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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:42 PM
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Hey, I just counteda a 19 gun salute! Was anyone else ....
counting???
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:43 PM
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1. To honor the Ronnie Recession, they shrank it somewhat
:P
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Vadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:46 PM
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2. LOL! eom
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Kokonoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:47 PM
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3. It was 21 ......4 guns x 7
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TexasMexican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:49 PM
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4. is that the new math?
4 x 7 = 28, not 21.
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Kokonoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:53 PM
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5. sorry must have been 3, must think before posting.
Edited on Fri Jun-11-04 09:55 PM by koko
well there was 4 guns. maybe it was 19
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TexasProgresive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:56 PM
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7. 5 volleys from each of 4 guns
and gun one fire once more for 21.
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TexasMexican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:58 PM
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8. Yeah 4 guns....
but I didnt actually count the rounds fired.

It is possible to do a 21 gun salute with 4 guns. Fire them each 5 times then fire one gun one more time.

The other day when Reagan's body got to DC I noticed they did a 21 gun salute there.

They had 3 guns but only 2 were fired, I assumed something was wrong with the 3rd gun but they kept it for show and went on anyways. They did a 21 gun salute with 2 guns.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-04 09:55 PM
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6. The cannons, I only counted 17. The guns were right.
The cannons went through the progression 4 times with one extra. It should have been 5 times plus the one.
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