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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.

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

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.

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

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 !

Sheik Yir Erse wrote: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/

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

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

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

ionnsaigh wrote: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?

LANDROVER ROGER wrote: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.

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

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

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

Are you going off topic?