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It's wonderful these guys survived, but just thinking about this story still give me the creeps.
Video of trapped Chilean miners shows patriotism and humor - CNN.com
I'm not claustrophobic, but the thought of being trapped this way is quite disturbing. I was in a coal mine about 1/2 mile into a mountain (photographing some equipment) many years ago and didn't think anything about it at the time, but I'm not sure I could go back into one today.
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I don't think they've been informed that it will take four months to get them out.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot 
I don't think they've been informed that it will take four months to get them out.
I think these guys know enough about mining and their particular mine to know the dig out will not go fast.
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True. Though they also know how sensationally lucky they are to be alive, found, in communication and supplied with victuals.
Still, certainly not an easy situation. Doubts and depression must run rampant over the next few weeks.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
I don't think they've been informed that it will take four months to get them out.
Yep, they've been told (either today or yesterday).
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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I think I could handle it. It would be like studying for the bar exam all over again.
But seriously, that small tube providing them with communications, reassurance, and food will also provide them with sanity and hope.
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Will I be able to wack off in private?
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Do they have internet donw there ?
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Will I be able to wack off in private?
Depends, could you do that before?
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I hope baked beans are not on their menu.
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It is the Chile series of Big Brother, but nobody told them they were entered into it.
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Depends on the games. Little Big Planet might last me a couple hours.
Texas Hold 'Em would be good for about a day. After that I'd start going a bit wacko.
Now my favorite music, and TV would go a long way.
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I can't see the big deal, there are people who have lived in their parents' basements playing MMOs for years living off Mtn Dew and Cheetos.
Seriously, though, not sure I could handle the B.O. and general sanitation issues.
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I wonder how much light they have. If the conditions are equivalent to candlelight that'd get old real fast.
I hope they're trying to introduce some type of artificial day-night cycle down there.
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"I spy something blonde."
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I think I could handle the entrapment, but not the inability to shower. Especially in an environment as 'murky' as that.
Originally Posted by ajprice
It is the Chile series of Big Brother, but nobody told them they were entered into it.
 
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I like chicken
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Meow Mix, Meow Mix
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I could not. I'd be claustrophobic and freaking out about sanitation.
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Originally Posted by Lateralus
I think I could handle the entrapment, but not the inability to shower.
What do astronauts do?
Even with a small tube, there are a lot of creature comforts that could be sent down. I'm sure they could send down ipods with some spare batteries. . .oh wait, nevermind.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
What do astronauts do?
Even with a small tube, there are a lot of creature comforts that could be sent down. I'm sure they could send down ipods with some spare batteries. . .oh wait, nevermind.
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Originally Posted by design219
Trapped underground for months. Could you handle it?
Depends, could I bring my D&D stuff?
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
I guess they make 2000 foot extension cords somewhere (overhead powerlines are kind of thick), but with only a 3 inch pipe I wonder whether it makes sense to permanently have something running through it. Once you send down a power line, water line, voice/data line, and air line, there isn't much room left over to send down cans of mountain dew. One tangled cable can easily block a fair portion of the pipe.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
I guess they make 2000 foot extension cords somewhere (overhead powerlines are kind of thick), but with only a 3 inch pipe I wonder whether it makes sense to permanently have something running through it. Once you send down a power line, water line, voice/data line, and air line, there isn't much room left over to send down cans of mountain dew. One tangled cable can easily block a fair portion of the pipe.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Oh, come on, it isn't like I didn't start this with an ipod/removable battery joke. Then I got distracted and started thinking more seriously.
I promise I will laugh at the next joke you make though to get things back on track. 
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I apologize if I unfairly piggybacked on your joke.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
I guess they make 2000 foot extension cords somewhere (overhead powerlines are kind of thick), but with only a 3 inch pipe I wonder whether it makes sense to permanently have something running through it. Once you send down a power line, water line, voice/data line, and air line, there isn't much room left over to send down cans of mountain dew. One tangled cable can easily block a fair portion of the pipe.
I read that they have several bore holes. I am sure one is being used to pump air down so I don't see how running electrical cables down that one would be a space issue.
The time and confinement sounds feasible to endure. People in submarines have less space than these miners do. However the hot temperatures and filth would be rough to take.
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Originally Posted by SSharon
...there isn't much room left over to send down cans of mountain dew.
They're trying to save them, not drown them in liquid snot.
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Let the fighting between the mistresses and the wives begin !!!
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Originally Posted by mattyb
Let the fighting between the mistresses and the wives begin !!!
Hope it was all captured on video.
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I wonder if they got paid for all of the overtime.
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They each got $10,000 bonuses, from what I've just read.
Steve Jobs gave them an iPod touch each, they've got a standing invitation to the Man U vs. Real Madrid game, an offer for holidays in Greece, and probably access to everything and ANYTHING you'd find spam for in a regular inbox.
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All the Viagra you can stuff in your mouth at once?
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
They each got $10,000 bonuses, from what I've just read.
That's kind of crap for 69 days of hell.
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
they've got a standing invitation to the Man U vs. Real Madrid game
How can you have a standing invitation for a one-off event?
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
an offer for holidays in Greece
Greece is after their money already!
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Oh, how about a special Chiliean miner edition of the reality show "Survivor"?
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Originally Posted by Doofy
That's kind of crap for 69 days of hell.
It works out to around $6/hour. I wonder what their normal pay is...
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
They each got $10,000 bonuses, from what I've just read.
Steve Jobs gave them an iPod touch each, they've got a standing invitation to the Man U vs. Real Madrid game, an offer for holidays in Greece, and probably access to everything and ANYTHING you'd find spam for in a regular inbox.
But do they get to keep those Oakley sunglasses they've been wearing?
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