sarahc Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 More tunnels. What a good idea, what with the Channel tunnel being such an economic success and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 whereas a catapult really is fantasy....a tunnel isn't... To connect the IOM would be fantasy, and physically impossible as well. You see there isn't actually enough square mileage on the Isle of Man to allow the tunnel to hit the surface far enough inland for the gradient to be anywhere near acceptable without the tunnel breaching the sea floor on the way up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 didn't I see some film about some sort of earth boring vehicle being developed in Area 51 or somewhere?? will have to think about that one..... The film was called The Core, and it's utterly bad - so bad in fact, that only Gigli is slightly worse.. What you should really think about is a change of medication. Get yourself some flurazepam - two a day, keeps the forum away... Failing that, I'm sure that this pharmacy has something to get rid of those voices in your head... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian rush Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 According to Max Weber, the frequency of and demand for journeys between two centres of population is proportional to the size of the populations and indirectly proportional to the distance between them. That is why muppets who post on here about commuter railways from peel to Douglas or a 100+ miles branch line to an already unfeasible sub-terranean project ought to be laughed at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Messiah Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 How about this for an idea!?! We build 2 contraptions!! One for the sea & one for the air. Let's say we call one a "boat" & the other a "plane". The "plane" will depart from something called an "airport" & the "boat" will depart from the "sea terminal" It's such a crazy idea it might just work!!!!!! Who's with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesemonster2005 Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 More tunnels. What a good idea, what with the Channel tunnel being such an economic success and all. Not everything in life is done to make a profit (unless you live in the USA). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirdick Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Or maybe a tube. A high-powered vaccum suction effect, Futurama-style. Phloom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 To be reasonable, Ireland may deserve to be linked to the IoM..... but Wales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Frost Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 We should get our MHKs on the case. They're experts at digging holes for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 We should get our MHKs on the case. They're experts at digging holes for themselves. They can also help with Sirdick's vacuum - they always manage to create one around any embarrassing news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 whereas a catapult really is fantasy....a tunnel isn't... To connect the IOM would be fantasy, and physically impossible as well. You see there isn't actually enough square mileage on the Isle of Man to allow the tunnel to hit the surface far enough inland for the gradient to be anywhere near acceptable without the tunnel breaching the sea floor on the way up. Bullshit. See how it dips under with minimal square mileage. The same type of entrance/exit could be used although I favour the bridge idea: http://www.manxforums.com/forums/index.php...indpost&p=99686 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Well fuck me, that's clever. I'm still not conviced it'd work here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah 01 Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 OK. I do realise (really) that we are talking fantasy here.....however, an interesting engineering problem. Bridging - impossible. Tunneling ie actually digging - not feasible on expense grounds. But a sunken tunnel ie tunnel sections pre-constructed, lowered into position and joined. Alright, I'll go and take some more medication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirdick Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 How about a submarine ferry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted December 6, 2005 Share Posted December 6, 2005 Is that to lift the Russian subs over the vaccum tube? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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