wlie 0 #1 January 6, 2005 I've observed our flag flying at half mast over the last couploe of days but I don't know why or have yet to find the answer. Just thought the answer would be faster from dz.com than google.My other ride is the relative wind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #2 January 6, 2005 I heard Bush wants to have flags half mast to remember the people who died as a result of the tsunami. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 135 #3 January 6, 2005 yep what Conundrum said... Flags half way nearly worldwide...scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #4 January 7, 2005 BTW, half mast is on ships and naval installations. Half staff is what the rest of the world does.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #5 January 7, 2005 How many US citizens died in the tsunami? The UK lost over 400... and that figure is predicted to rise. At present it looks like Finland lost over 2000! That seems like a good enough reason to me to fly our nation’s flag at half-mast, irrespective of how many other nationalities died. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #6 January 7, 2005 QuoteHalf staff is what the rest of the world does. Nope - it's what the rest of America does... Britain for example uses half-mast without exception. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 January 7, 2005 This may help .... http://www.usa-flag-site.org/faq/half-staff.shtml (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #8 January 7, 2005 QuoteThis may help .... http://www.usa-flag-site.org/faq/half-staff.shtml Thanks for the Interesting Read. Flag Flap....good choice of words! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyingferret 0 #9 January 7, 2005 And scotch tape is really clear cellophane tape. Webster's lists them as synonyms. For more details, here is an article with some details after people wrote in to a canadian newspaper with some whining about usage. http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/words/flagflap.html-- All the flaming and trolls of wreck dot with a pretty GUI. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites