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Old 02-12-2009, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AeWingnut
I work with 2 guys from Kentucky and neither has been to a single race. One grew up in Lexington and he (the guy that makes the big bucks) always had disdain for horse racing. Something about a cast system. I really don't know what fishing has to do with it
Lexington is very different, culturally, than Louisville or up near Cincinnati. I hear agreement with what he is saying from native Lexitonians frequently.

Now, for coal-mining money, the goal is to get out of the mountains, and get to Lexington.
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