chilean miners...nearly there

Cleat Eastwood
Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
edited October 2010 in The bottom bracket
wow theyre nearly free, just reached the trapped miners. the joy of the families on the news is almost palpable. Its an odd world isnt it, in one thread its all petty small minded "i dont want my taxes given to chavs" and the other side of the world are strangers helping strangers. Fantastic news for the 33.
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  • bexley5200
    bexley5200 Posts: 692
    watched the news,they may be out on tuesday
    going downhill slowly
  • Fastlad
    Fastlad Posts: 908
    Yep, it's great to see the way people rally round in a crisis. They are almost top-side, just a small matter of a 680 metre ascent in a small drill shaft. They reckon its a journey time of 30 -40 minutes. Yikes!!
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    geat news for them but I'll miss @chileanminer on Twitter.
  • Fastlad
    Fastlad Posts: 908
    I asked my wife for a chilean miner last night. She said, what's that? and i said, go down to the bottom of my shaft and stay there til christmas :wink:






    Well, it is sturday night and i've had a sherry. :lol:
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Sky News are showing the effort to get them up in typical style. They have a counter in the corner of the screen with 0 of 33 Miners rescued. The operation should start within an hour.
  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    So far five miners out but three rescuers were sent down to help them, a gain of two out then. I'd have thought that the miners were perfectly capable of loading themselves into the capsule.
  • Allez Mark
    Allez Mark Posts: 364
    Someone at work has told me that one of the miners has a wife and a mistress waiting for him at the top. I reckon he'll ask to go back down.
  • theblender
    theblender Posts: 201
    have you noticed the resued miners have been given Oakley Radar glasses with Black Iridium lenses to protect their eyes? you wouldn't get that over here, probably get a hessian sack over your head instead....
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    theblender wrote:
    have you noticed the resued miners have been given Oakley Radar glasses with Black Iridium lenses to protect their eyes? you wouldn't get that over here, probably get a hessian sack over your head instead....

    Tansitions missed a trick here:

    "I'm Tyler Farrar, miner for Team Chilean Mines. During a rescue I need perfect vision. I need to protect my eyes from changeable light and UV rays......"
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Here's one who isn't perhaps so keen on the publicity:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... apped.html


    Perhaps he's wishing he can be last out in the hope that people will be bored by then and he can just sneak away quietly.
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  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    I feel sorry for Rolly the Clown, what is he to do now? Every silver lining has a cloud.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    MichaelW wrote:
    I feel sorry for Rolly the Clown, what is he to do now? Every silver lining has a cloud.

    Him and Paul the Octopus. :cry:
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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    I saw a bit of it and when the president was giving them a big hug it made me wonder if it happened in the UK who'd be pleased to have Gordon Brown or Cameron descend upon them like that? You'd think you had already been punished enough after 2 months underground :lol:
  • brucey72
    brucey72 Posts: 1,086
    The miner who celebrated by high fiving the crowd, chanting and hugging the president will become an icon. They will probably issue a stamp with his face on it like they did with Nobby Solano (I realise he wasn't stuck down a mine though :wink: )
  • sheepworryingbhoy
    sheepworryingbhoy Posts: 167
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  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    verylonglegs wrote:
    I saw a bit of it and when the president was giving them a big hug it made me wonder if it happened in the UK who'd be pleased to have Gordon Brown or Cameron descend upon them like that? You'd think you had already been punished enough after 2 months underground :lol:

    If it was Gordon Brown or Two Jags Prescott, the miners would have refused to come out of the ground
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    brucey72 wrote:
    The miner who celebrated by high fiving the crowd, chanting and hugging the president will become an icon. They will probably issue a stamp with his face on it like they did with Nobby Solano (I realise he wasn't stuck down a mine though :wink: )

    He's not from Chile either, he's Peruvian. (Solano, not the miner).
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  • plowmar
    plowmar Posts: 1,032
    I don't understand why it took so long.

    Couldn't we just have sent Maggie/ Arthur there, They have experience in getting miners out damn quick. :lol:
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    plowmar wrote:
    I don't understand why it took so long.

    Couldn't we just have sent Maggie/ Arthur there, They have experience in getting miners out damn quick. :lol:

    Gary Glitter heard on the news about Minors, Bottom and Shaft.....he's on the plane right now.
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  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    The 'capsule' looks like a massive dildo
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    It occurred to me today that if this incident had happened before the era of the internet and 24 hr news there would have been no rescue attempt. There would have been no way they would have spent the millions to rescue 33 miners

    Cynical? Moi?
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  • brucey72
    brucey72 Posts: 1,086
    RichN95 wrote:
    brucey72 wrote:
    The miner who celebrated by high fiving the crowd, chanting and hugging the president will become an icon. They will probably issue a stamp with his face on it like they did with Nobby Solano (I realise he wasn't stuck down a mine though :wink: )

    He's not from Chile either, he's Peruvian. (Solano, not the miner).

    No he wasn't was he and I'm a Newcastle fan :oops:
  • AndyRubio
    AndyRubio Posts: 880
    Selfishly, it's the first time that I've felt something more than mild curiousity about my countrymen.

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    AndyRubio wrote:
    Selfishly, it's the first time that I've felt something more than mild curiousity about my countrymen.

    k0K5W.jpg

    You should be soooooo proud of them Andy. Magnificent.
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  • Cressers
    Cressers Posts: 1,329
    So now we have an empty cavern free...

    Plenty of room for the bankers and MPs, seal the shaft and you're done.

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