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AllaN01Bear

(18,191 posts) Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:13 PM Feb 2021

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national cathedral bell tolls 500,000 times .

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national cathedral bell tolls 500,000 times . (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Feb 2021 OP

slight correction nitpicker Feb 2021 #1

I was gonna say: 500,000 tolls would have taken a very long time lol Drunken Irishman Feb 2021 #2

And I think they'd need a new bell after 500,000 times in a row. rsdsharp Feb 2021 #3

about 35 days... they toll once every 6 seconds.nt. drray23 Feb 2021 #4

And a team of hunchbacks lame54 Feb 2021 #5

nitpicker

(7,153 posts)

1. slight correction

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:44 PM

Feb 2021

https://www.wusa9.com/video/news/live_breaking/washington-national-cathedral-rings-bell-500-times-in-memory-of-those-lost-to-covid-19/65-3c08fc59-2720-4e9b-997e-63e8232a3e9f

Washington National Cathedral rings bell 500 times in memory of lives lost to COVID-19

((actually, there seemed to be about 14 sets of rings, so maybe there were 500 bell-strikings))

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

2. I was gonna say: 500,000 tolls would have taken a very long time lol

Reply to nitpicker (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:49 PM

Feb 2021

rsdsharp

(9,170 posts)

3. And I think they'd need a new bell after 500,000 times in a row.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 07:54 PM

Feb 2021

drray23

(7,627 posts)

4. about 35 days... they toll once every 6 seconds.nt.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 09:58 PM

Feb 2021

lame54

(35,287 posts)

5. And a team of hunchbacks

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 22, 2021, 10:25 PM

Feb 2021

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