CSX doesn’t have to worry about maintaining the right of way or loading the coal trains (since we all know CSX views everything that isn’t intermodal an inconvenience), and both make money. The way they explained it to me, if they outright owned the tracks, they’d either have to bring in their own rolling stock, or CSX would have to pay per train to use the right of way.

I'm from a little further south I'm McDowell county and I knew someone who had a mine entrance in their basement and a garage on the 2nd floor of the house. That house made into Ripley's Believe It or Not once.

Secrets like grannies on meth getting railed by runaways?

@@alancarnell2747 that’s cool. I had some friends from McDowell. It’s a totally different world than where I grew up in Virginia.

@@bigorange2082 the first 30 seconds of this trailer is Welch. They didn't do a thing to make it look like that. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mqioaIF9r4aU0I0.html

Love your story! Camped in places I could never find again!

I agree. It makes me feel sad, also.

Yes. Childhoods, memories, laughter, family meals. Mothers and fathers worked their fingers to the bone just to keep that roof over their heads. Likely restless nights wondering how they were going to keep tax current. Now, much like their caretakers, fading away into dust.

Does Mount Hope still exist? Sounds like a cool place to live by the name

@@abbyw8113 yes. It used to be a town of around 3,000, but there’s only about 800 left there now. The new Boy Scout camp is the only thing keeping Mount Hope even halfway relevant in the region.

@@Engine33Truck Is high speed internet available?

Also nicknamed the Dodge City of the East

@@abbyw8113 yes, there is high speed Internet. Also, while all carriers have cell service there, AT&T has impeccable service and 5G because there’s several dozen AT&T towers at the boy scout camp. Some are (poorly) disguised as trees.

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😮‍💨☹️🥺😪😢

Nah man, pyramids

Not many of us left who remember hooping up orders!

Glad you’re enjoying them, and I’m sure you’ll love the New River Gorge. I’m hoping to return there and camp sometime

West Virginia has so much documented and I hope it really stays that way. Its one area that people don't tend to wander into and start wrecking and tearing it up. They will kill you and its a damn good thing. I haven't been there since about 25 years.... and the flooding is quite often, flash and heavy; often built in a wrapping, winding style as is done in old villages and how it is done around the castles.... and keeps things morphing; as fences and structures will be knocked down and then rebuilt. So many names of Settlers from the old Country, Virginia and Michigan, (last names, I wrote down 10 or 12 from a fictional "psychic" movie about some monster.) It was interesting; paused a freeze frame there were 10 or so names that were very real, I researched; and indeed they were traceable; shortened and so on. Also its very close to The Mothman turf....the Ohio River and many sighting of the so called "creature." Its got so much cool history! New Subscriber....a lot of great history to preserve....similar to places like Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; the Great Explosion of 18__{??} I'd have to look up the exact year, I was raised 15 years up there snd it was in no historic books that you would think of! it, but I went to the museum and very impressive.

Far better than politics...

I feel the same way.

This is very true. I was born and raised in WV and I'm still here.

The fossil fuel industry profited from the state and people and went on their merry way when the resources ran dry. They didn't bother to reinvest into the communities with green tech and your politicians are in the fossil fuel industry's pocket.

Washington state? Sure there are some rough areas but I wouldn’t say it’s neglected or wholly possessed by poverty. My family is from Kalama WA (>3000 people) and very similar to this town (factory’s and mills centered around the railway track). Even it and surrounding areas are getting better and most people who still live there, enjoy it

@@jenevans9004 think they meant WV.

Cool story bro

Saddening. My condolences

One good video doesn’t excuse the censorship and propaganda by this platform. Google is very embedded in the globalist plan.

Why do Americans write that something is metric when they mean something is big, a lot etc?

@@Pants69 It doesn't make any sense to this Canadian.

@@Pants69 Hi there, Pigdog! I'm here to answer your question! There are actually several answers, so I will list them all here, in numbered fashion, and you can accept the one that best suits your personal temperament! 1. Americans (well, Americans who actually know what "metric" means, and they number in the hundreds!) say "metric tons" because metric tons are HEAVIER than "tons". Did you know that? Well! Happy day! Now you do! 2. The particular American whose comment you addressed (that would be me) wrote "20 million tons of metric crap" in order to emphasize the great weight of crap here on UKposts. Just as a metric ton is heavier than a ton, "metric crap" is heavier than just plain old "crap". 3. The final reason is that Americans are just, you know, prone to certain colloquialisms, and the use of the word "metric" in situations like these is but one example. One of many! Of course, no other citizens of any other nation on earth utilize these kinds of colloquialisms. It is well know, in fact, that Canadians, for example, never use any colloquialisms at all. Ever. I hope this clears it all up for you. Glad I could be of service, and here's wishing you a metric ton of happiness, forever and ever! I remain your steadfast American friend, Samm Bennett. Now please go to my channel and check out some of my music.

@@Pants69 usually stems from the fact that a metric ton represents more weight than an imperial ton, so we usually say something like "a metric fuck-ton" for extra emphasis and hyperbole. i'm... not sure how much a metric crap describes but a less abrasive version we use is "crap-ton", but i suppose it relates to this. edit: welp just read the reply above; now i feel redundant.

Very rare

same! I'm from the UK & abandoned places don't really last long enough to explore properly before they're knocked down 👎🏼

I'm so jealous!

Whoa!

I once lived in Palentine Bridge across from the Post office. I attended school which we would ring a bell in the bell tower.

@@johnhaggart9376 Palatine Bridge is a lovely little village about 10 miles away from me.

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Not to doxx you but what state is this?

I really loved watching this John Sayles movies, titled: MATEWAN! The movie was filmed here in Thurmond. I would love to take Amtrak here so to spend up to a couple days so to explore the former town. Thing is that I would be doing it on such a small budget, whatever I could come up with for money. I would risk staying somewhere under cover for up to two nights. Who knows?!

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/jmGhg6mMma5kxGw.html

Good stuff.

What part of W.Va are u in.? I’m in WV Too

West Virginia is one of the most poorest state, and has the most cancers in the country you guys need to run from there like every one is doing.

@@apriltaylor2296 me too Beckley about 12 miles from Thurmond

@@danbailey96 I’m in mason county

Do you have some recipes you can share? I'm new to the cannibalism scene & like Caribou, it takes experience to prepare it properly. What is your favorite cut & what temp do you prefer? Like good steak, rare or med rare at most, brings the best flavor & texture out of it, anymore & it's a waste to me. I tried those temps with a thigh, rib meat & the frontal lobe of a brain & I didn't care for the results. Maybe it's in the seasoning, or cooking style...and/or temp? I've tried the crockpot & the grill so far, any suggestions would be appreciated, as I'm going hunting tonight & I prefer my red meat fresh as possible. TY & good eating!

@@ghpjerry No offense dude but that big red nose looks juicy. I would never eat a fellow cannibal though. Since that movie Wrong Turn West Virginia has become a popular destination for all the Cannibal Elite. I have a Master's degree in Molecular Biology but I can't get a job. All people see when they look at me is a Cannibal from West Virginia.

@@shadowforger2035 Let them see what they want...A proverb from a mountain man from Tennessee once told me; "A man with no eyes cannot see what is before him, yet a man that eats those eyes can see within himself and gain infinite vision." EDIT: The nose is a tumor. I was an ordinary man before I grew the nose, I built the rest of the persona around that. Watch out for my shoes would be my best advice if you run across a clown in the woods.

@@ghpjerry 😂 thems good words brother

@@shadowforger2035 hahaha....I have issues. hahaahaha

Can you get internet service in Thurmond? I'd like to move there

I thought it looked very familiar. I have calendars with railroad scenes on them, for one. Then I thought it looked like a good place for a period piece movie set. Now I see why. Thank you for pointing that out.

Same, best rafting I've had so far. Love hearing a more detailed documentary of this early memory.

My parents went rafting in the early to mid 80's and stayed in downtown Thurmond. Since I was a railroad buff and my dad told me all about it, including where they stayed.

I wanted to post about the purpose of the coaling tower. Glad you did. I grew up in Fairmont. We had a very small house; but used only a ton of coal per year. The only control on the furnace was a bell crank in the living room. It connected to the damper on the furnace flue. I don't think it did much controlling😀. We had a coal house, maybe 4X8, on the street. Buckets from the coal house to the furnace; then buckets of cinders to the alley. There was a large coke plant in Fairmont. One year we bought coke instead of coal. It was supposed to be cleaner; but my mom didn't think so and we returned to coal!

My great uncle had a coal furnace in his house into the 80s, when it finally wore out and he replaced it with an oil furnace. It was more convenient, but didn't have the mystique of the coal furnace and its stoker. It was a daily ritual to fill the stoker every night before going to bed. It burned pea coal. The stoker has "The Iron Fireman" on the lid. The new oil furnace didn't put out the heat the coal burner did so my uncle had to run some radiators in the basement to warm it up.

Yes they should do schemes like Italy do

I'd lov e to get some information about buying something, but there is probably no internet. I need that to work

@@abbyw8113 That's easy.Talk to Elon.

No. Leave it alone.

Eh I don't people have moved place to place for thousands of years. We're adaptable.

I heard this once..."Don't cry because it's gone, smile because it was".