What's stopping big Bertha?

Any ideas, Dwellars?

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

The obvious answer...

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.

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 :eek:

The Vulcan

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

Big Sarge;886948 wrote:

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

In my experience an unplug and reboot normally works.

Carruthers;886950 wrote:

In my experience an unplug and reboot normally works.

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Something surrounded by lots of water...

www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/Viaduct/Contents/Item/Display/1369

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

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.

Obviously Her big ol BUTT !!!!
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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).

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

I think that it is an alien underground base camp, and the Klingons are watching us prior to the invasion.

I'm going with malaise.

There you go again ... suggesting something silly

Why would aliens build their base in a pool of mayonnaise ?

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Lupus.

Lol, Sundae

Crack me up you guys!

Griff;886975 wrote:

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).

"In the name of love!"








That, or a glacial eRr47k.

That, or a glacial eRr47k.

???

Is that "Error 47k" or license plate code for "a glacial erratic" ?

I was holding out for someone to explain it...

It's a diamond pipe left by a long dissolved volcano.

Is that like a crack pipe for the debauched dissolute?

While we weren't paying attention this was solved.

http://gizmodo.com/something-called-the-object-has-stopped-worlds-large-1487090414/1494179251/@sarahzhang

xoxoxoBruce;887285 wrote:

It's a diamond pipe left by a long dissolved volcano.

Isn't that called a Kimberlite Pipe?

Well, if you want to get all edumacated about it... yes. :p:

xoxoxoBruce;889858 wrote:

Well, if you want to get all edumacated about it... yes. :p:

Shit, no! I was just showing off:cool:

Oh well then, that's understandable, and permitted, if not encouraged... carry on. :notworthy

Steel pipe? *Boring*