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The queue!!! (Original Post) dickthegrouch Sep 2022 OP
Not surprised. BigmanPigman Sep 2022 #1
Their original idea was that 400,000 people would visit the coffin in four and a half days muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #2
I just heard on MSNBC that BigmanPigman Sep 2022 #3
I just took a look at the live feed, and it does look faster now muriel_volestrangler Sep 2022 #4
It was 16 hours wait time at 8am BST /nt dickthegrouch Sep 2022 #5

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
1. Not surprised.
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 02:49 AM
Sep 2022

From the news clip I saw they were walking past at a snail's pace. They'd better step on it.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,152 posts)
2. Their original idea was that 400,000 people would visit the coffin in four and a half days
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 05:02 PM
Sep 2022

Which is one per second. The footage I've seen was far slower than that - maybe one every five seconds.

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
3. I just heard on MSNBC that
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 06:59 PM
Sep 2022

Last edited Fri Sep 16, 2022, 07:30 PM - Edit history (1)

the official wait-time is now 24 hours so they closed new arrivals for a while.

I can't think of any viewing lines that long in my lifetime.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,152 posts)
4. I just took a look at the live feed, and it does look faster now
Fri Sep 16, 2022, 07:24 PM
Sep 2022

They seem to have persuaded people to go in double lines each side, and they're not giving each other so much space alone at the coffin. I'd think it's going faster than a couple of seconds per person, overall, so maybe they'll get over 200,000 past.

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