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Yeah but then again they're idiots who don't maintain their equipment at all basically. I'm willing to bet the problems the 400 has was due to them not winterproofing the equipment before leaving last year. If you leave stuff like that out for a year in an Alaskan winter, well..... e: Oh hey Harness is back. spankmeister fucked around with this message at Jan 21, 2012 around 15:45 |
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Yeah, do you notice how at the Big Nugget Mine, they had like two or three things that broke, as opposed to the everything breaking at Porcupine or Quartz Creek? That's because Grandpa John knows his poo poo. A few thoughts from the most recent episode: - If they were going for a patriotic feel in Dakota Fred's grumpy rant, it fell flat for me. The guy forgot to have his on-site training, and this is some grand slight against America?  - If you were looking for evidence that this show is either scripted or heavily edited for convenience sake, this episode would be exhibit A. The mechanic just happens to show up when they really, REALLY need him, and they just HAPPEN to find a gigantic final drive with all the parts they need on the side of the road? Okay. - Further proof that all of the Hoffman Crew is worthless: they just stand around and wait for Harness to diagnose the final drive, not helping him take the thing apart, and then when he's bedridden, they manage to get the whole track off the bulldozer. Where were they when he was killing himself? - Parker's "I gotta save the mine" story was ruined for me when I heard that the Big Nugget Mine is chiefly a tourist mine, and being 30 ounces short can probably be made up in tourism. - They mention that Parker's going to spend his last week of summer touring the bigger mines up north. If you watch the Gold Rush Aftershow, there's a preview for next week's, and Parker mentions none other than Tony!!!
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| # ? Jan 21, 2012 15:41 |
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Oh and Harness left to get his back problems sorted out but all he did was refill his script and he's basically as useless as before? Not to berate the guy he has serious serious back issues but really? Oh and by the way: O-ring failure in cold weather? Where have I seen that one before? Hmmm... Oh, right
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| # ? Jan 21, 2012 15:49 |
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That really puts a damper on the idea of Space Gold. But there's still hope for Cell Phone Gold.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2012 16:52 |
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CVagts posted:That really puts a damper on the idea of Space Gold. But there's still hope for Cell Phone Gold. Nah they already made a movie about space miners it's totally possible,
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| # ? Jan 21, 2012 22:05 |
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spankmeister posted:
Serious back/spine pain is excruciating, the pain is one thing (which is horrible) but you can't sleep well, loss of appetite, and the crippling depression of being around able bodied men gets in your head. I am 26 and have an issue and it affects every part of my life. He is a hard working guy it seems like and does the best with what he has been given.
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WouldDesk posted:Serious back/spine pain is excruciating, the pain is one thing (which is horrible) but you can't sleep well, loss of appetite, and the crippling depression of being around able bodied men gets in your head. I am 26 and have an issue and it affects every part of my life. He is a hard working guy it seems like and does the best with what he has been given. What I mean is, why make a thing of leaving to get your back fixed, only to return with exactly the same issues? Unless I missed something?
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| # ? Jan 21, 2012 23:28 |
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spankmeister posted:What I mean is, why make a thing of leaving to get your back fixed, only to return with exactly the same issues? Unless I missed something? It takes multiple physicians to make the correct diagnosis and treatment. But I have no idea how he had the thought in his mind "I can do this again, Doc's gave me the OK." His life must be hell when he is on the job.
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| # ? Jan 21, 2012 23:32 |
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The editing on this show is so ham fisted "Guys, I don't believe in the economy, we're living the american dream" *cut to shot of a honest to god mother loving eagle
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golgo13sf posted:The editing on this show is so ham fisted That's part of what makes it funny though, like how every time a semi truck is shown the same sound of one honking its horn is played.
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| # ? Jan 22, 2012 01:51 |
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Don't forget the cut to an eagle flying overhead as Dakota Fred was rambling about how it was bullshit that MSHA shut him down over him not doing safety things properly.
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| # ? Jan 22, 2012 02:37 |
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An actual sledgehammer to my skull would be more subtle
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| # ? Jan 22, 2012 04:55 |
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Are they in the process of excavating a whole new dig site on the claim they are running this year without drilling first again?
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| # ? Jan 22, 2012 05:03 |
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More or less. They ran out of paydirt on that first cut that they did, so they have to clear another cut ASAP to get more gold. And presumably, they're doing it blind because they're idiots and are running out of time. At this point, I wouldn't be shocked if Parker's 33 ounces + whatever Grandpa John scrapes out ends up being the high tally of the season, but god only knows how much more dirt the Dakota boys have left to run.
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| # ? Jan 22, 2012 05:18 |
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I'd love to hear from small time miners in Alaska that do poo poo right and make money. I'm a drilling engineer and I go into a blind rage whenever I see Black Gold on trutv.
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| # ? Jan 23, 2012 05:17 |
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Apparently next week's episode features Grandpa John's heart attack and the idiot Hoffmans manage to find a nugget of some size. But tonight we've got a crew member apparently quitting, more shenanigans with the Dakota boys, and Parker Schnable doing something with another mining operation before he heads back to school.
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| # ? Jan 27, 2012 23:05 |
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He's going to visit Dutch Tony I think so that should be fun. 
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| # ? Jan 27, 2012 23:07 |
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Are we going to talk about Gold Rush: Atlantis in this thread too? I'm down if you guys are.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 00:16 |
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I'm down. See if these guys know what they're doing or if they're Hoffman-level idiots.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 00:40 |
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CVagts posted:I'm down. See if these guys know what they're doing or if they're Hoffman-level idiots. Except for Deadliest Catch, competence makes for poor reality television
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 00:51 |
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What this show is missing is a tally of each crew's hours worked and how much more they'd each have if they had worked at McDonald's for minimum wage for the same amount of hours.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:06 |
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Boco_T posted:What this show is missing is a tally of each crew's hours worked and how much more they'd each have if they had worked at McDonald's for minimum wage for the same amount of hours. At the end of the season I am doing this if nobody else has. Once we have the totals. Also, I know they need to dramatize situations but some of it is just insulting to the viewer. "The 400 won't start..." (jump starts it and it is fine). "This is the only machine that can rip through the ice and the track has slipped in the middle of the wild..." (pushes track back on with the 400). "The D-Rocker is under stress, maybe too much..." (puts piece of wood under it). Love the show but this is insulting  a child could fix these problems.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:11 |
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I think somebody made the joke that the narrator just HAS to dramatize everything, like "if Todd can't step over this puddle, the Hoffmans WON'T be able to mine this season." Also, apparently the Dakota boys have only netted two ounces of gold since that one episode where they ran hard for a week straight. What the gently caress have they been doing since then?
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:12 |
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WouldDesk posted:Love the show but this is insulting Yes, but Parker is several hundred miles away.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:15 |
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Parker didn't make any money, and just rough he would have made $10 an hour times 40 hours a week times 12 week school summer vacation, $4800.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:17 |
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So surely this hail Mary second cut has been tested or is part of the original test sight right? I mean if not that would be really stupid. (and par for the course with these geniuses)
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:37 |
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It could go from bust to boom overnight! Haha, Parker getting some quality time at the big boy mine (as long as he stays away from the daughter). Saveron_01 fucked around with this message at Jan 28, 2012 around 02:45 |
| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:42 |
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Parker working for Tony/seducing his daughter next year would be an awesome show.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:44 |
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Universe Master posted:Parker working for Tony/seducing his daughter next year would be an awesome show. Gold & Romance, coming next fall to Discovery. I love that Dutch Tony just has gold-bearing dirt laying around in wastebaskets. He doesn't even care.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:46 |
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CVagts posted:Gold & Romance, coming next fall to Discovery. I imagine his gold bars are just stacked up outside next to the firewood.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:50 |
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WouldDesk posted:I imagine his gold bars are just stacked up outside next to the firewood.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:51 |
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DRAMATIC MUSIC BED
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 02:57 |
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There are making a mistake putting the gold in a glass jar. As clumsy as they are I would use plastic, drat.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 03:00 |
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Split a profit of $100,000? I haven't seen anywhere they've taken out expenses yet.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 03:02 |
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Gold Rush: Deadliest Catch looks pretty sweet. Their grizzled old man is wise, unlike the Gold Rush: Alaska grizzled old man, who is crazy.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 03:02 |
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Boxman posted:Gold Rush: Deadliest Catch looks pretty sweet. Over/under on how long art school chick lasts?
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 03:08 |
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Well, she appears to be the only deckhand on a boat that looks like it's a bunch of barrels lashed together, so I'm going with "until the boat sinks." EDIT: I like that this show is keeping up Deadliest Catch's habit of "making greenhorns look and sound functionally retarded." Also: "Steve is an idiot. That worries me."  I didn't come here to make friends. It's on.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 03:09 |
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ch3cooh posted:Over/under on how long art school chick lasts? Depends on how many times per hour nerdy gold dredging guy hits on her. Edit: "I didn't come out here to make friends" a phrase said on every single reality or reality competition show ever made. Universe Master fucked around with this message at Jan 28, 2012 around 03:11 |
| # ? Jan 28, 2012 03:09 |
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Was that a hipster on the boat with the bitter guy in crippling debt? This ought to be a good pairing.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2012 03:12 |
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So far this is a good 10 minutes to show all of us viewers that "yeah, we got 100% idiots here too." And Steve the Idiot is definitely the best already.
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