"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlnet> wrote:
> "PM 2Ring" <nomail@nomail> schreef in bericht
> news:web.4458bb911843be331bd1c060@news.povray.org...
>
> > A collapse
> > happened (near the middle) in one of the ventillation tunnels late last
> > year, causing damage to an apartment block. Here's a link:
> > http://www.industrysearch.com.au/news/viewrecord.asp?id=19863
> >
> Interesting!! Thanks for the info. A familiar problem surfacing here...

I don't think they've solved the problem yet. They still have a huge machine
near the collapse point which looks like it's still taking vertical core
samples. People should be more careful when building tunnels. I guess it's
hard when you can't really see what you're doing...

> >
> > I've been tempted to grab some samples, before they get crushed and
> disposed of... I'd send you some, but the postage would kill me. :)
> >
> Thank you  indeed for your kind thought! But don't! It would be rather
> expensive to send useless rocks around the world just for the fun of it. :-)

:)

> I have done it for work of course, and also when coming back from holidays I
> tend to have a few rocks in my luggage, getting strange looks and frowns
> from custom officers....

That would be fun. Have they ever threatened to break them up to look for
contraband hidden inside? :)

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