Something that pisses me off...

[Dave's PA Rental]

It pisses me off that it takes a disaster like September 11 to get people to show their patriotism.

Remember how after 9/11 everyone rushed to get an American flag displayed on or in their cars?

Where did all the flags go? I dont see any American flags in/on vehicles anymore.

of course, all the soccer-moms will clamour to get flags back in their SUV's after the next terrorist attack.

Mine never came down, nor will it EVER! It's hanging from the sun-visor on the passenger side, and there it will stay.

[John Ashcroft]

Good on ya!

Mine's still flying proudly on my house. Was prior to 9/11, and will be forever (or as long as I live there.)

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by John Ashcroft
Good on ya!

Mine's still flying proudly on my house. Was prior to 9/11, and will be forever (or as long as I live there.)

Mine too.

[lucky wilbury]

same here

[Junyore Grades]

The one on my car, I did take off because it was all ripped up.
I had an old regulation sized flag that I hung from a tree when I first bought my property, prior to 9-11. After several hard storms, it became ripped and faded. A few days after 9-11, I properly burned and retired the old flag.
Now I have a 25 foot flagpole, with a 3x5 flag on it. At the base of the pole, I made a rock outline of my state, WV, and planted red white and blue flowers in the middle. This year, I plan to make it bigger and better.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Junyore Grades
The one on my car, I did take off because it was all ripped up.
I had an old regulation sized flag that I hung from a tree when I first bought my property, prior to 9-11. After several hard storms, it became ripped and faded.

And this is how you respect the flag?? I was always taught that you take the flag down at sunset and that you don't leave it out in the severe weather to get all fucked up.

A few days after 9-11, I properly burned and retired the old flag.

Indeed that is the traditonal way of retiring an old flag. However, you might not want to say that in public, because then the right wingers pushing the "flag burning ammendment" will have the Feds show up at your door

Now I have a 25 foot flagpole, with a 3x5 flag on it. At the base of the pole, I made a rock outline of my state, WV, and planted red white and blue flowers in the middle. This year, I plan to make it bigger and better.

What happens when the flowers get cross-pollinated and come in purple and pink? Will you change it to the rainbow flag?

[Dave's PA Rental]

Originally posted by Junyore Grades
The one on my car, I did take off because it was all ripped up.
I had an old regulation sized flag that I hung from a tree when I first bought my property, prior to 9-11. After several hard storms, it became ripped and faded. A few days after 9-11, I properly burned and retired the old flag.
Now I have a 25 foot flagpole, with a 3x5 flag on it. At the base of the pole, I made a rock outline of my state, WV, and planted red white and blue flowers in the middle. This year, I plan to make it bigger and better.

Sounds good, JG...dont listen to FORD.

But I think that you are supposed to take the flag to the local Army Reserve building where they will honorably dispose of it...

[Junyore Grades]

Originally posted by FORD
And this is how you respect the flag?? I was always taught that you take the flag down at sunset and that you don't leave it out in the severe weather to get all fucked up.

True, hanging a flag from a tree is not proper, but at the time I didn't even have a home, just property, a camper and a flag.

Regulations state that if the flag is lit, (I use two hallogen flood lamps) you don't have to lower the flag, with the exception of severe storms.

Originally posted by FORD
Indeed that is the traditonal way of retiring an old flag. However, you might not want to say that in public, because then the right wingers pushing the "flag burning ammendment" will have the Feds show up at your door

I assure you, I did it the proper way. Ripped thirteen ways and quietly burned. My neighbors didn't even know untill they noticed it missing.

Originally posted by FORD
What happens when the flowers get cross-pollinated and come in purple and pink? Will you change it to the rainbow flag? [/B]

No. I'll kill them all and start over. Avtually, I don't even have to, they're annuals.

[Junyore Grades]

Originally posted by Daves PA rental
Sounds good, JG...dont listen to FORD.

But I think that you are supposed to take the flag to the local Army Reserve building where they will honorably dispose of it...

That flag had been with me since I first moved out of my parents and was a gift from one of my friends who died of cancer. To me, it was too personal to let anyone else burn it.
It was done with most respect.

[FORD]

Originally posted by Junyore Grades
That flag had been with me since I first moved out of my parents and was a gift from one of my friends who died of cancer. To me, it was too personal to let anyone else burn it.
It was done with most respect.

Now, me I would have saved that flag due to the history, and just not flown it anymore, but to each his own......

Which reminds me of a story....

This old roomate had an older flag (Think it might have been a pre-1959 48 star version) and he swore up and down that the flag had a ghost attached to it. Now it did look like the official military issue funeral flag (and he kept it folded in the traditional triangular fashion) so the "ghost" might have been a WWII soldier killed in action, I suppose.

I'm skeptical about ghosts as a rule, but there was definitely a "presence" in that house, and I'm not the only one who thought so. Of course he never bothered to tell me about his friend the ghost until after we had both moved out of the house?

True story, weird as it sounds.

[Sarge]

Re: Something that pisses me off...

Originally posted by Daves PA rental
It pisses me off that it takes a disaster like September 11 to get people to show their patriotism.

Remember how after 9/11 everyone rushed to get an American flag displayed on or in their cars?

I have one on the back of my jeep along with 2 magentic yellow ribbons...

My front proch has a huge flag and my tree has a yellow ribbon around it..

My woman is still in IRAQ with the 21st CSH so maybe that has something to do with it..
Sarge

[lucky wilbury]

Originally posted by FORD
This old roomate had an older flag (Think it might have been a pre-1959 48 star version

we had flags like that in classrooms while i was in high school. and i was in hs in the mid-late 90's

[FORD]

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
we had flags like that in classrooms while i was in high school. and i was in hs in the mid-late 90's

And yet you want to cut education funding ?

[Junyore Grades]

Originally posted by FORD
Now, me I would have saved that flag due to the history, and just not flown it anymore, but to each his own......

That was the origional plan, but do to rips and stains from the tree, I just decided to destroy it.

[John Ashcroft]

Sarge, hope your little lady makes it home safe and sound very soon.