Chilean Miners

[herr]

Originally Posted by MoMoNoMo

The men were NOT, incidentally, allowed one of the staples of the Chilean diet.... beans. Given the confined spaces and all, it was thought that might have been, er, unwise.

could have created a quite combustible situation, particularly if there were any smokers down there..

[wineturtle]

Not sure what I`d eat or drink but pretty sure I`d ask Willie Nelson to roll me a really fat one from his private stash for the trip up.

edit: on second though I`d ask for two and give one to the guy with the wife and girlfriend waiting- then he would not give a damn about what awaits him

[MoMoNoMo]

My Metro train was stuck in a tunnel for a half-hour this morning and I started to get a tinge of claustrophobia. ... No, mining is definitely not in my future.

[herr]

Its pretty marvelous tv. The New York Times has a live feed and seeing those miners come out of that improbably small tube in the ground is very moving. It is such a slow methodical process, but there is incredible release when they come out.

I don't personally believe that I would do well shut up in a small cage in a black tunnel for eleven minutes. I would much rather be trapped with MoMo in the Washington DC subway system

[Zat0pek]

Originally Posted by herr

Its pretty marvelous tv. The New York Times has a live feed and seeing those miners come out of that improbably small tube in the ground is very moving. It is such a slow methodical process, but there is incredible release when they come out.

I don't personally believe that I would do well shut up in a small cage in a black tunnel for eleven minutes. I would much rather be trapped with MoMo in the Washington DC subway system

Best thing to do in that situation is just shut your eyes, then pray.

[MedialMeniscus]

Oakley is getting some nice exposure today since they supplied all the trapped miners with sunglasses.

[patti]

Ok, ZAT!! Here you goooo!! Number 21! The capsule is getting ready...to be lowered.

He will be met by his girlfriend.
If I was the wife...I'd leave too.

We've been following.

[MoMoNoMo]

So... was that the wife or the girlfriend?? He seemed to look at her kind of like, "Uh, you happy to see me?"

[herr]

This is from the NYTimes live feed:

All along, in the weeks since the miners were discovered alive and well in the refuge about half a mile below the earth's surface, and video messages appeared, comparisons have been made to reality television. The miner who has just stepped into the rescue capsule,
Johnny Barrios, however, is about to return to what seems like a soap opera. Mr. Barrios, 50, is now being winched to the surface, where, as ABC News reports, a complex family situation awaits:

Chilean miner Johnny Barrios won't be greeted by his wife of 28 years when he's finally rescued today from the underground tomb where he's been trapped for months. Marta Salinas, the 56-year-old wife of Barrios, won't be glued to her television during his rescue, either. Salinas says she is not interested in the rescue of her husband after learning about his mistress, Susana Valenzuela, whom he had been seeing on the sly for years.
"I'm happy because he was saved. It's a miracle from God. But I won't attend the rescue," Salinas told South American newspaper Clarin.

[wayne b]

"The 12th miner — Edison Peña, 34, known for running miles in the mine tunnels every day — stepped from the escape capsule to rapturous cheers and the embrace of his girlfriend, and then another from Mr. Piñera."

from: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/wo...e.html?_r=1&hp

I found this interesting...obviously caloric conservation was not an issue once the small tunnels were bored. And much more upbeat the the wife/mistress soap opera.