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Denolia wrote:

1984

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Hello. What's happening? I don't really often see this message board and mostly nothing is going on at discord.

Are the mods able to “1984” people on the discord

13th October 2010 (11 years ago): Chilean miners are rescued after 69 days underground

On 13 October 2010, the last of 33 miners trapped 700 meters underground for more than two months at a caved-in mine in northern Chile, are rescued. The miners survived longer than anyone else trapped underground in recorded history.

The miners’ ordeal began on 5 August 2010, when the San José gold and copper mine where they were working, some 800 kilometers north of the Chilean capital city of Santiago, collapsed. The 33 men moved to an underground emergency shelter area, where they discovered just several days’ worth of food rations. As their situation grew more desperate over the next 17 days, the miners, uncertain if anyone would find them, considered suicide and cannibalism. Then, on 22 August, a drill sent by rescuers broke through to the area where the miners were located, and the men sent back up a note saying, “We are fine in the refuge, the 33.” Food, water, letters, medicine and other supplies were soon delivered to the miners via a narrow bore hole. Video cameras were also sent down, making it possible for rescuers to see the men and the hot, humid space in which they were entombed. As engineering and mining experts from around the world collaborated on the long, complex process of devising a way to bring the 33 men up to the surface, the miners maintained a system of jobs and routines in order to keep up morale.

Three separate drilling rig teams, nearly every Chilean government ministry, the United States's space agency, NASA, and a dozen corporations from around the world cooperated in completing the rescue. Rescuers eventually drilled and reinforced an escape shaft wide enough to extract the men, one by one. On 12 October, the first of the miners was raised to the surface in a narrow, 4-meter-tall capsule painted white, blue and red, the colors of the Chilean flag. The approximately 700-meter ascent to the surface in the capsule took around 15 minutes for each man.

The miners were greeted by a cheering crowd that included Chile’s president, Sebastian Pinera; media from around the world; and friends and relatives, many of whom had been camped at the base of the mine in the Atacama Desert for months. Millions of people around the globe watched the rescue on live TV. Less than 24 hours after the operation began, all 33 of the miners, who ranged in age from 19 to 63, had been safely rescued. Almost all the men were in good health, and each of them sported dark glasses to protect their eyes after being in a dimly lit space for so long.

The rescued miners were later honored with trips to a variety of destinations, including England, Israel and Florida’s Walt Disney World, where a parade was held in their honor.

Previous geological instability at the old mine and a long record of safety violations for the mine's owners, San Esteban Mining Company, had resulted in a series of fines and accidents, including eight deaths, during the dozen years leading up to this accident. Following three years of work, lawsuits and investigations into the collapse concluded in August 2013 with no charges filed.

Provence town wrote:

I’ll say a food and you tell me how you feel about it:
1. Fried squash
2. Banana and pear soup
3. Pear as a pasta topping/filling
4. Blueberry and cashews in/on pasta

1. sound weird, pass
2. also doesn't sound appetizing, pass
3. fruits and pasta sounds good, I'll try it
4. see above, cashews are good and blueberries might be a nice contrast, it'd have to be prepared carefully but I think you could pull it off.

Provence town wrote:

I’ll say a food and you tell me how you feel about it:
1. Fried squash
2. Banana and pear soup
3. Pear as a pasta topping/filling
4. Blueberry and cashews in/on pasta

1. I'd be willing to try it
2. No. Hot fruit sounds gross unless it's like a pie
3. Maybe, but leaning towards no
4. I'd try it. Doesn't sound like my style, but I can see it being popular with other people.

is this a capitalist region?

My Nation wrote:

Hello and welcome!

We're a mix of all sorts of ideologies.

sup, yeah thats great cause damned commies banned me from their region lmao, jokesters

America universalis wrote:

u Canadian?

I think he is, personally I am too

America universalis wrote:

is this a capitalist region?

Are you capitalist?
cuz..
THEN I WILL END YOU BOURGEOIS SCUM
THE RIGHTFUL RULERS OF NATIONSTATES ARE THE PROLETARIAT
HUZZAH FOR THE REVOLUTION
(jk, welcome to the region!)

Denolia wrote:

Look, I’m not sayin’ i’m a commie, but those sailors down in Kronstadt had about the right idea :troll:

when you think there's stickers in NS RMB :onion troll: