Chilean Miners thread

BotFly · 12-10-2010 5:00pm #1

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.

orourkeda · 12-10-2010 5:03pm

How will they decide who comes out first

Ghost Train · 12-10-2010 5:03pm

I hope there will be a live video feed

lorweld · 12-10-2010 5:06pm

Just heard on the news that the first one out will be the most psychologically stable

wonder how they assessed that!

biko · 12-10-2010 5:13pm

OP I changed the title so we can have all Chilean Miners chat in here.

BotFly · 12-10-2010 5:14pm

biko wrote: »

OP I changed the title so we can have all Chilean Miners chat in here.

Why do you hate freedom?

12-10-2010 5:18pm

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

biko · 12-10-2010 5:18pm

BotFly wrote: »

Why do you hate freedom?

I don't hate freedom, I hate you.

only messing

lorweld · 12-10-2010 5:20pm

00112984 wrote: »

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

Or maybe we've found Maddie!

mfceiling · 12-10-2010 5:45pm

Apparantely one of them forgot to clock in the morning he went down...........

PeterIanStaker · 12-10-2010 6:29pm

lorweld wrote: »

Or maybe we've found Maddie!

Her parents wouldn't be happy.

uncle-mofo · 12-10-2010 6:35pm

orourkeda wrote: »

How will they decide who comes out first

I read it was the fittest lads to come up first, apparently the journey up to the surface is no easy task and they have to make sure it's ok for the lesser off men. Then again, I read that in the Mail on Sunday.

Yakult · 12-10-2010 6:43pm

orourkeda wrote: »

How will they decide who comes out first

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

squeakyduck · 12-10-2010 6:46pm

I really hope they get out all safe and sound. Usually stuff like this ends in tragedy...

winston82 · 12-10-2010 6:58pm

orourkeda wrote: »

How will they decide who comes out first

they tossed for it. Quickest go first.

galwayrush · 12-10-2010 7:08pm

One miner has some seriously explaining to do to his wife, and apparently 2 lovers. all waiting for him.

dubtom · 12-10-2010 7:43pm

squeakyduck wrote: »

I really hope they get out all safe and sound. Usually stuff like this ends in tragedy...

Love the positive attitude, keep it up.

wolfpawnat · 12-10-2010 7:51pm

Its ok Galwayrush, I hear the wives were up to a few things themselves!!!

I hope it goes well, was watching a documentary a few weeks ago about how they got out a few American miners from a similar situation, mind you it only took them about a week!!!!

I would not like to do that journey up in full health, never mind any other way!!! 600 meters (correct me if I am mistaken, I have been reading the Mail!) is a long way!

winston82 · 12-10-2010 8:05pm

i wouldn't fancy being the last man to come up. It'll be a long hour wait for that capsule to come back down.

Donal Og O Baelach · 12-10-2010 8:14pm

Fast-forward to 3 years from now and we sit in the cinema watching the Hollywood movie - just about now, about to be rescued, Clooney hugs previous bitter rival Christian Bale and says "I love you man."

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-10-2010 8:14pm

galwayrush wrote: »

One miner has some seriously explaining to do to his wife, and apparently 2 lovers. all waiting for him.

Last I heard he was digging a hole in the other direction

Slideshowbob · 12-10-2010 8:15pm

RTE1 newsreader just said Chilean miners "are enjoying their last few hours of captivity"

what a totally crap use of english - brutal

Dj · 12-10-2010 8:17pm

Live coverage on the RTE website of the rescue

http://www.rte.ie/live/

robinph · 12-10-2010 8:19pm

winston82 wrote: »

i wouldn't fancy being the last man to come up. It'll be a long hour wait for that capsule to come back down.

Last man up will be one of the paramedics or other engineers that they send down first.

First man up is apparently going to be Florencio Avalos who has been the cameraman for them down the mine, his brother is also down there as well.

wolfpawnat · 12-10-2010 8:40pm

When are they due to be lifted, lost tv reception so no news on here in a few days?

Sincerely would hate to be down there when they are telling the first fella to get in, you know a few are going to want to rush in!!!

robinph · 12-10-2010 8:45pm

Think they will be sending more people down the hole any time soon, they have been saying they will have at least one miner, that Florencio Avalos chap, on the surface today. Although that is today Chilean time, but I expect they are planning for primetime evening news slots. The time keeps on being brought earlier though during the day today. They were saying 3am GMT tomorrow, then midnight, now sooner.

patmac · 12-10-2010 8:59pm

They'd better be back to work Monday, feckin slackers. Not one piece of coal in weeks, don't they know there is a recession on!

Killer Pigeon · 12-10-2010 9:12pm

Live coverage of miner rescue online!!

http://www.rte.ie/live/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/oct/12/chilean-miners-rescue-live-coverage

robinph · 12-10-2010 9:19pm

I think it was a copper mine.

Apparently the paramedics are already down the mine.

Killer Pigeon · 12-10-2010 9:20pm

Damn! Thread already exists on this topic, second time this month that I made this mistake. Silly me.

jerry2623 · 12-10-2010 9:20pm

Watching this live now .There president spoke for about 20 minutes.I think they are more interested in the PR then getting the poor guys to the surface.
The Chileans have one of the worst mining safety records in the world.
Still it is amazing to watch

chin_grin · 12-10-2010 9:23pm

They should all dress up as apes to give them a real shock.

GOD-DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!

El Guapo! · 12-10-2010 9:23pm

Meh......I'll catch the highlights later.

Killer Pigeon · 12-10-2010 9:24pm

jerry2623 wrote: »

Watching this live now .There president spoke for about 20 minutes.I think they are more interested in the PR then getting the poor guys to the surface.
The Chileans have one of the worst mining safety records in the world.
Still it is amazing to watch

Yeah, it was so obvious that what the President said was scripted, even what he said in English.

Peyton Manning · 12-10-2010 9:24pm

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.

robinph · 12-10-2010 9:27pm

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.

Have they been breeding down there? I thought there was only 33 of them.

starbelgrade · 12-10-2010 9:28pm

Archimedes wrote: »

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.

Press the red button if you want to see one released now.

hmmm · 12-10-2010 9:30pm

Archimedes wrote: »

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.

When I saw it I knew they must have considered having 39 little miner icons across the top of the screen, with each coloured green or red depending on whether the miner lived or died. Maybe accompanied by a cheering or a groaning noise. Probably just as well it is only a ticker - I bet they get confused by a rescue worker coming up and they end up with a total of 41 out of 39 miners rescued.

Kristopherus · 12-10-2010 9:31pm

Don't worry, folks. Its going to take an hour to get each one out, so I guess we'll all be bored sick by the time the last ,and probably best, release will happen.

argosy2006 · 12-10-2010 9:31pm

Killer Pigeon wrote: »

Live coverage of miner rescue online!!

http://www.rte.ie/live/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/oct/12/chilean-miners-rescue-live-coverage

this video is not suitable for miners

jerry2623 · 12-10-2010 9:32pm

I wonder could we do a deal and replace the ones they bring up with the entire cabinet from here ! just see there president and crew singing there t fields of athenry before they send the yoke down for them

krudler · 12-10-2010 9:36pm

starbelgrade wrote: »

Press the red button if you want to see one released now.

Who stays and who goes? you decide! for Pablo, press 5, for Jose, press 6...

x in the city · 12-10-2010 9:37pm

are billo and eamon doing this.....

Firefox11 · 12-10-2010 9:49pm

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.

argosy2006 · 12-10-2010 9:53pm

robinph wrote: »

Last man up will be one of the paramedics or other engineers that they send down first.

First man up is apparently going to be Florencio Avalos who has been the cameraman for them down the mine, his brother is also down there as well.

they do everything together,
eat, drink, get trapped under ground,,,