[Gllug] coal mining pendatry & thanks (was Greenhouse emissions (was Geforce2))

[Pete Ryland]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:06:10PM -0000, Jackson, Harry wrote:
> > Incidentally, I strongly suspect that you, in spite of all your
> > ranting, have exactly as much "coal face" experience of war zones as
> > us middle class idiots do; to wit, none.
> 
> Yes but 19 years in N Ireland and 6 months in Bosnia makes me qualified to
> operate the lift that they go down in.

Bloody oath it does.

<pedantry>
Actually, coal mines are generally no more than a few hundred metres below
the surface, and hence most will be driven into (the lucky ones will have
rail) through adits.  Vertical lifts are used in the deeper hard-rock mines,
like the diamond mines of South Africa to take an extreme example.
</pedantry>

BTW, thanks to all who gave advice about working in London (and allowed me
to let off steam about dealing with agencies).  If anyone's interested,
after a spate of inaction over Christmas, I got offered both jobs that I was
interviewed for, so there's plenty of opportunity in the current market, for
those currently looking!

Pete, displaying some pretty bad english skills, but it's getting late..

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