Trapped Chilean miners found alive, but...

[Vipers]

Well it won't be ray bans then, all they have to do is recover them at night time

Anyway, god speed their recovery.

[thinfourth2]

The real Apache said:

thinfourth2 said:

i don't see it being hugely terrible

good grief, did you have toilets, a change of clothes, washing facilities, a canteen, food, distractions, and most of all the knowledge that you were not going to be left to die?

They had food, water, clean clothes, letters, soap, magazines etc shoved down the first shaft. They have miles of tunnels to crap in and have been busy keeping their end of the rescue shaft clear.

As to being left to die I think they knew about the rescue operation.

As I said not pleasant but hardly a huge need for an army of shrinks. Once the media circus starts I wouldn't be surprised if some of them wish they were back down the mine.

[Shay HTFC]

thinfourth2 said:

The real Apache said:

thinfourth2 said:

i don't see it being hugely terrible

good grief, did you have toilets, a change of clothes, washing facilities, a canteen, food, distractions, and most of all the knowledge that you were not going to be left to die?

They had food, water, clean clothes, letters, soap, magazines etc shoved down the first shaft. They have miles of tunnels to crap in and have been busy keeping their end of the rescue shaft clear.

As to being left to die I think they knew about the rescue operation.

As I said not pleasant but hardly a huge need for an army of shrinks. Once the media circus starts I wouldn't be surprised if some of them wish they were back down the mine.

You're fighting a losing battle here thinfourth. I think out of the whole world, only you think that being on a tanker is worse than being stuck 700m under the ground. Being a bit bored on a modern tanker doesn't compare to living that isolated, pitch black, anxious life.

[thinfourth2]

Shay HTFC said:

only you think that being on a tanker is worse than being stuck 700m under the ground.

Being a bit bored on a modern tanker doesn't compare to living that isolated, pitch black, anxious life.

Please do show me exactly where i said it was worse.


What i said is it isn't the abject horror painted in the media and how they would all go stark raving mad after 4 months alone under ground.

I really don't think they need bloody NASA psychologist involved

It wouldn't be pleasant but i think i have more of an idea about how it would be then some idiot reporter with a degree in media studies.


or to put it another way

Given the choice between being stuck 700m under ground with a bunch of chilean miners and a load of mining equipment or being locked in the big brother house with a bunch of feckwits

Which would you choose?

No being stuck in the big brother house with a bunch of feckwits and mining equipment is not an option no matter how attractive it maybe

[tinman0]

thinfourth2 said:

Given the choice between being stuck 700m under ground with a bunch of chilean miners and a load of mining equipment or being locked in the big brother house with a bunch of feckwits

Which would you choose?

feckwits.

[zac510]

I guess Chile would have worried about looking like they are doing less than the world expects with the media watching them so closely.

[AndrewW-G]

tinman0 said:

thinfourth2 said:

Given the choice between being stuck 700m under ground with a bunch of chilean miners and a load of mining equipment or being locked in the big brother house with a bunch of feckwits

Which would you choose?

feckwits.

Very little danger of the feckwits collapsing on your head / flooding etc

[Ayahuasca]

pablo said:

can you imagine being the last man left and waiting for that rescue pod to come back down?....i hope that the shift leader writes a book about the ordeal because its going to be fascinating

that man might experience a touch of anxiety.

Edited by Ayahuasca on Sunday 10th October 19:33

[Vipers]

At the end of the day, we at PH's have no concept what so ever at all at being trapped underground, we havn't been there, and havn't experienced it (Thank god).

So don't go on about on what that do need, and do not need when they arrive at the surface.

I personally hope they all get rescued next week,

[road hog]

I work underground , (1 mile down) and work 10 hour shifts. to be trapped underground and to have no idea when or if you will get back on surface would be very disturbing, the lack of natural light on its own is enough to cause depression ,during winter months going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark ,after a week you can feel it.

then there is the heat ,which is exhausting aswell with nowhere to escape it.no aircon ,no fans.

its also reported that in the first days of being trapped they have all agreed to keep silent as to what went on.?

[hornetrider]

Looks like there'll be fun and games when they get out

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...

[DAVEVO9]

They are going to start pulling them out tonight at 20.00 BST

[anonymous-user]

hornetrider said:

Looks like there'll be fun and games when they get out

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...

I see films from so many angles

[Ayahuasca]

garyhun said:

hornetrider said:

Looks like there'll be fun and games when they get out

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...

I see films from so many angles

Stop wearing the 3D specs then.

[Puggit]

DAVEVO9 said:

They are going to start pulling them out tonight at 20.00 BST

No - 23.00 GMT or 20.00 local time

[crofty1984]

road hog said:

its also reported that in the first days of being trapped they have all agreed to keep silent as to what went on.?

Bumming.

[croyde]

crofty1984 said:

road hog said:

its also reported that in the first days of being trapped they have all agreed to keep silent as to what went on.?

Bumming.

[mrmr96]

garyhun said:

hornetrider said:

Looks like there'll be fun and games when they get out

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...

I see films from so many angles

I reckon that there will be a few books written both by the poor souls trapped, but also maybe by the guys in charge of the rescue.

I was only saying to my Wife this morning that there's potential for a brilliant movie to be made:

- starts off with the miners at home going about their lives with families etc
- goes on to show routine work in the mine
- then drama of the initial accident and the confusion both below and above ground before the miners are located
- then the story splits 3 ways: 1. the miners, 2. the families, 3. the guys in charge of getting them out. Movie will cut between the stories as we move along the time line.
- Lots of highs and lows during the period they are trapped as things go well/badly for the drilling crew and the guys trying to stay sane.
- Then plenty of tension as the worlds media watches and the story reaches its climax with the rescue and reuniting of the guys and their families and the relief for the rescue crew etc.

The movie (as long as it's produced within about 12/24 months and therefore still pretty 'current') will be able to be sold worldwide, such as has been the coverage of this story in the global press.

I heard that they had been arguing about who would come up last - I think most of this is the comaraderie of wanting to see their mates safe first - but I think there could be an element of fame attached to being the 'last man out'.

I reckon a movie about this could be epic, it's got all the right ingredients.

[southendpier]

mrmr96 said:

garyhun said:

hornetrider said:

Looks like there'll be fun and games when they get out

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southame...

I see films from so many angles

I reckon that there will be a few books written both by the poor souls trapped, but also maybe by the guys in charge of the rescue.

I was only saying to my Wife this morning that there's potential for a brilliant movie to be made:

- starts off with the miners at home going about their lives with families etc
- goes on to show routine work in the mine
- then drama of the initial accident and the confusion both below and above ground before the miners are located
- then the story splits 3 ways: 1. the miners, 2. the families, 3. the guys in charge of getting them out. Movie will cut between the stories as we move along the time line.
- Lots of highs and lows during the period they are trapped as things go well/badly for the drilling crew and the guys trying to stay sane.
- Then plenty of tension as the worlds media watches and the story reaches its climax with the rescue and reuniting of the guys and their families and the relief for the rescue crew etc.

The movie (as long as it's produced within about 12/24 months and therefore still pretty 'current') will be able to be sold worldwide, such as has been the coverage of this story in the global press.

I heard that they had been arguing about who would come up last - I think most of this is the comaraderie of wanting to see their mates safe first - but I think there could be an element of fame attached to being the 'last man out'.

I reckon a movie about this could be epic, it's got all the right ingredients.

"Chile Con Carnage"

First few days showing them bumming each other senseless and deciding which one to eat first.

Not the one stuffed with cream.

Edited by southendpier on Tuesday 12th October 17:27

[Puggit]