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What's wrong with this picture v.2

Started by Disco, Sun 21, Oct 2012, 21:13:43

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Disco

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RainMaker

#1
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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chauffeur

It appears that the two flag poles are the same height.  That being the case, the US flag should be on the right pole.

Super Santa


Houdini

Tht woman stole my purple flannel shirt?
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MikeG.DeerPark

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.

MikeG.DeerPark

Correction I was taught that in school looked it up and it is  not true..LOL  ;D

Houdini

Good call MikeG, I always heard and believed the same thing and looked it up after your post.

QuoteIt 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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Rocketman

Quote from: Houdini on Tue 23, Oct 2012, 10:03:32
Good call MikeG, I always heard and believed the same thing and looked it up after your post.

QuoteIt 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.
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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

5_19

What's wrong ! :roll:.......How is this picture TX VRCC or Valkyrie related?  ;D

It's been long enough Disco!! Whats the answer?


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Disco

QuoteIt'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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HayHauler

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5_19

Quote from: HayHauler on Wed 24, Oct 2012, 17:54:52
Well duh TJ.   :)

Hay 8)
Jimmyt

I have never seen Big Tex in person. Shame on me I guess!  :-[ :-\


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RainMaker

He could have looked you in the eye, TJ. 

His younger brother will be back next year - you should arrange a meeting.


2005 BMW R1200 GS
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1998 Valkyrie Tourer
1981 GL1100I GoldWing
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