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10/30/2023 1:08 pm

Tooo big for the Thunderbirds !

I'd been asked to take a look at the situation when a 2,400 ton hole boring machine got stuck.
Mrs Tracy brought in the tea and I eyed the pink salmon and Saffron on toast.
I thought they lived pretty good for a company that had to hide their rocket launching pad under the swimming pool to avoid the huge taxes that that sort of thing attracts.
Virgil was as calm as ever and when I showed him pictures of where the TBM (tunnel boring machine) was stuck he immediately thought that Thunderbird 2 could hold the answer.
I thought it would be excellent if they made an episode of getting the TBM out or even just moving again.
Though realistically I knew there was hope of beating the sidewinder episode as for pure horsepower and<b> sheer </font></b>bloody minded 'can't get this stubborn thing outta the gutter' frame of mind.
All the TBM had was that it was like a giant earthworm munching away blindly at what was in front of it and spinning a concrete cocoon around itself.
I imagined that huge screw thing that would crawl out of Thunderbird 2 could at least bore a hole so we could get to it and formulate a plan on how to get it out.
Though when we did so the fresh mountain air and blue sky seemed still a long way away.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that my opinion actually mattered!