Disco
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« on: October 21, 2012, 07:13:43 PM » |
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RainMaker
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2012, 07:25:01 PM » |
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Smoking is hazardous to your health.
Or it could be that woman in the bottom left in the very unattractive plaid shirt. Or the guy to her right in the equally unattractive shorts.
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2012, 05:16:45 PM » |
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I suspect O U !  |
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« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2012, 07:29:30 PM » |
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It appears that the two flag poles are the same height. That being the case, the US flag should be on the right pole.
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Super Santa
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2012, 06:07:07 AM » |
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"Big Tex" missing?
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Houdini
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2012, 06:10:11 AM » |
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Tht woman stole my purple flannel shirt?
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MikeG.DeerPark
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2012, 07:05:18 AM » |
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If it is the flag heights. Texas by federal law is the only state allowed to fly it's flag at the same height as the American flag. Treaty provision when the sovereign nation of Texas joined the US.
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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2012, 07:26:13 AM » |
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Correction I was taught that in school looked it up and it is not true..LOL  |
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Houdini
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2012, 08:03:32 AM » |
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Good call MikeG, I always heard and believed the same thing and looked it up after your post. It appears that the two flag poles are the same height. That being the case, the US flag should be on the right pole. Chauffer is correct, the flags should be switched. It is a common urban legend that the Texas flag is the only state flag that is allowed to fly at the same height as the U.S. flag. Allegedly, Texas has this right inherently (as a former independent nation) or because it negotiated special provisions when it joined the Union (this version has been stated as fact on a PBS website).[19] However, the legend is false. Neither the Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States nor the Ordinance of Annexation[20] contain any provisions regarding flags. According to the United States Flag Code, any state flag can be flown at the same height as the U.S. flag; the U.S. flag should be on its right (the viewer's left), however. Consistent with the U.S. Flag Code, the Texas Flag Code specifies that the state flag should either be flown below the U.S. flag if on the same pole or at the same height as the U.S. flag if on separate poles.[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Texas |
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« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2012, 09:22:05 AM » |
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Good call MikeG, I always heard and believed the same thing and looked it up after your post. It appears that the two flag poles are the same height. That being the case, the US flag should be on the right pole. Chauffer is correct, the flags should be switched. [snip] According to the United States Flag Code, any state flag can be flown at the same height as the U.S. flag; the U.S. flag should be on its right (the viewer's left)The picture shows the US Flag on its own right, viewer's left. This determination can get tricky, and I won't try to give my own explanation, but I view this as correct. Mark |
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« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2012, 03:20:02 PM » |
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What's wrong !  .......How is this picture TX VRCC or Valkyrie related? It's been long enough Disco!! Whats the answer? |
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Disco
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« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2012, 03:34:20 PM » |
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It's been long enough Disco!! Whats the answer? From the place the pic was taken and for the 60 years prior to the day before the pic was taken, the light standard to the right of the Texas flag, and perhaps the flag, too, would have been obscured by the late, great, Big Tex.  |
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« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2012, 03:54:52 PM » |
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Well duh TJ.  Hay  Jimmyt |
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« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2012, 08:22:10 PM » |
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Well duh TJ. Hay Jimmyt I have never seen Big Tex in person. Shame on me I guess!   |
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« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2012, 04:12:30 AM » |
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But he's seen you TJ.
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RainMaker
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« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2012, 07:26:41 AM » |
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He could have looked you in the eye, TJ.
His younger brother will be back next year - you should arrange a meeting.
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