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Britain's Big Ben to fall silent for four years
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| 14 Aug 2017
| Staff
Posted on 08/14/2017 6:27:33 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
It can be replaced with loudspeakers issuing the five-times-daily call to prayer.
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:28:52 AM PDT
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Steely Tom
(Liberals think in propaganda)
To: Red Badger
A 4 year hiatus on Bongs for Merry Ole England?
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:29:19 AM PDT
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Paladin2
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To: Red Badger
Play recordings of the bell and chimes via high-quality loudspeakers while maintenance is being performed.
Muslims will otherwise see this as some sort of victory. No sense making things any easier for the filthy invaders.
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:32:44 AM PDT
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Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: Red Badger
Four years to fix a clock? We won World War two in four years. On two continents at the same time. Maybe the Brits should forego tea time and get this thing wrapped up.
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08/14/2017 6:32:47 AM PDT
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Daddaroo
To: Red Badger
Great Britain’s most iconic symbol.
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08/14/2017 6:33:51 AM PDT
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Don Corleone
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08/14/2017 6:34:58 AM PDT
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To: Steely Tom
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:35:02 AM PDT
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Honorary Serb
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To: Steely Tom
"...call to prayer..."
Yep, that is precisely what I was thinking, too.
They need to ensure the historic bells and chimes ring.
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08/14/2017 6:35:12 AM PDT
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Blue Jays
( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
To: Steely Tom
That is probably what they are really doing.
Gawd, what an awful thought.
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:36:36 AM PDT
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dforest
To: Steely Tom
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:36:46 AM PDT
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Gamecock
("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
To: Red Badger; flaglady47; Maine Mariner; Seattle Conservative; pax_et_bonum; Freedom56v2; ...
Four years to complete...at approx $40 million???
That's what happens when government does the job.
They should contact one of the Trump companies. The job would be done in half the time and at half the cost!
Leni
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:38:18 AM PDT
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MinuteGal
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:39:03 AM PDT
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P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Don Corleone
Great Britain’s most ironic symbol..................Their time is running out...............
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:39:44 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
When it starts up again it will be issuing muzzy calls to prayer starting at 4 AM.
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:40:38 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
To: Red Badger
It will take that long to do the work?
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:46:07 AM PDT
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rdl6989
To: Red Badger
A truly fitting metaphor for a once proud country that has lost it’s way and future is doomed.
To: Red Badger
The Four Faces of Ben...
Great Book Title. Bet someone steals it.
To: rdl6989
No, it’ll take that long to do the Environmental Impact Study............
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:52:04 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Red Badger
Steve Jaggs, whose official title is "Keeper of the Great Clock", said in a parliament statement on Monday.
I wish I could put "Keeper of the Great Clock" on my résumé.
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posted on
08/14/2017 6:52:46 AM PDT
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Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
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