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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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So big Ben is going to be silenced until 2021 for essential repairs to the clock tower.
Other than special occasions (new year and remembrance sunday) the chimes will fall silent.
Does anyone care? Or is the outrage that is springing up have some creedance? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Why they not get some big speakers in and go digital bells  just so as folks can still hear em till the old bells are back. Seems long feckin time to wait wiv no dangly bells a ringing |
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I heard this was happening quite some time ago as it was featured on our local news.
Apparently the news at ten bongs won't be a recording of big Ben, they were planning to use the bell we have in the tower of the council house in Nottingham. It's basically a slightly smaller version of big Ben called little John. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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On a serious note (and recognising that this should probably be in the LOLitics section) - I find it telling that Theresa May has more to say about a giant bell in the UK being silent than about a giant bell in the US not being quite so silent. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Why they not get some big speakers in and go digital bells just so as folks can still hear em till the old bells are back. Seems long feckin time to wait wiv no dangly bells a ringing"
lol, my exact sentiments, when it was on bbc news |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"On a serious note (and recognising that this should probably be in the LOLitics section) - I find it telling that Theresa May has more to say about a giant bell in the UK being silent than about a giant bell in the US not being quite so silent. "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think they should use the original Nokia ringtone as a stand in  "
Bit commercial mind due could be like sponsored by haha but still they should keep it with a digital bong rather than no bong at all. Big Ben silenced. The outrage |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The main reason is down to health and safety of the workers doing the restoration, think of the claims in the future of the stonemasons with tinitus!"
They can wear ear muffs like the ones military wear. Surely it should be a job requirement
And they just get on with the job while one hears dong (as sponsored by Nokia haha, see above post) |
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"The main reason is down to health and safety of the workers doing the restoration, think of the claims in the future of the stonemasons with tinitus!"
Yeah, the Daily Mail was outraged that the bells had been stopped by "Elf & Safety". They seemed to think the culture and heritage was more important - obviously since the maintenance team who'd have to put up with the racket would be working class and therefore unimportant.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The main reason is down to health and safety of the workers doing the restoration, think of the claims in the future of the stonemasons with tinitus!
Yeah, the Daily Mail was outraged that the bells had been stopped by "Elf & Safety". They seemed to think the culture and heritage was more important - obviously since the maintenance team who'd have to put up with the racket would be working class and therefore unimportant. "
Doh ear muffs. The stone masons no doubt will have used in past and prob still do use tools such as a disc cutter and thus I'm sure be quite fine with wearing ear muffs
I actually dont care about it either way, is far more important things in society to worry about than some dangly bells...but still think if they coming back when fixed, then the bells should carry on ringing the now...go digital...and stone masons, well pay them a premium and also make compulsory wear ear protection |
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"The main reason is down to health and safety of the workers doing the restoration, think of the claims in the future of the stonemasons with tinitus!
Yeah, the Daily Mail was outraged that the bells had been stopped by "Elf & Safety". They seemed to think the culture and heritage was more important - obviously since the maintenance team who'd have to put up with the racket would be working class and therefore unimportant.
Doh ear muffs. The stone masons no doubt will have used in past and prob still do use tools such as a disc cutter and thus I'm sure be quite fine with wearing ear muffs
I actually dont care about it either way, is far more important things in society to worry about than some dangly bells...but still think if they coming back when fixed, then the bells should carry on ringing the now...go digital...and stone masons, well pay them a premium and also make compulsory wear ear protection "
You really think ear muffs will protect them from the amount of noise big Ben makes? If that's the case, care to put your money where your mouth is? |
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Everyone hates health and safety until they get injured or suffer work related illnesses then they bay for our blood for not doing our work. Er we did, you just thought you knew better.... How did that work out for you?! |
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"The main reason is down to health and safety of the workers doing the restoration, think of the claims in the future of the stonemasons with tinitus!
Yeah, the Daily Mail was outraged that the bells had been stopped by "Elf & Safety". They seemed to think the culture and heritage was more important - obviously since the maintenance team who'd have to put up with the racket would be working class and therefore unimportant.
Doh ear muffs. The stone masons no doubt will have used in past and prob still do use tools such as a disc cutter and thus I'm sure be quite fine with wearing ear muffs
I actually dont care about it either way, is far more important things in society to worry about than some dangly bells...but still think if they coming back when fixed, then the bells should carry on ringing the now...go digital...and stone masons, well pay them a premium and also make compulsory wear ear protection "
Obviously ear protection will have been looked into but if you've got power tools, in a confined, echoing space, then the bells on top of that, would standard ear defenders be sufficient? Someone obviously thinks not. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!  "
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
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Ffs I thought you had been silence |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
Ffs I thought you had been silence "
Missed my name....silenced |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
Ffs I thought you had been silence
Missed my name....silenced"
They don't make ball gags in my size |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
Ffs I thought you had been silence
Missed my name....silenced
They don't make ball gags in my size "
Bell gong? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
Ffs I thought you had been silence
Missed my name....silenced
They don't make ball gags in my size
Bell gong? "
Missed the emoji |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
Ffs I thought you had been silence
Missed my name....silenced
They don't make ball gags in my size
Bell gong?"
Shh not everyone knows o have an award winning penis |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
Ffs I thought you had been silence
Missed my name....silenced
They don't make ball gags in my size
Bell gong?
Shh not everyone knows o have an award winning penis "
Aw feck that....I'm not getting into my cocks bigger then yours  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
Ffs I thought you had been silence
Missed my name....silenced
They don't make ball gags in my size
Bell gong?
Shh not everyone knows o have an award winning penis
Aw feck that....I'm not getting into my cocks bigger then yours "
It's not about the size. It's just beautiful |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've heard they will be working round the clock!
I was going to chime in with that one
Yeah there is a story of big Ben being called massive Muhammed doing the rounds on Facebook, it takes a special kind of stupid to Belive half the shit posted on there. It's becoming the place for people who still point at aeroplanes. And believe fairies are real.if it was a place on earth it would be a corner of the deep south where they play banjo on the porch, and haven't seen a different gene pool in 5 generations
Ffs I thought you had been silence
Missed my name....silenced
They don't make ball gags in my size
Bell gong?
Shh not everyone knows o have an award winning penis
Aw feck that....I'm not getting into my cocks bigger then yours
It's not about the size. It's just beautiful "
Ah I'll agree with that....mine is too and it's the only cock I find beautiful |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The main reason is down to health and safety of the workers doing the restoration, think of the claims in the future of the stonemasons with tinitus!
Yeah, the Daily Mail was outraged that the bells had been stopped by "Elf & Safety". They seemed to think the culture and heritage was more important - obviously since the maintenance team who'd have to put up with the racket would be working class and therefore unimportant.
Doh ear muffs. The stone masons no doubt will have used in past and prob still do use tools such as a disc cutter and thus I'm sure be quite fine with wearing ear muffs
I actually dont care about it either way, is far more important things in society to worry about than some dangly bells...but still think if they coming back when fixed, then the bells should carry on ringing the now...go digital...and stone masons, well pay them a premium and also make compulsory wear ear protection
Obviously ear protection will have been looked into but if you've got power tools, in a confined, echoing space, then the bells on top of that, would standard ear defenders be sufficient? Someone obviously thinks not."
I think first time I said about ear defenders. I said they could use military standard ones, or the ones military spec privately bought tech, that goes dead silent on loundness but can be used for communication and talking otherwise as normal.
I'm sure will be a suitable into safety levels ear muffs as big ben can't be as many (db's) as some military applications |
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Woah...steady on!!!!
This is the 21st century here! Paying attention to big ben means taking focus away from the important things in life like Facebook, twitter, snapchat.
In other news a hedgehog mugged my cat of his biscuits! |
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"The main reason is down to health and safety of the workers doing the restoration, think of the claims in the future of the stonemasons with tinitus!
Yeah, the Daily Mail was outraged that the bells had been stopped by "Elf & Safety". They seemed to think the culture and heritage was more important - obviously since the maintenance team who'd have to put up with the racket would be working class and therefore unimportant.
Doh ear muffs. The stone masons no doubt will have used in past and prob still do use tools such as a disc cutter and thus I'm sure be quite fine with wearing ear muffs
I actually dont care about it either way, is far more important things in society to worry about than some dangly bells...but still think if they coming back when fixed, then the bells should carry on ringing the now...go digital...and stone masons, well pay them a premium and also make compulsory wear ear protection
Obviously ear protection will have been looked into but if you've got power tools, in a confined, echoing space, then the bells on top of that, would standard ear defenders be sufficient? Someone obviously thinks not.
I think first time I said about ear defenders. I said they could use military standard ones, or the ones military spec privately bought tech, that goes dead silent on loundness but can be used for communication and talking otherwise as normal.
I'm sure will be a suitable into safety levels ear muffs as big ben can't be as many (db's) as some military applications "
No idea, maybe they won't budget for that kind of kit when there's the cheaper option of just not ringing the fucking thing in the first place? Or maybe problem is more to do with the vibration than the actual noise? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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#Londonproblems
Some Londoners possibly struggling to understand why nobody north of Hatfield cares, much like they didn't understand why they voted Leave. |
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