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7. Yeah, the bells & I just sit silently!1

Reply to stopdiggin (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 13, 2020, 04:08 PM

Sep 2020

No, but when there are visitors, I sometimes ring a welcome aboard honor for them.

I have a common gate bell in front, but hardly anybody uses it, just stand there at the gate until I notice them. Except the Jehovah's Witnesses, who ring it ever so gently/quietly defeating the purpose.

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When the bell tolls, it can toll *unexpectedly* [View all] UTUSN Sep 2020 OP

K&R, but the link to Soph's thread doesn't work. Here's a working link: tblue37 Sep 2020 #1

Yip, that's it, same as mine but mine had the comma next to it. Thanks. Did you like the bells? UTUSN Sep 2020 #3

I found them fascinating. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #5

Fun and interesting. efhmc Sep 2020 #2

Careful ringing bells!!!1 UTUSN Sep 2020 #4

Glad they gave you so much pleasure over the years stopdiggin Sep 2020 #6

Yeah, the bells & I just sit silently!1 UTUSN Sep 2020 #7

and a sense of humor stopdiggin Sep 2020 #8

A most perceptive reader (probably writer) - thanks! UTUSN Sep 2020 #12

My crazy grandma had a bell. hunter Sep 2020 #9

I knew every hour's strike with the Campanille in UC Berkeley lunatica Sep 2020 #10

Yea, keeping the hours, heard underway at sea! Here's my pome from '73, 2 yrs after Navy: UTUSN Sep 2020 #11

That is so beautiful! lunatica Sep 2020 #13

Speaking of music: The Crystal Ship (The Doors) - we had a storm at sea UTUSN Sep 2020 #15

Sounds like the perfect time to get high too! lunatica Sep 2020 #18

Your ranch bell reminded me - when I first bought my farm I bought a farm bell csziggy Sep 2020 #14

Hah!1 Am hearing the WTF bleating and seeing the head butting that should have occurred!1 UTUSN Sep 2020 #16

The Lone Sailor UTUSN Sep 2020 #17