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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 15 Aug 2017

    London’s Big Ben could be silenced for 4 years as workers repair and update the clock that has chimed over the city for the past 157 years:pic.twitter.com/ml5vwYlv2L

    5:23 AM - 15 Aug 2017
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      1. Crowe Magnon  🇺🇸‏ @Dargon74 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews

        Gawd, I pray they're not going digital. 😂

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      1. Mosiah‏ @MosiahAtl 15 Aug 2017
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        We don't need clocks anymore. That's what we have cell phones for.

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      1. Martin Audio Ltd‏ @MartinAudioLtd 18 Aug 2017
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        Solution found. Audio system that will sound the bongs AND protect the workers https://martin-audio.com/news/pressrelease/946 …pic.twitter.com/oD36qxiYO3

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      1. UFg8orZ_727‏ @FloridaG8orZ 15 Aug 2017
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        They should stop it at 4:20. That would be hilarious.

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      1. UFg8orZ_727‏ @FloridaG8orZ 15 Aug 2017
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        Great to see that they are taking the time and spending the money to take care of Big Ben.

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      1. Elizabeth‏ @bethieboop62 15 Aug 2017
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        Four years?!!! R you kidding me?!! Four years!!?

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      1. Tom Prestigiacomo‏ @prestotom 15 Aug 2017
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        You think maybe they could record it and play it on the hour?

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      1. Ronald Fry‏ @ronfry1 15 Aug 2017
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        Oh hell, set up an electronic replacement with a good amplifier - that'll do till Ben is mended.

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      1. kelly kimberly‏ @kellykimberly36 15 Aug 2017
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        Who cares

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      1. Bill Nordic‏ @WillwhatsitoU 15 Aug 2017
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        Is it becoming a minaret for #Londonistan ?

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      1. C.F. Roberts‏ @crob0240 15 Aug 2017
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        Four years? That's ridiculous!

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      1. Beau Bowden  🇺🇸 🇧🇪‏ @beaugbowden 15 Aug 2017
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        Bummer. I'll be there in April.

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      1. Mirka‏ @M_Sighil 15 Aug 2017
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        Can record Big Ben chimes & play back using loud speakers, during time of renovation. @ukhomeoffice

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      2. Mojustice Shalom‏ @mojustice 15 Aug 2017
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        Where does Big Ben get its name?

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      3. UFg8orZ_727‏ @FloridaG8orZ 15 Aug 2017
        Replying to @mojustice @CBSNews

        I just looked it up. It says that the nicknames origin is up for debate. Sir Benjamin Hill who over saw the building of it is one theory.

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      1. Jim‏ @jim0487 15 Aug 2017
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        Something else for Libs to pritest

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      1. Stavros‏ @ubipages 15 Aug 2017
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        Liberals: tear it down...clocks are racists

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      1. Kathi Sagar‏ @KathiSagar 15 Aug 2017
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        Poor guy will be missed.

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