Tell Betty not to wait up: this escape is the lucky strike you've been waiting for and you'd be a mad man to miss it.

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Robertson says he got a "lucky break" when the miners went on strike.

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But he was lucky with his goal, snatching at a Valencia cross only for the ball to strike him flush in the face before deflecting into the net.

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Like junior companies in mining, the independents now conduct much of the industry's exploration for oil in relatively uncharted areas, their share price rocketing if they strike lucky.

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