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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:48 AM Original message |
ROVs working on decapitating riser |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bunghole Polstice practicing on yet another failure. No thanks, I can't look anymore. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Scary stuff.. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. They have a habit of dropping saws |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yeah, I've noticed that before when they were sawing the other day. Maybe |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. knowing how much force a big diameter saw can create when it binds |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:07 AM Original message |
Yep! It looks like tight quarters for the hub on the blade too... from the ROV |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. At least the blade stays nice and cool |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Yep! LOL !!! |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. Unleashing the greater Leviathan. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Not a leviathan. Bigger than that. Much, much bigger. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Don't know why that link doesn't work for me, but this one does: |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I think it's a Windows Media Player plugin that needed |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Ah. Thanks. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. All future plans depend on getting a clean cut |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Try this address... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. Looks like they are attempting to make space for the diamond wire saw |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. Giant Circular Saw? Wonder what the diameter of that is... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. They are clearing the diameter so the diamond wire saw can be fitted around the pipe |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Looking forward to seeing how the wire saw works. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Me too - especially once they cut through one side an the oil starts spewing out |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:11 AM Original message |
Hoping for the best, aware of what could be the worst |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. Has the Obama Administration given the OK for this? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. Too bad there's no audio feed of what they might be saying as they work, but |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. sweet - the ring is loose |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
20. talk about cold-working steel |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
23. As someone was just saying here, there's nothing like being under just a |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Arggh! I'm getting so frustrated watching them try to hook the saw onto the rov |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. What is the cost of a diamond saw like that? |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. That's not the diamond wire saw |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
26. Someone ought to set this to music, like in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey." n/t |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Don't worry, someone will. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
29. What is that light colored thing hanging down from the top on the left side? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:31 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Beats me. A Hoover vacuum cleaner. LOL |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. ROVs on mandatory robot break. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Naa, they are letting more oil leak out to relieve the pressure some before they get back to work.. |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. how can I enlarge the picture? or can't I? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Try another of the links above. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. "...Brain the size of a planet and here I am, stuck doing carpentry." |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. ...back to work |
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