What's stopping big Bertha?

Carruthers · 12-22-2013, 01:50 PM

Any ideas, Dwellars?

What's stopping big Bertha? Seattle debates mysterious object obstructing tunnel machine

Lamplighter · 12-22-2013, 04:21 PM

The obvious answer...

Clodfobble · 12-22-2013, 04:30 PM

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But two weeks ago, a thousand feet into her near two-mile journey, Bertha came to a grinding halt.

Here's what I don't get. My kids watch this old show called "Popular Mechanics For Kids," which originally ran from 1997 to 2001. In one of the episodes, they do a segment on Big Bertha, including video footage of it up and running, so it's not like they were just profiling some future machine design that hadn't been built yet. At the latest, this episode was part of the final season in 2001, which would mean it's taken 12 years to dig 1,000 feet? What was the holdup?

Edit: nevermind, I'm dumb. I think the same machine gets moved from one construction site to another, and the video was from sometime earlier in its tunnel-digging career.

Carruthers · 12-23-2013, 01:51 AM

The UK Government has been telling us, for quite a while now, that it has been disposing of the National Debt. They didn't tell us how or where. I suspect all is about to be revealed

JBKlyde · 12-23-2013, 06:02 AM

The Vulcan

Big Sarge · 12-23-2013, 09:28 AM

Have they tried the on switch or made sure it is still plugged in?

Carruthers · 12-23-2013, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Have they tried the on switch or made sure it is still plugged in?

In my experience an unplug and reboot normally works.

Happy Monkey · 12-23-2013, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

In my experience an unplug and reboot normally works.

BigV · 12-23-2013, 10:41 AM

Something surrounded by lots of water...

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Via...m/Display/1369

Lamplighter · 12-23-2013, 12:37 PM

Thanks to Ponce, the sign has already been made to celebrate it's 400-yr anniversary.

Sundae · 12-23-2013, 12:44 PM

I knew a chap called Grant.
He wasn't Spanish though. Or a ponce. Although he was a bit of an arsehole as I remember.

zippyt · 12-23-2013, 01:32 PM

Obviously Her big ol BUTT !!!!

zippyt · 12-23-2013, 01:38 PM

Griff · 12-23-2013, 03:35 PM

So we gonna do a pool or what? I know it could be something really cool like a locomotive or a tank but assuming they'll figure it out, my money is on slag (waste from smelting).

Clodfobble · 12-23-2013, 06:11 PM

I'm going to go with "buried shipwreck."

12-22-2013, 01:50 PM	#1
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	What's stopping big Bertha? Any ideas, Dwellars? What's stopping big Bertha? Seattle debates mysterious object obstructing tunnel machine Last edited by Carruthers; 12-22-2013 at 01:53 PM. Reason: Botched the link!

12-22-2013, 04:21 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	The obvious answer... Attached Images

12-23-2013, 09:28 AM	#6
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Have they tried the on switch or made sure it is still plugged in? __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

12-23-2013, 10:41 AM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Something surrounded by lots of water... http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Via...m/Display/1369 __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-23-2013, 12:37 PM	#10
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Thanks to Ponce, the sign has already been made to celebrate it's 400-yr anniversary. Attached Images

12-23-2013, 01:51 AM	#4
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	The UK Government has been telling us, for quite a while now, that it has been disposing of the National Debt. They didn't tell us how or where. I suspect all is about to be revealed

12-23-2013, 06:02 AM	#5
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	The Vulcan

12-23-2013, 12:44 PM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I knew a chap called Grant. He wasn't Spanish though. Or a ponce. Although he was a bit of an arsehole as I remember. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-23-2013, 01:32 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Obviously Her big ol BUTT !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-23-2013, 01:38 PM	#13
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	__________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-23-2013, 03:35 PM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Bertha Pool So we gonna do a pool or what? I know it could be something really cool like a locomotive or a tank but assuming they'll figure it out, my money is on slag (waste from smelting). __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-23-2013, 06:11 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I'm going to go with "buried shipwreck." __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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