rescue of Chilean Miners -Live

monster • Oct 12, 2010 10:58 pm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11489439

Are you watching?
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 12, 2010 11:01 pm
I'm not worried, that rig was designed by a NASA engineer, and tested well. It'll work fine.
classicman • Oct 12, 2010 11:06 pm
I'll watch the first one up & then I'll see the last as well if my schedule permits. Pretty cool though.
classicman • Oct 12, 2010 11:12 pm
He's up He's up He's up He's up He's up He's up He's up
monster • Oct 12, 2010 11:16 pm
I'm not worried either. I just think it's great.
monster • Oct 12, 2010 11:47 pm
it's funny listening to the BBC reporters. I'd forgotten how much more casual and risque they are. And they say things funny ;)
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 12, 2010 11:47 pm
I'm wondering what will happen to the miner who's wife, and mistress, both showed up, when the accident happened. :cool:
monster • Oct 12, 2010 11:57 pm
well, yeah, there is that aspect too....

who needs soap operas?

although no question as to who needs soap....
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 13, 2010 12:38 am
It will be all soap operas for awhile. Interviews, articles, the dirt on who was cool vs who was a dick, underground, the Weekly World News reporting Bat Boy saved them from certain death, and a couple of ghost written books. Wonder which ones will be on Oprah? :haha:
monster • Oct 13, 2010 12:56 am
[YOUTUBE]whSYTSXm8wo[/YOUTUBE]
TheMercenary • Oct 13, 2010 7:45 am
xoxoxoBruce;688063 wrote:
I'm wondering what will happen to the miner who's wife, and mistress, both showed up, when the accident happened. :cool:

After he comes up they are going to put him back in the hole.
Trilby • Oct 13, 2010 8:41 am
Nah, this is Chile! They will both immediately make love to him!
TheMercenary • Oct 13, 2010 9:00 am
#12 on the way out. Great feed from the BBC.
TheMercenary • Oct 13, 2010 9:14 am
I just timed the last rescue #12. Time to top from bottom is 15 min. Not bad. Sounds like they are moving a little faster than before.
Shawnee123 • Oct 13, 2010 9:21 am
It's heartwarming, especially the happiness on the faces of the families. Chalk one up for human resiliency.
glatt • Oct 13, 2010 9:27 am
I'm glad I'm not a miner.
footfootfoot • Oct 13, 2010 9:40 am
glatt;688115 wrote:
I'm glad I'm not a miner.

The wife and mistress don't get along then?;)
monster • Oct 13, 2010 9:45 am
They're never going to be done if they keep sending people down.....
Shawnee123 • Oct 13, 2010 9:57 am
I bet those guys sleep good tonight!
Happy Monkey • Oct 13, 2010 11:21 am
I hope they don't have a fox, a chicken, and a bag of seed down there. Getting them out can be tricky.
glatt • Oct 13, 2010 11:25 am
:lol:
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 13, 2010 12:33 pm
Told ya so... :lol:

Tensions are rising above ground as wives and mistresses of the 33 miners trapped deep within the San Jose mine make rival claims for compensation.
Cloud • Oct 13, 2010 8:22 pm
I have to say . . . I'd hate to be the last one down there
monster • Oct 13, 2010 9:12 pm
Now they just have to get the rescue workers back up....
Jaydaan • Oct 13, 2010 9:31 pm
I am still not sure *why* it took that long to get to them... but I am very glad to see all of them got out alive. The weeks/months ahead will tell if they got out ok :(
Either way, at least they are on the surface, and thats pretty damn cool!
footfootfoot • Oct 13, 2010 9:45 pm
Cloud;688196 wrote:
I have to say . . . I'd hate to be the last one down there

"Hey are my wife and girlfriends up there?" "Mmmm, maybe I'll just stay down here a little longer."

I think if a miner has enough $ to have a wife and 4 mistresses, then they are getting paid too much $.
TheMercenary • Oct 13, 2010 9:59 pm
Cloud;688196 wrote:
I have to say . . . I'd hate to be the last one down there

Leadership dictates the the boss is the last to leave. Everytime.
Trilby • Oct 13, 2010 10:00 pm
footfootfoot;688213 wrote:
I think if a miner has enough $ to have a wife and 4 mistresses, then they are getting paid too much $.


Again, it's Chile. Everyone has at least four mistresses.
footfootfoot • Oct 13, 2010 10:18 pm
Brianna;688217 wrote:
Again, it's Chile. Everyone has at least four mistresses.


Are they sponsored by the state? Do their online forums devolve into "I don't want my tax dollars paying for some miner's mistress's groceries."
casimendocina • Oct 13, 2010 11:29 pm
The rational part of my brain tells me it has to be genuine, but on an intuition leve, I find it hard to be convinced of the emotion behind Sebastian Pinera's (the President) hugs. He seems so plasticky.
monster • Oct 13, 2010 11:37 pm
Everyone's up. Hurrah.
Clodfobble • Oct 14, 2010 12:09 am
casimedocina wrote:
The rational part of my brain tells me it has to be genuine, but on an intuition leve, I find it hard to be convinced of the emotion behind Sebastian Pinera's (the President) hugs. He seems so plasticky.



Well come on now, would you want to hug a miner who hasn't bathed in 2 months?
TheMercenary • Oct 14, 2010 12:12 am
Billionaires tend to do that.
monster • Oct 14, 2010 1:15 am
OFFS wouldn't you hug them? I would and I don't do Touchy-Feely, The prez hasn't slept in forever and has an unfortunate Deputy Dawg face.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 14, 2010 1:30 am
Honestly, when you first heard of a mine collapse in Chile, did you think there was a chance in hell they'd all come out alive... or any come out alive? Incredible luck. Incredible effort.
casimendocina • Oct 14, 2010 3:13 am
xoxoxoBruce;688267 wrote:
Honestly, when you first heard of a mine collapse in Chile, did you think there was a chance in hell they'd all come out alive... or any come out alive? Incredible luck. Incredible effort.


No chance at all. It's amazing and the fact that they're way ahead of their original timeline is incredible. In spite of my cynicism about Sebastian Pinera, I am very, very glad that all of the miners got out alive.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 14, 2010 4:26 am
I heard they made a legal & binding pact when they were still underground, that all revenue from this incident will be shared equally.
Griff • Oct 14, 2010 6:37 am
xoxoxoBruce;688267 wrote:
Honestly, when you first heard of a mine collapse in Chile, did you think there was a chance in hell they'd all come out alive... or any come out alive? Incredible luck. Incredible effort.


Not a chance. Great effort.
glatt • Oct 14, 2010 12:50 pm
One of my favorite websites is Cockeyed.

Rob, the guy who runs that site, made a scale graphic to show just how long the shaft that these miners had to travel through is. It's pretty impressive.
Spexxvet • Oct 15, 2010 1:39 pm
That was a great show. When's the next episode?
Happy Monkey • Oct 15, 2010 1:47 pm
I caught a headline somewhere that there's going to be a mining reality show.
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 15, 2010 2:26 pm
You can play along at home...
classicman • Oct 15, 2010 2:33 pm
Wow - Love the Bonus!! !!
Spexxvet • Oct 15, 2010 3:26 pm
Happy Monkey;688473 wrote:
I caught a headline somewhere that there's going to be a mining reality show.


The title "Survivor" is already taken. :sniff:
casimendocina • Oct 16, 2010 3:38 am
glatt;688351 wrote:
One of my favorite websites is Cockeyed.

Rob, the guy who runs that site, made a scale graphic to show just how long the shaft that these miners had to travel through is. It's pretty impressive.


Agreed. Very impressive.
HungLikeJesus • Oct 16, 2010 11:36 am
I was thinking that they could have gotten those miners up a lot quicker if they just used something like this:

[youtube]JLQ70JJpa0M[/youtube]
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 16, 2010 11:39 am
That sucks. It won't work unless the hole is open on the other end. :p:
xoxoxoBruce • Oct 16, 2010 11:43 pm
Here's a good diagram of the whole mine.