[LEAPSECS] Celebrating the new year a few seconds late

Robert Jones 0robert.jones at gmail.com
Tue Jan 1 16:06:18 EST 2019


I think you will find that Big Ben is temporarily reactivated for the 
new year chimes.

On 01/01/2019 19:38, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
> Daniel R. Tobias wrote in <5C2B761A.27870.EDCDDD6 at dan.tobias.name>:
>   |A lot of Americans synchronize their new year celebrations to the
>   |drop of the ball in Times Square as seen on TV, which means they
>   ...
>   |The same goes for broadcasts of Big Ben ringing in the UK, or
>   |anything other countries may use.
>
> A bit off topic, and not that i can speak for that island, but Big
> Ben is silent for some more years due to restoration.  (I have
> a twelve o'clock chimes sound file.)
>
> --steffen
> |
> |Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
> |der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
> |einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
> |(By Robert Gernhardt)
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