Klarinet Archive - Posting 000087.txt from 2010/10

From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Chilean miners
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 13:47:47 -0400

On 17 Oct 2010, at 18:11, Jennifer Jones wrote:

> I am playing on a chipped reed.
> =

> http://www.hindustantimes.com/Rescued-Chilean-miners-return-to-mine-for-c=
eremony/Article1-614318.aspx
> =

> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39625809/ns/world_news-americas/

Oh. I had read elsewhere:

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McAteer said he gave "very high marks" to the Chileans for creating lowered=
expectations by saying that it might take until Christmas to rescue the me=
n =97 and then consistently delivering results ahead of schedule.

"Second, they have had very few technical problems," he said.

Rescuers finished reinforcing the top of the 2,041-foot (622-meter) escape =
shaft Monday, and capsules descended flawlessly in tests.

The capsule =97 the biggest of three built by Chilean navy engineers =97 wa=
s named Phoenix for the mythical bird that rises from ashes. It was painted=
in the white, blue and red of the Chilean flag.

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Silly, really, I know.

Tony
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Tony Pay
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Oxford OX2 6RE
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mobile +44 7790 532980
tony.p@-----.org

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