Many moons ago when I was working in Southern West Virginia coal field I was engaged in a conversation with an old coal miner. I asked him what life was like in the old coal camps. The old miner told me how they had a "Shack Rouster". It was the job of the shack rouster to wake everyone up. The Shack Rouster rode around with a baseball bat and beat on peoples houses to get the men up for work. I always used to threaten our kids with the shack rouster if they would not get out of bed. Erin was still in bed when I called her this morning. I am looking for a good shack rouster in Evergreen CO.
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