Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4917649" data-attributes="member: 59506">Ahhhhh, I see. I kind of took off on a whole other tangent, didnt' I? Oops! Sorry.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/blush.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush    :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" />  Yeah, I have seen that happen. It is kind of wierd and makes absolutely no sense to me either. But that's what some people do. I can't imagine that it was so long ago kids were brought up that way in school, that people would have forgotten what they are supposed to do (I'm only 41 and I remember being taught that in school, at least up into middle school). But it happens anyways. You're right. Absolutely baffling and frustrating.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> I'm also surprised at how many people don't know how to properly handle or display the flag.  When I first put a flag up at my house my wife just looked at me like I'd grown a third head when I told her how it was supposed to be handled (can't touch the ground, if it's out at night it needs to be illuminated, etc. - or how to properly fold it, although that can be a bit tricky).  It bugs the hell out of me to see how many people leave them out at night with no illumination on the flag, or leave them flying when they are ratty and torn (even schools and government buildings!).  I keep telling my wife that someday we're going to have a house where I can put up one of those 150' to 200' flag poles, with lighting, and fly a garrison flag 24/7.  Just to show everyone how it's done.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />   On a tangent (only a slight one this time<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />): When I was stationed in Korea, we would have basewide exercises, including chemical exercises, at least once a quarter (sometimes more often). They would usually last about a week, of which 3 to 5 days of it would be spent wearing chem gear. In the winter it's not quite as bad, but wearing chem gear in 90 degree weather is definitely not fun. Anyways, whenever the exercise would end, there would always be an anouncement over the base Giant Voice system (fancy name for a big PA system) declaring "End of Exercise" or "End Ex" and accompanied by Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA". I don't stand and remove my cap when that song is played, like you may have seen people do, and then ignore the National Anthem like some of those same people do<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:"  data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /> - but I can't help wanting to shout "End Ex" and start peeling off my chem gear every time I hear it.  Kind of a Pavlov's Dog thing.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/blush.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":blush:" title="Blush    :blush:" data-shortname=":blush:" /></blockquote>

Verification