More Redneck Millionaires that you can shake a stick at. And that ain't a bad thing!
My days in the oil industry, and the energy service industry taught me to respect these hard working, common sense Americans. My father was in the drill bit business(Security) in the Rocky Mtn. states when I was young. (His father had ridden horseback, inspecting oil pipelines in the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming (Marathon).
At age 19 I started in the bus (Signal Oil & Gas Co.). many had down South accents. Easy for a SoCal surfer to dismiss as hicks. But some were the managers and engineers, that kept the jobs going just like the roughnecks and field crews. All genuinely good folks.
My job kept me in both the office and the field. I fondly remember those days and those people. Another 14 years at Fluor Engineers and Constructors, solidified my admiration of "rednecks," from Texas or elsewhere.