Here is One Chilean Miner thats as good as dead...

[starguard]

Heres one that may be better off if he's left down there

Trapped Miner Finds Himself in Another Tight Spot After Wife Meets Mistress

Aug. 31: Work is done on a new drill to be used in the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile.

One of the trapped Chilean miners is dreading his rescue after his wife met his secret mistress at the entrance to the San Jose mine, The Sun reported Thursday.

Yonni Barrios' wife, Marta Salinas, and Barrios' lover, Susana Valenzuela, were both holding vigils for him outside the mine.

Salinas was stunned when she heard Valenzuela shouting his name amid a crowd of miners' loved ones.

Salinas, 56, is said to be "horrified". However, she is determined not to give up her man to her love rival.

She told friends: "Barrios is my husband. He loves me and I am his devoted wife. This woman has no legitimacy."

But Valenzuela said the 50-year-old miner, who she met on a training course five years ago, was planning to leave his wife for her.

She said: "We are in love. I'll wait for him."

Barrios has been one of the heroes of the landslide drama -- using his first-aid training to treat sick colleagues.

He also vaccinated all 33 men, including himself, against flu and pneumonia.

Meanwhile, the captives have been hit with an alcohol and tobacco ban by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) experts helping the rescue.

A NASA doctor, James Michael Duncan, said: "We need to get their nutrition up before we consider drinking."

Two of the smokers have been dropped nicotine patches and gum to deal with their cravings.

But the miners -- who may not be drilled out until Christmas -- have started eating proper meals of 2,000 calories a day.

Their rations include yogurt and cereal for breakfast, chicken sandwiches for lunch and jam sandwiches for dinner. They each have tea and five liters of water daily.

link: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/0...meets-mistress-vigil/?test=latestnews]trapped

 

[Cassie]

I read that in the paper, lol.

This Chilean miner thing is really kinda fascinating. I also read that a team from NASA is advising them on how to keep the miners healthy down there. I bet it stinks!

 

[Seph]

Damn Chileans might as well be mexicans.

 

[whisky]

You know, you would think that being miners and all, they could dig themselves out.

 

[CaptainWacky]

If only they had thought of that!

 

[whisky]

They are probably just thinking of all the overtime they'll be getting for this

 

[Seph]

some one should piss syphilis into the food hole.

 

[starguard]

:huh:

 

[Cassie]

The article I read today says the miner's families are now fighting over their pay and food donations. Family they haven't seen in years are coming out of the woodwork.