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"disconnected from the coal face"?

alcaray — 9/20/2004 11:08:49 PM (archived)

Mining term? Aussie term?

Context is clear, I think. I just never heard it before.

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"Signs of water still on Mars" " - - -indications - - - water that seeps out the side- - -" - Bowser - 9/19/2004 2:47:12 PM
- Nick showed us water seeping out the side a couple years ago - E.P. Grondine - 9/19/2004 3:01:40 PM
  - Not entirely - Nick Hoffman - 9/20/2004 1:15:21 AM
    - "disconnected from the coal face"? - alcaray - 9/20/2004 11:08:49 PM
    - Understood - E.P. Grondine - 9/20/2004 3:59:01 AM

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