Thailand cave rescue

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
My heart says yes, my brain says '"Arghhhh!"

My heart says yes too - I don't know much about football but I know where my heart is. 🙂

Originally posted by @torunn
My heart says yes too - I don't know much about football but I know where my heart is. 🙂

My heart was right, other things were wrong. Croatia were very good.

Originally posted by @torunn
My heart was right, other things were wrong. Croatia were very good.

Oh well. We'll do it next time. 🙂

Originally posted by @torunn
My heart was right, other things were wrong. Croatia were very good.

My heart is happy for the children. Broken for England.

Originally posted by @wolfe63
My heart is happy for the children. Broken for England.

I feel happy for Croatia now - what an experience! England is always in my heart.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
Oh well. We'll do it next time. 🙂

As we used to say in Brooklyn:

Wait till next year!

Originally posted by @kewpie
In Australia, almost everyone has been glued to the news reports for many days. Yet in this forum, which I thought was fairly representative of English speakers, not even one mention can I find.

Why is this so?

It would have been infinitely more interesting if the kids had been pulled out of the cave and immediately fed into a wood chipper pointing out at the press box. This isn’t the spectacle we got, but, it is the one we deserve.

Originally posted by @hand-of-hecate
It would have been infinitely more interesting if the kids had been pulled out of the cave and immediately fed into a wood chipper pointing out at the press box. This isn’t the spectacle we got, but, it is the one we deserve.

I have a GREAT idea. Why don't YOU jump into a running chipper, you know you want to.....

BTW, did you get your PP spanked? I notice your use of my FB profile image is gone.

Originally posted by @handyandy
As we used to say in Brooklyn:

Wait till next year!

We were talking about rescuing children.

Originally posted by @apathist
We were talking about rescuing children.

Until several posters started talking about the World Cup. Are you our traffic cop?

Originally posted by @hand-of-hecate
It would have been infinitely more interesting if the kids had been pulled out of the cave and immediately fed into a wood chipper pointing out at the press box. This isn’t the spectacle we got, but, it is the one we deserve.

Is that a garden swimming pool in your avatar?

Originally posted by @gareth-cobb
Conspiracy theorists ,why are they carrying the boys out on stretchers ,with their whole body covered and not letting their families see them?...

Good question.

There are mixed reports about how the boys were brought through the caves much of which was flooded when some couldn’t even swim let alone use scuba equipment safely. As a recreational diver myself I do not believe it was possible to bring my them through the water conscious and using compressed air, they would panic and it would be really dangerous for them and the divers. What happened I believe is that they were heavily sedated and carried out wearing full-face breathing masks.

Some info here.

https://www.vox.com/2018/7/11/17561932/thai-cave-rescue-boys-stretcher

The whole thing was indeed an amazing escapade, demonstating the bravery, expertise and team-work of all involved. The terror of those young lads trapped in that place for 10 days or more is difficult to imagine.

Originally posted by @handyandy
Until several posters started talking about the World Cup. Are you our traffic cop?

No. I guess you are?

Originally posted by @divegeester
The whole thing was indeed an amazing escapade, demonstating the bravery, expertise and team-work of all involved. The terror of those young lads trapped in that place for 10 days or more is difficult to imagine.

Caves are fascinating and very dangerous. This isn't a mystery. If any of those people trapped did not know they risked their lives well they got bitch-slapped didn't they.