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Mulegena
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"Your shift is over." says company prez to the released miners
We celebrate good news. Everyone is relieved and rejoicing each man's rescue, health and safety. Happy and pleased at everyone's efforts and
resiliency.
[Edited on 10-14-2010 by Mulegena]
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TheColoradoDude
Everytime a you turn on a light you can thank a miner! Even lights powered by solar power have stuff in them that has been mined.
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I doubt these miners would accept you gratitude, given their born-again moral strength. They were mining gold...not coal.
Nice thought though.
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bajadogs
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I thought it was pretty freaking cool. REALLY cool. It seemed like such a back page story for a long time. ¡VIVA CHILE!
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BajaNuts
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Mood: no worry, no hurry....it's all good!
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Whatever the political/economic circumstances are that put those men in jobs working hundreds of meters below the surface, they are still persons
with families!
And if someone wants go get all political or what ever about "why they were there in the first place or what could have been done"...none of us were
there...so whatever!
If you cannot be happy that a worker is rescued and will be able to see his family, and his family will be able to hug him again, and he will live his
life for however much longer is deemed to him..... if you cannot be happy about that, then get another life.....
There's enough BAD news in the world all the time, be happy when there's some GOOD news and don't try to turn good news into bad.
OK- down off soapbox~
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNuts
they are still persons with families!
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Seems as though #21 had a bit more than one family. His wife and his main squeeze met while holding the vigil at the mine before the rescue.
They had trouble coaxing him into the elevator. He thought he'd be safer if he stayed down there.
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I spent time watching and was impress not only by the rescue but by some of the companies involved.
The hole was created by a company from Pennsylvania with a water drilling rig. I watched two interviews with these guys and was very impressed with
their attitude.
You never see any mention about the guidance system for the drill bits. How do you know where you are going to end up when you are about 1/2 mile
down?
[Edited on 10-14-2010 by wiltonh]
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Thank the Lord
That the rescue is OVER and, so far, there have been fewer followups, interviews, analysis, etc, etc, etc than expected disrupting
news events which bear more on the rest of us.
The Over-The-Top coverage ayer reached a pinnacle (to me, anyway) when I tuned back in one of many times to see if they'd moved on to other news. My
first thought was "WTF" ? as I tried to determine WHAT I was looking at.
It was close-up video footage of the Steel Hoist Cable winding around the Winch Drum.
Now, THAT's Entertainment.
[Edited on 10-14-2010 by MrBillM]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wiltonh
I spent time watching and was impress not only by the rescue but by some of the companies involved.
The hole was created by a company from Pennsylvania with a water drilling rig. I watched two interviews with these guys and was very impressed with
their attitude.
You never see any mention about the guidance system for the drill bits. How do you know where you are going to end up when you are about 1/2 mile
down?
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It is going to be very interesting when all the details of the rescue are told. It seems that companies from several nations collaborated to use
oilfield drilling technology to work on many aspects of the pipe.
"Chilean mine rescue aided by Alta.'s Metalogic
Last Updated: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | 7:22 PM MT Comments6Recommend15
CBC News
An Edmonton company is playing a role in the rescue of 33 miners who are trapped in the San Jose copper and gold mine in Chile.
Metalogic Inspection Services is using ultrasound to examine the welds made on the metal pipe that is being put down the shaft that will be used to
reach the miners.
The capsule that will carry the workers to safety will be inserted inside that pipe. The welds in the pipe need to be strong to ensure the safety of
the men once they're inside the capsule.
"We actually pre-inspect the weld. So as they [are] manufacturing the pipe and putting it into the ground, we will do a full circumferential scan of
the weld," said Quintin Bower, the corporate business development manager for Metalogic.
"They push it down deeper and they put another joint in and so forth until they got the complete weld inside the shaft that they drilled."
Bower said the company gathered staff and resources from Edmonton, Brazil and Thailand to help with the operation."
Ref: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/10/12/edmonton-m...
When the way comes to an end, then change. Having changed, you pass through.
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bajadock
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Gotta love Oakley. Whoever thought of their philanthropic advertising by donating sunglasses deserves a huge bonus. Brilliant.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadock
Gotta love Oakley. Whoever thought of their philanthropic advertising by donating sunglasses deserves a huge bonus. Brilliant.
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I'm surprised we didn't see a bunch of beer company logo's pasted on the side of the capsul. Next time, now that they know it works, we'll see them
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Oakley Donation story.
Dunno if Oakley tested their shades to withstand the glare from the enhanced whitening of President Sebastián Piñera's grill. 
Glad Los Mineros de Chile are safe. Now we can return to the vital MSM events of the day, like political advertising.
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