As an aside they're still that regular? Damn I remember when the first sound of mortars meant it was 7am and the chow hall was getting evacuated again.Coyote wrote:Ah, ceremonial arty-- forgot about 21-gun salutes. Here, when you hear cannons fire, it means it's lunchtime.
Still... I see more and more of this in the future. Eventually I'll dig out my old pictures from East Berlin and see how close we may have come.
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I was there! Yep, got my tickets in the Green section (not the crappy gold section 
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(I got a good balance of politics, too, for every bit of conservative repertoir that I heard, it was all negated by me shaking Dennis Kucinich's hand)
) and my tickets to the INAUGURAL BALL too. Just got back a few minutes ago, and now I'm going to bed. I'll have pics up tomorrow, though.(I got a good balance of politics, too, for every bit of conservative repertoir that I heard, it was all negated by me shaking Dennis Kucinich's hand)
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So, uh, how much did this cost, exactly?
Could be worse. Had John Adams gotten his way, we would now be referring to George Bush as "His Elected Majesty".Yeah, a lot of the ceremonies get on my nerves. Behold the degree to which the President of the United States is not a King, Queen, Czar, Chairman (In the communist sense), Emperor, or Prince.
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Not too much, really. Inauguration tickets are free, given out by members of the senate and house to their constituency. Inaugural ball tickets cost $150 a pop. Kinda steep, but hey, how often do you get to get the hottest ticket in DC, and for only $300 bucks for you and your date? It was well worth it, I think.HemlockGrey wrote:So, uh, how much did this cost, exactly?
Could be worse. Had John Adams gotten his way, we would now be referring to George Bush as "His Elected Majesty".Yeah, a lot of the ceremonies get on my nerves. Behold the degree to which the President of the United States is not a King, Queen, Czar, Chairman (In the communist sense), Emperor, or Prince.