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Subject: Re: Crossrail TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) names
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Date: 2012-02-29T07:31:17-08:00
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Il giorno mercoled=EC 29 febbraio 2012 14:42:23 UTC+1, phil.c...@lineone.ne=
t ha scritto:
> Crossrail (a UK railway project) have a vote to name their two TBMs.  Lik=
e ships, it is traditional that they have women's names.  One of the sugges=
tions is Ada and Phyllis in recognition of women who have contributed to te=
chnology. =20

I am not a native English speaker, so in a first moment I interpreted "bori=
ng machine," not as a machine that makes holes, but as a machine that... ma=
kes you bored (it does not amuse you). :-)


See
> http://www.crossrail.co.uk/news/press-releases/voting-now-underway-to-nam=
e-crossrails-giant-tunnel-boring-machines
>=20
> If you want Ada and Phyllis, today (29th Feb) is the last day to vote!  F=
ollow the link below the table of names to vote.
>=20
> Phil