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Steve Green

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Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« on: 12 January, 2012, 04:09:16 PM »
Chance to name the big mechanical boring worms tunneling under London...

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/01/crossrail-wants-you-to-name-its-mechanical-earthworms/

Mek-Quake?

Crom?
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #1 on: 12 January, 2012, 04:21:56 PM »
They want 3 pairs of names:

Mek and Quake
Ro and Jaws
Hammer and Stein
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #2 on: 12 January, 2012, 04:37:06 PM »
I think it's just one pair per person, so it could be Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein.

Mek-Quake and Ro-Jaws would be very suitable though...

I'd just want them to paint BIG JOBS on the side...
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #3 on: 12 January, 2012, 06:11:59 PM »
Stainless Steel Rat!
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #4 on: 12 January, 2012, 06:22:53 PM »
Quote from: Steve Green on 12 January, 2012, 04:37:06 PM
I think it's just one pair per person, so it could be Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein.

Mek-Quake and Ro-Jaws would be very suitable though...

I'd just want them to paint BIG JOBS on the side...

LOL - indeed.

Right then, I'm going to suggest Ro-Jaws and Hammerstein - a tribute to classic British comics and a Rogers and Hammerstein pun, it can't go wrong (one has robotic jaws and the other hammers stone, it works).
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #5 on: 12 January, 2012, 06:24:25 PM »
Dont Wanna Hog All The Good Ones But,
Blitzspear or Saturn Dart?
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #6 on: 12 January, 2012, 06:28:44 PM »
I reckon it should be something like:

Tomás and Candida

And they should have 'Be pure! Be vigilant! Behave!' on the side.

They are starting to build Termight, right?
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #7 on: 12 January, 2012, 06:37:52 PM »
Bit of a complication that the article doesn't mention:

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According to tunnelling tradition, a TBM cannot start work until it is given a name. This tradition is carried on throughout the world as a sign of good luck for the project ahead. Similar to ships, TBMs are usually given female names.

Since our TBMs will be operating in pairs we are inviting you to help us name them in pairs too, by sending us your suggestions for female names for our machines.

www.crossrail.co.uk/route/tunnelling/naming-competition

I'm leaning towards Halo Jones and Tyranny Rex. Or Durham Red - she has quite some bite.

Hershey and Anderson?

Red and Rex it is.
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #8 on: 12 January, 2012, 06:43:57 PM »
Brit-Cit-Babes? :D
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #9 on: 12 January, 2012, 06:45:35 PM »
Quote from: MARVELMAGPIE on 12 January, 2012, 06:43:57 PM
Brit-Cit-Babes? :D

Well they are boring machines...
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #10 on: 12 January, 2012, 07:29:37 PM »
Touche! Talking Of Boring Machines, Did Some Contracts For LUL, We Had A Rubbish Compactor (GORG) That Got The Nickname Ro-Jaws.
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #11 on: 12 January, 2012, 09:37:43 PM »
Shai-Hulud. I'll just get my Maker hooks.

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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #12 on: 13 January, 2012, 08:21:51 AM »
I would like to name them after MC blocks i.e Margaret Thatcher Block (topical at the minute)

But the only other female block name i can find is Nicolle Kidman Block
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
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Re: Crossrail tunnel borers naming compo
« Reply #14 on: 13 January, 2012, 11:10:45 AM »
If they have to be underground girls:

Eurydice and Persephone
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