Chilean Miners thread

Johro · 12-10-2010 11:07pm

R_H_C_P wrote: »

Most experienced minors come out first incase of any problems coming up.

'Experienced minors come first.':D

builttospill · 12-10-2010 11:16pm

Surely Jonjo the Miser should be compering this thread and giving a running commentary on each miner's appearance and personality. Apparently the 19th miner out is going to do a fine rendition of Black is the Colour.

ChopShop · 12-10-2010 11:24pm

So, have they all been fired and sent the bill yet?

th3 s1aught3r · 12-10-2010 11:29pm

There is massive media coverage of this
Why is everyone so interested ?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-10-2010 11:30pm

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

There is massive media coverage of this
Why is everyone so interested ?

Chill ffs :pac:

storm2811 · 12-10-2010 11:31pm

google faps wrote: »

Let's hope the goggles do something for them.

My eyes!The goggles do nothing!

Conor108 · 12-10-2010 11:35pm

Firefox11 wrote: »

This reminds me of the Simpson's episode where Bart get trapped down the well...lol :P They really should get sting to go down an rescue the first miner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4zO7-rt71k

Jesus Wept · 12-10-2010 11:38pm

In what sense is it amazing?

I heard on the news earlier that they would be 'taking out the most experienced, then the weakest, then the strongest'.

I don't understand the reasoning behind that.

TheZohanS · 12-10-2010 11:38pm

Just remember chicos: what happened in the mine, stays in the mine

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dfbemt · 12-10-2010 11:40pm

Fella in charge of the job is called Doug :rolleyes:

Sir Random · 12-10-2010 11:40pm

Archimedes wrote: »

Oh my god.

Sky actually have a 0 of 39 miners rescued in the top corner of their screen, which will tick up each time a miner comes out.

Absolutely cringeworthy, they truly are The Sun of "news" channels.

LOL, Anyone played Lemmings??

0 of 33 miners rescued...
Press F1 to retry this level.

th3 s1aught3r · 12-10-2010 11:41pm

Bailey Thankful Song wrote: »

Chill ffs :pac:

pardon me

DonalN · 12-10-2010 11:42pm

Can we watch it in 3D ?

stovelid · 12-10-2010 11:47pm

Will somebody record the adulterous one getting the slaps of his wife and his two mistresses when he gets out as I have to go to bed in a while?

Kintarō Hattori · 12-10-2010 11:47pm

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

There is massive media coverage of this
Why is everyone so interested ?

Because nothing like this has ever happened before. That many men, all in reasonable health, trapped underground for two months. It's incredible that they are still alive and that hopefully all 33 of them will make it back to the surface.

cson · 12-10-2010 11:49pm

Day 24 in the Dig Brother house.

robinph · 12-10-2010 11:49pm

The-Rigger wrote: »

In what sense is it amazing?

I heard on the news earlier that they would be 'taking out the most experienced, then the weakest, then the strongest'.

I don't understand the reasoning behind that.

They need the saner and stronger people first so that if it goes wrong they have more chance of sorting whatever it is out, like detaching the capsule and going back down again. You also don't then leave the ill ones to come up last.

baldbear · 12-10-2010 11:50pm

Have they sent the capsule down on a dry run yet to see if it could get stuck?

robinph · 12-10-2010 11:51pm

baldbear wrote: »

Have they sent the capsule down on a dry run yet to see if it could get stuck?

Yep, they already sent it down to within 10m of the bottom with nobody in it, and they have sent someone down a few meters already. They seem to be having a bit of trouble attaching the cable at the moment. :eek:

baldbear · 12-10-2010 11:53pm

Aghh it'll be 2 hours away yet. I'll be well asleep.

Zynks · 12-10-2010 11:54pm

They are saying that the rescue itself will not start for another 2 hours. They need to sort out the communications gear.

robinph · 12-10-2010 11:54pm

Thought they were about to go but got longer to wait yet.

Jesus Wept · 12-10-2010 11:56pm

bueno means good.momento means moment.
Can someone translate everything else?

Busi_Girl08 · 12-10-2010 11:56pm

Is it just me, or does that mining minister look a lot like Jools Holland? :eek:

RoyalMarine · 12-10-2010 11:59pm

is it true they sent a 40" tv down to them a while back?

if so, why didnt they just exit the mine through that hole?

robinph · 13-10-2010 12:00am

BBC News had someone translating him, but his bit in english afterwards was pretty much what she traslated from him as well.

Sorting cameras and coms, then send it down empty, then send it down and back up with a tester, then send it down to the bottom with a paramedic then start bringing people up basically.

df1985 · 13-10-2010 12:01am

Archimedes wrote: »

Oh my god.

Sky actually have a 0 of 39 miners rescued in the top corner of their screen, which will tick up each time a miner comes out.

Absolutely cringeworthy, they truly are The Sun of "news" channels.

such bad taste, god forbid something happens to them on the way up or the new tunnel even collapses-they'll feel like right arseholes then.......

actually no they wont, theyll flash up a breaking news thing and love the extra ratings. imagine this happened in a british mine (if theyre still open, dont have a clue tbh)

Loveless · 13-10-2010 12:01am

00112984 wrote: »

If they had just started screaming "Oil!! We've found oil!!!!" they'd have been out months ago.

they thought if they stayed down a bit longer they'd manage to miss all of the X Factor

robinph · 13-10-2010 12:01am

They sent a projector down so they could watch a football match.

Kintarō Hattori · 13-10-2010 12:03am

Hmnn 2 hours to go- I'm tempted to stay and wait for the first person out. Anyone planning on staying up?

x in the city · 13-10-2010 12:04am

heard that jose never clocked in, he will be furious...

robinph · 13-10-2010 12:05am

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Hmnn 2 hours to go- I'm tempted to stay and wait for the first person out. Anyone planning on staying up?

Yeah, want to see this.

Dudess · 13-10-2010 12:05am

BotFly wrote: »

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Trapped-Miners-in-Chile-Hours-Away-from-Rescue-104773954.html

This one goes out to all our chilean brothers who are stuck down a hole or something.

There's a hole in my heart,

As deep as a shaft,

For those poor little miners,

Who must be going daftl,

Though we can't get him out,

We'll do what we do most,

We go boards.ie,

And post, post, post.

And we're sending our love down the mine,

All the way down.

We're sending our love down the mine,

Down that mine

God bless those little guys.

Damn the way you can only get really crappy Simpsons clips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4zO7-rt71k

df1985 · 13-10-2010 12:06am

i generally dont go to bed till 2 or 3 anyways so will wait around for the first few.

vamos! vamos!

Degag · 13-10-2010 12:06am

Archimedes wrote: »

Oh my god.

Sky actually have a 0 of 39 miners rescued in the top corner of their screen, which will tick up each time a miner comes out.

Absolutely cringeworthy, they truly are The Sun of "news" channels.

Well, they are owned by the same person....

baldbear · 13-10-2010 12:06am

That miners daughter was nice. Jesus i hope they don't drop that capsule now.

starbelgrade · 13-10-2010 12:08am

As far as TV goes, this is fairly dull.

Needs an explosion or two to liven things up.

fonecrusher1 · 13-10-2010 12:16am

starbelgrade wrote: »

As far as TV goes, this is fairly dull.

Needs an explosion or two to liven things up.

Let the last 2 miners fight to the death for the last rescue trip.

Failing that a couple of computer generated T-rex's would liven things up a bit. Raaaaaarrrr!!!

kowloon · 13-10-2010 12:17am

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

is it true they sent a 40" tv down to them a while back?

if so, why didnt they just exit the mine through that hole?

If it had been a regular tv shaped hole maybe, they dug a hole 40" wide but only 2" deep, those flatscreens are just wafer thin.

th3 s1aught3r · 13-10-2010 12:18am

how did they get stuck down there ?

starbelgrade · 13-10-2010 12:20am

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

how did they get stuck down there ?

They are miners, so my guess is that they were mining.

argosy2006 · 13-10-2010 12:20am

orourkeda wrote: »

How will they decide who comes out first

why? are they gay

starbelgrade · 13-10-2010 12:22am

They should throw a few snakes down.

bonerm · 13-10-2010 12:22am

Dudess wrote: »

Damn the way you can only get really crappy Simpsons clips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4zO7-rt71k

Maybe they could do a cover of the Isaac Hayes classic for a B-Side:

Who is the man that would risk his neck
For his brother man?
SHAFT!
Can you dig it?

df1985 · 13-10-2010 12:23am

Im a minor celebrity in chile, get me out of here!

Dudess · 13-10-2010 12:23am

th3 s1aught3r wrote: »

There is massive media coverage of this
Why is everyone so interested ?

The public wants what the public gets... I guess.

Personally I think we should let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow.

Busi_Girl08 · 13-10-2010 12:25am

df1985 wrote: »

Im a miner celebrity in chile, get me out of here!

FYP

darragh16 · 13-10-2010 12:26am

Are they gettin overtime for this?

bonerm · 13-10-2010 12:27am

Dudess wrote: »

The public wants what the public gets... I guess.

Personally I think we should let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow.

I know they're in a bit of a jam but my opinion they've made their bed and they can lie in it.

dvpower · 13-10-2010 12:30am

darragh16 wrote: »

Are they gettin overtime for this?

No way. They've been sitting around doing fcuk all for the last month.

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