How long could you leave it ? (1 Viewer)

[Antique]

In Spain, my view for the next 3 days..
Think Ill have to say something?

 

[David and Sally]

Not long. Annoys me. Tell em

But, watch out. Incoming will be posts that it doesn’t matter and don’t you have anything better to do?

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/farmers-are-revolting.300282/page-2#post-6070733

I opened the can of worms so you can carry on the tradition

 

[Oscar]

Usually means a form of distress so you maybe will have to!

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[poppycamper]

Annoys me to.... BUT go and help.. maybe needn assistance.... maybe sinking

 

[Carpmart]

Get on with it Brian!

 

[pappajohn]

I assume you refer to the flag being upsidedown.
Does it really matter, it's still recognisable the world over as the British flag.
It's getting as bad as the Americans practically saluting the stars and stripes every time they see it

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[scotjimland]

Yes, I would inform them politely .. because it does matter

They would have something to say about this

 

[Tombola]

Least its not upside down, Id be tempted to fix it myself...

 

[pappajohn]

Yes, I would inform them politely .. because it does matter

They would have something to say about this

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How do you know Jim
Maybe like me they couldn't give a toss

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[Tombola]

Least its not upside down, Id be tempted to fix it myself...

HANG ON....yes Id tell em,every day is a school day

i was looking wrong

 

[David and Sally]

How do you know Jim
Maybe like me they couldn't give a toss

That is sad that you could not give a toss.

 

[scotjimland]

How do you know Jim
Maybe like me they couldn't give a toss

oh but they did have something to say John ... and do 'give a toss' ..

Outrage in Spain over upside down flag in Sanchez's meeting with Mohammed VI

The Government of Madrid considers the case a mere anecdote caused by carelessness, but it is not the first incident that occurs in Morocco related to the symbols displayed before Spanish authorities

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NATO apologises after displaying Spanish flag upside down at opening session in Madrid - Olive Press News Spain

IT was an inauspicious start. Spain’s national flag was displayed upside down during the opening session of the NATO summit in Madrid on Wednesday. The

www.theolivepress.es

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[Just smiffy]

I wouldn’t know, could be sideways for all I know…

 

[Nanniemate]

You have wheels change the view

 

[Holly's mum]

Sort them out Brian, you know it will annoy you for the next 3 days otherwise

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[nicholsong]

It is like people on boats waving their outstrechted arms up and down - that is an internationally recognised distress signal, but trying to communicate that to the uninitiated at 1nm is difficult.

 

[Lusky]

In Spain, my view for the next 3 days..
Think Ill have to say something?



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Hi again , what site in Spain are you staying at ?

 

[fat haggis]

All cudos to the flag person upside down or not. A fresh one would help. Be proud to be British. All of us. But also be proud of where you come from

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[JJ]

I simply must come clean and confess to all and sundry that I do not know which way up the Union Jack flag should be flown and, as I will never ever be flying the thing, I have no desire to learn...


JJ

 

[JJ]

Be proud to be British. All of us. But also be proud of where you come from

Why?


JJ

 

[cliffanger]

I wish I’d never found out about the correct way to hang the Union Flag!

Then I wouldn’t have to look at EVERY flag I saw to check, and I wouldn’t ring a hotel to tell them they’de hung the flag upside down, speaking to a receptionist who couldn’t understand what I was talking about!

I saw a photo of Queen Camilla today at the Maundy Thursday Service, talking to a child that had an upside down flag on a stick - I bet she never even noticed - I on the other hand would not have been able to stop myself removing flag from child, turning flag the right way up, and returning it to child …. Lucky I’m not the Queen

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[sedge]

Let's blame the idiot who made the upside down flag, rather than a kid who was given it to wave, please.

 

[Chris]

I confess that I think anyone who flies a flag is a bit odd.

There are a few people who live near me who have huge flagpoles in their gardens and without exception they are weirdos.

 

[carolyn]

I haven’t started getting on my high horse about flags yet but there’s still time. I don’t want to add it to my “list” as it’s getting longer.

Here’s an example, My Dad was in the Royal Navy, he wasn’t in the navy, that was for Americans and no doubt any other country you could care to mention. Just like we have Royal Marines, Americans have marines. I’m sure they’re very good too but they’re not Royal. I have started getting very pernicketty about it and have to correct people!

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[nicholsong]

I confess that I think anyone who flies a flag is a bit odd.

There are a few people who live near me who have huge flagpoles in their gardens and without exception they are weirdos.

Are there any members who live near Chris who would volunteer to stick a pole up in his garden with the French Tricolour on it?

 

[Tonks]

I confess that I think anyone who flies a flag is a bit odd.

There are a few people who live near me who have huge flagpoles in their gardens and without exception they are weirdos.

Hurrah, I'm on Chris' 'odd list'! 'Weirdo' covers a lot...

I fly a flag quite often from my van. I had a stainless steel sectional flagpole made so that I can fix it to my towbar. OK, it does go with my van's theme, and it's often a 'lest we forget' flag on the pole, but quite often that is below the Union Jack. (Yes, you CAN call it the Union Jack even if it's not on a boat, before anyone gets their knickers in a twist. It's been approved to do so since the very early 1900s.)

I find it frustrating when people don't know which way up the flag should be. I find it annoying when people who should know, don't. When, for example, it's flown incorrectly on town flagpoles. My Mum's town council drive me up the wall for CONSTANTLY having incorrectly positioned flags on the three town flag poles. Or when people with historic military vehicles have the pennant upside down!
I also hate the plethora of massive flag masts at festivals, with the Union Jack in some weird colours, or halfway down the pole with other flags, pennants or banners above it, which is terrible flag etiquette.
I've been known to go and tell the manager of a motorway services that they were flying it upside down. (When I went home later in the day it was the right way up!)

With large flags there's really no excuse, since most have a toggle at the top, but lots of 5x3 flags just have loops or eyelets. I admit that I once accidentally put mine up the wrong way and had to hastily put it right!

To prove my weirdness to Chris (and others), here's my van in one of the few moments of sunshine between the pretty solid downpours which were the fate of the Royal International Air Tattoo last year:

 

[RM_Marine]

I'm sure it says "Royal Marines Commando" on my should when at work and has done for th last 23yrs 7months

Also sure that I'm entitled to 1 and 1/2 man's rations onboard ship

But still happy to be called a "bootneck"

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[Tonks]

I'm sure it says "Royal Marines Commando" on my should when at work and has done for th last 23yrs 7months

Also sure that I'm entitled to 1 and 1/2 man's rations onboard ship

But still happy to be called a "bootneck"

Bootneck | VET Tv

A description deriving from the Royal Marine Commando uniform when they used to cut the top of their boot off and wrap it around their necks to protect them from getting their throats Flipping slashed and dying a miserable death. Here come the bootnecks, thinking they're hot shit.

www.veterantv.com

My grandfather was very proud to have been in the Royal Marines, and it was always 'Royal Marines' to him!

 

[meanders]

I confess that I think anyone who flies a flag is a bit odd.

There are a few people who live near me who have huge flagpoles in their gardens and without exception they are weirdos.

Weirdo owning up here.
I put a pole up at home with either the union flag, the flag of St George or the Suffolk flag for specific days and events. I also fly various flags at rallies. It makes it easier to spot the van amongst the 100's of others at a Warners show.

 

[carolyn]

The Royal Marine Commandos have their origins way back in 1664 but the Commandos only started in WW2 as an elite group. My Uncle Jack was one of the first who was unfortunately captured in Norway and finally murdered in Sachenhausen near the end of the war. I think those commandos evolved into the SAS and SBS.

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