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fansy
 
Reply Mon 17 May, 2010 02:55 am
Do you have a special word for describing the completion of a long tunnel having been worked from both ends, the final moment when both teams have broken the last inch of earth to hurrah ...?
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dadpad
 
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Reply Mon 17 May, 2010 03:47 am
Knock off time

Thats a joke fansy.
I dont think there is a single word to describe what you are asking.
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sullyfish6
 
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Reply Mon 17 May, 2010 06:10 am
new unity
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talk72000
 
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Reply Mon 17 May, 2010 12:47 pm
@fansy,
You can only express the emotion felt which is how it is reported generally. At Last! Hurray! Done! Fait Accomplait! Gosh! Whew! Ahhh, I can rest now... and so on.
roger
 
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Reply Mon 17 May, 2010 01:07 pm
@talk72000,
Pink Slip Time, you mean.

Sorry fansy, more joking around. I also don't believe there is a word for the situation, probably because their aren't enough tunnels being completed to merit a descriptive word. When tall buildings are completed, it is called "topping out", but that is a relatively common occurance.
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engineer
 
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Reply Mon 17 May, 2010 01:12 pm
If you want to make a historical reference, you could call it the "last spike".
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Mon 17 May, 2010 02:35 pm
@fansy,
It's called a "breakthrough."
fansy
 
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Reply Mon 17 May, 2010 05:38 pm
@joefromchicago,
Yeah, the tunnel has been broken through finally ... This should be the technical term I want.
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