Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient bylaw triggered

Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by dwighttk on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @07:32AM (#37927250)

927 - 1066 doesn’t seem that old to me ;)

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Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by gadders on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @08:03AM (#37927458)

Show your working.

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Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by dwighttk on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @10:05AM (#37928863)

Cf. Bayeux tapestry

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Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by dukeyukey on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:24PM (#37930979)

1066 was just another guy coming to claim the throne. You wouldn't say a company was abolished when it gets a new CEO, and you shouldn't say a country is no more when someone claims the throne.

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Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by dwighttk on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:32PM (#37931090)

I would if the new ceo quartered the old one.

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Re:Millennium Bridge workers hang straw bales after ancient ... by gadders on Friday October 20, 2023 @09:49AM (#37955951)

So France only dates from 1945?

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