Trapped Miners

[ionnsaigh]

Poor guys, after the bare essentials are sent down the tube - I wonder - what would others send down to alleviate the psychological impact. Alcohol ? mmm - then again.

[Sheik Yir Erse]

I'd send Mrs Sheik! Those boys wouldn't be long in digging themselves out

[Ninja Mania]

Ha ha, at least they still have a sense of humour,Daily Record today said when the made contact with the men the 1st question asked was: How are Celtic doing in Europe. Not sure if this is true, or just another one of the Daily Rangers newspapers smug remarks.

[ionnsaigh]

The whole tragic thing reminds me of Big Brother ( who will crack first ) that wee laughing guy in the corner.
< picture opposite.

[Ninja Mania]

The new tunnel they are boring is about the diameter of a bicycle wheel, and will be nearly 700m deep, they will then be winched out 1 at a time. i would shhhhit masel when my turn came.

[Bitter End]

Weel the puir buchers at the bottom ur gonna be busy right busy cleerin debris frae the borin so that they kin git intae the cage tae git oot - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11133018 Ninja Ah'm thinkin ye lost 400 meters somewher but Ah agree aboot the keech !

[Govangirl]

I'd send Mrs Sheik! Those boys wouldn't be long in digging themselves out

If I were her I'd give you a swift kick in your erse! Saying that, Mr Govangirl reckons it might not be that bad:

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/international/chilean-mine-starting-to-sound-not-bad-201008263039/

[ionnsaigh]

700mts x 70cm = a lot of earth. Ironic really how we travel from one work-in to another. The removal of the rubble is, I would hazard a guess - a good thing in that it keeps them occupied. Why don't the trapped miners start to dig upwards ?
I would think that the last couple of guys out the mine would be true leaders. I think that the authorities called it wrong when refusing to send cigarettes, after all if they have a couple of miles of tunnel. I hear one of them has some medical training - however a serious illness down there doesn't bear thinking about. I would be demanding beer hash and fags

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Ionnsaigh wrote,"I would be demanding beer hash and fags "
In any particular order?

[ionnsaigh]

Fags hash beer - seriously though can someone tell me why they can't start digging up.

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Fags hash beer - seriously though can someone tell me why they can't start digging up.

Possibility of cave-in?Would you start digging upwards without knowing the stability of the material that you are digging?

[ionnsaigh]

Would you start digging upwards without knowing the stability of the material that you are digging?

Well at the end of the day that's what they are good at - given the circumstances and regardless of the stability - they are going to dig down - is there any difference between digging upwards than downwards.

[LANDROVER ROGER]

If you dig or drill down you remove the spoil.If you dig up it drops on to you.

[ionnsaigh]

I just thought, that having two holes would be better than one.

[LANDROVER ROGER]

I just thought, that having two holes would be better than one.

Are you going off topic?