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Is anyone else following this with amazement because it actually looks like these lads are going to get rescued?
I’ve been listening to this since they found them, half expecting to hear that something had gone wrong and they had all been lost.
After all the recent tales of exploding oil rigs, toxic sludge and young lads blown to bits in Afghanistan it would be nice for somebody to “win” for a change.
I wouldn’t like to be the tubbiest bloke down there though because that thing looks like a bit of a squeeze. 😯
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nice of them to leave the front made of mesh so you can appreciate the view on the way up...
Sweepstake for the time, GMT, of the first to exit?
0130, Wednesday.
not for the claustrophobic (Like being a miner is a great job for a claustrophobe anyway)
It's an incredible story and I really hope they all make it. I remember having a "this is going to end badly" feeling when the story broke here.
A real testament to the resilience of everyone involved.
wouldn’t like to be the tubbiest bloke down there though because that thing looks like a bit of a squeeze.
Then again, I don't think they'll have been gorging on the pies down there
What if the cable breaks?
Didn't the Wife AND Girlfriend one one of them turn up? apparently his sister is now his designated spokesperson on the surface and he's been keeping a low profile and off camera.
After all the recent tales of exploding oil rigs, toxic sludge and young lads blown to bits in Afghanistan it would be nice for somebody to “win” for a change.
+1.
I imagine the movie is already in production. 'Tis a great story though, hope it goes well.
What if the cable breaks?
You plummet to your certain death, I'd imagine.
Apparently arguments have just started to break out in the last few days - and mainly around who goes first and last. Apparently everyone wants to be last out now.
what's the betting Hollywood make it into a film?
As long as the guys get a good chunk of the profits - all will be good.
So who will be in it?
I think the rescue costs ought to be paid from profits (unless the mine's negligence caused the collapse).
cheech and chong, andy garcia, alfred molina, antonio banderas, al pacino
On a serious note, its great the way things are turning out and the messages from the mine people and government types has been positive and fairly honest. No ridiculous predictions and stage managed BS ( yet! wait for them to get out ) I imagine Simon Cowell or somebody would be running the show if that happened here, people phoning in to vote on who gets out first.
A good news story, lets hope for a happy ending 😀
The cable wont break; it's made by the Germans and the pod by NASA. I saw that on the beeb I did.
What if the cable breaks?
The capsule runs tight in the BH annulus, and might have an emergency brake system - they've had time to design / build / tweak, after all. The image shown looks like it has some roller guides on the top - spring loaded with sufficient pre-load these could / would control any released descent speed...?
Apparently they had a contract sent down to sigh so they all get an equal share of any media cash
Also been getting tuition on how to handle the media frenzy when they emerge in their Ann Summers designed capsule
They all want to be last to get in the Guinness Book of Records for the longest underground.
These sort of cages aren't that unusual. Here's one that I used in 2000 for inspecting 150-180 year old shafts in the chalk in Kent...
It's a little larger than the Chilean one and we weren't using it for escape, but essentially the same bit of kit
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Good luck to all of them and God speed their rescue.
I spent 40 minutes in complete darkness underground and was very glad to see my mates - whatever must they be feeling?
I hope they can all afford to retire on their book / film / product endorsement deals!
They are milking the rescue thing aren't they? Come on, bring one of them out so I can to go to sleep.
2 theads, same name, tracking issue, confusion reigns, chaos theory proven!
The second thread was in case the first one failed.
I found an MRI scan freaky, can't even imagine being in that capsule for 30 mins or however long it takes.
When did Lego bring out the Chilean Miner rescue set?
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Going to be a couple of hours. I'm interested in watching this and it being successful but I also like sleep.
BBC reporter is absolutely raging at the announcement that its going to be a couple of hours yet. Hilarious.
Rubbish. Why can't they schedule the first man out before I go to bed? They really didn't plan this properly did they. If it's going to be delayed for a couple of hours they should really put it off until morning so we don't miss it.
There does seem to be an awful lot of last minute adjustment going on with that capsule - I do hope they're not busy bodging it to fit.
These sort of cages aren't that unusual.
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It's a little larger than the Chilean one
The whole point surely isn't the principal of using a cage on a wire to go down a hole, but how tiny this one is and how long the hole is!
BBC reporter is absolutely raging at the announcement that its going to be a couple of hours yet.
He's just trying to work out how to fill the next 2 hours without repeating himself another 100 times.
Thank god, big brother has taken control! i counted 8 threads, how many did you lot get?
Bah, was just working on another one. I think it was only you keeping count.
Maybe they should show some interesting stuff about Chile; the country, it's customs and cultural origins, it's geography, it's history, the Pinochet era, and flora and fauna, that sort of thing.
Longest country on Earth in't it? Spans the greatest latitude or something.
Harrumph! I remember when this used to be a fun forum. Now we only get to argue about politics and the state of the economy.
Go to bed, Onion! It's silly just posting multiple nonsense posts. I'd probbly get banned for that.
C'mon, Just get some frikkin' miners out already! Think I'm just gonna wait for the DVD.
Elfin, you're bonkers. In a lovely way, but utterly bonkers. 😆
What exactly was wrong with a load of punning thread titles late at night when it's slow anyway? Who was it causing a problem to (apart from confusing Bing)?
10 minutes or so ago:
the first man to descend as rescuer has been chosen, but not yet informed of his task
Isn't that leaving things a bit late? I suppose I can just about understand not naming a football team until just before kick-off, but isn't this a little more serious than that. Seems a bit too X-factor to me - why not tell the chap a bit more in advance so he's ready for it?
Looking again at that capsule, do they have physiological data on all those chaps down there? It wouldn't be too clever if they found one couldn't fit his shoulders in (and they'd need a wider shaft to fit a wider capsule in)!
No, it would be good to learn about what is a fascinating country. Did you know that the World's driest desert, the Atacama, is in Chile? And that a third of the World's copper is produced there? And that it is in fact Chile's mineral wealth that motivated Nixon's US administration to support the Fascist dictator (and friend of Maggie Thatcher) Augusto Pinochet to oust the popular Salvador Allende in a bloody coup that then saw years of savage rule marked by terrible Human Rights violations.
Your post just made me laugh that's all. I could imagine Sky going from it's interminable voice over and all of a sudden going;
"Anyway, never mind all that, here's a short film about the Chilean armpit snake" or something.
Actually it [i]would[/i] break up he coverage a bit...
Very nice wine they do too. I enjoy a nice bottle of Cono Sur Pinot Noir now and then. It's bloody gone up a fair bit in price has this one, it used to be quite cheap but it's got quite popular.
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Jimi Hendrix sung about a 'Voodoo Chile' and a 'Highway Chile' but those are something different and have no relation whatsoever to the nation of Chile as far as I know.
Yeah - I was just thinking wine. What they need is Duffers doing the reporting - he wouldn't forget to mention the wine.
Elfinsafety - Memberit would be good to learn about what is a fascinating country. Did you know .......[i]blah, blah, blah[/i]........ driest desert, ......... [i]blah, blah, blah[/i]....copper.......
All I know is that it's a stupid shape for a country.
What other country is shaped long and thin like that FFS ?
I don't know who's daft idea it was, but I reckon they should give most of it to Argentina, except for the very top bit which Bolivia could have......that would make a couple of proper shaped countries.
Why do you have to come along and spoil everyone's happiness? Why are you so nasty?
So eaten up with nastiness and horribleness, you can't ever say something nice, can you?
Have a go, just for one day, at being nice. Do you think you could do that? Or even just for a couple of hours?
What other country is shaped long and thin like that FFS ?
Well there's one obvious candidate with a fairly large length to width ratio I'd have thought you'd be familiar with, Che.
Otherwise, Italy, Norway, Vietnam
So now they're feeding down a phone cable. Given they've already had a fibre optic video link down one of the other holes you'd think they'd be keeping the main hole as clear as possible to avoid any chance of snagging.
So what would you do first when you got home from being trapped down a mine for 10 weeks ? Showering perhaps ??
I'm not very impressed - so far there are only 2 less down there than they started with.
no flies on oakley's product placement. the mineros are all coming out wearing radars (unless they're standard issue in mining...!)
Apparently they are playing "Shaft" by "Issac Hayes" as they pop out.
Someone said "Land down under" by "Men at work" or "Going underground" by "The Jam" but some said it was a bit dis tasteful. 😀
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I'm not very impressed - so far there are only 2 less down there than they started with.
4 were out as I was eating my brekkie at 7:40
The whole point surely isn't the principal of using a cage on a wire to go down a hole, but how tiny this one is and how long the hole is!
True. Have just checked the measurements on the Chilean one, and it is 10cm narrower in diameter than the one in the photo, which is still a rescuse cage, but as said, I didn't have to use it under the duress of an emergency situation.
That said, I was working from within that thing over several weeks!
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Be excellent to see this rescue completed.
It's going to be quite some overtime they've accrued when they clock off shift
It's going to be quite some overtime they've accrued when they clock off shift
Shame they won't be getting paid for it
So what would you do first when you got home from being trapped down a mine for 10 weeks ? Showering perhaps ??
If I was that bloke I'd be going double up on Wife & Girlfriend.... although as his sister seems to be spokesperson it may be a delicate 1st assignment for her.
no flies on oakley's product placement. the mineros are all coming out wearing radars (unless they're standard issue in mining...!)
I wondered about this too. Oakley donated the glasses to fill the need for 100% UV filtration to prevent retina damage on surface. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/chile/8049884/Chile-miners-sunglasses-men-will-wear-to-see-the-light.html
so far they are coming up looking far better than I do first thing in the morning.
A film?could be a bit boring...
But very glad that they are all coming out unharmed. I hope they all get a decent bit of cash for their stories and don't have to go back underground.
Oakley will have donated glasses and paid to make sure they're used
The glasses retail for about a months salary for a miner
A film?could be a bit boring...
I doubt that - for the first 17 days they didn't think they would ever get out.
Imagine what that could do to a man's head - 17 days to contemplate a slow and painful death in claustrophobic surroundings and another 32 men all thinking equally dark thoughts...
I've noticed the Chilean president is greeting each miner as he comes out. He's going to be getting a bit tired by the time the last one comes out even with half hour catnaps!
I expect there will be a fantastical Hollywood film made of this. With American miners and rescuers, set in America.
I doubt that - for the first 17 days they didn't think they would ever get out.
Imagine what that could do to a man's head - 17 days to contemplate a slow and painful death in claustrophobic surroundings and another 32 men all thinking equally dark thoughts...
Yeah, what they're not shouting about is the fact that there were [i]originally [/i] 35 miners unaccounted for...
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set in America.
Well no, it would be set in somewhere evil like Iraq because American mines are brilliant.
Matt Damon will save the day.
With American miners and rescuers, set in America
Isn't it already American miners in America?
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Fake but oh so plausible.
I wonder if any of them turned 'Sister' while they were in there. Might be a shock when they get back out.
Wonder if the last one out will switch the lights off?
They're not hanging about!
They can turn that capsule round faster than Ryan Air can do a 737. I bet that it is full of crumbs and toffee wrappers and that the sick bags haven't been replaced.
in the film, there'll be a bit more tension, like the mine will be flooding and slowly filling up.
HIP HIP HOOORAY! 
damn I thought this was a thread about over cautious riding in the Chilterns.
So what would you do first when you got home from being trapped down a mine for 10 weeks ? Showering perhaps ??
They have been able to have a shower everyday, so I'm not sure how much of a priority it will be for them :
[url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/09/chilean-miners-typical-day ]Chilean miners: A typical day in the life of a subterranean miner[/url]
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[i]"Morning showers require the men to climb aboard a bulldozer-type mining vehicle that rumbles 300 metres up the tunnel to a natural waterfall where they shower, shampoo and clean off the ubiquitous rust-coloured mud.
Showers and breakfast are followed by morning chores............"[/i]
It's a shame my wife isn't trapped down that mine with those Chilean miners.
They'd have ****ing dug themselves out by now.
Is that guy that was lowered down into the mine still down there? One of the ballsiest things i've ever seen.
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I've noticed the Chilean president is greeting each miner as he comes out. He's going to be getting a bit tired by the time the last one comes out even with half hour catnaps!
Meanwhile, in another country further north, the President is away playing golf. Again.
To be serious, though, this is an incredible story, and after many mine accidents this one looked like another tragic addition to the list. The work carried out by the engineers to achieve what they have in such an inhospitable environment is astonishing, and in such a calm and methodical manner. This is really miraculous, and for once a cause for genuine celebration. Sometimes the very best you can wish for can actually come true. Great news for the people of Chile, who, as elfin said, have had much ill-fortune over the years.
Lol @ Teeto
I actually contacted Oakley last week to tell them they should provide glasses for the miners, they told me that they were already on it.
I'm keeping my eye open for a pair to appear on ebay for my collection 😉
Not sure i'd like to be this bloke coming out now. Wife or girlfriend why not have both.
Apparently the rescue pod is now making it's last ascent according to the BBC commentators. Don't know if anybody's told the 5 rescuers still down there!