I'm with you on this one BrickH,

I see very little sense in marrying a Californian godess, please nobody shatter my aged Baywatch enhanced illusions, and then bringing her back here for a life of wind and drizzle:eek:

Max take her home you ar@e so she can re bronze and spend the rest of her days in a swimsuit..............................and send me some pics:E

all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol

This is proving to be a learning lesson to me as well....and also learning about the flag.

Now lads, getting her to Blighty is easy.....but convincing her to stay and succeeding, deserves admiration.:ok:

This link answers the questions about the design....hit the Affidavits section wherein the kids swear to the actual design.

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagtale.html

Old George wanted six pointed stars but Mrs.Ross suggested she could make five pointed stars with one snip of the scissors.

Most American women are pretty clever at snipping with scissors....ask John Wayne Bobbit if you doubt me. Bear that in mind Maxburner!:eek:

Now if she had just used Pinking Shears....old John could have been a real sport!

Chaps,

My Californian beach bunny (all the way from Santa Barbara) is indeed a godess. If I knew how to post a picture I would! She moved here, ''for about 2 years'', 14 years ago. Still here and loving it, but looking for us to move to a warmer and more tax-friendly climate in the next year or two.

:)

Considered Hawaii, Max?

I married my Darwin, AU wife and brought her to Northern California, where I lived at the time. Way too cold for her, so we moved to Hawaii. Then 9/11 hit. Now we live in Michigan and Winter is approaching. My only salvation with her is we still have the place in Hawaii and are going to retire there for two years, then back to Oz for her.

Yes, we've considered Hawaii, but favouring Spain at the moment. Then again we were in Florida in Febrruary and really enjoyed the trip - to the Destin area. Who knows what the next few years will bring.

I've visited Darwin a couple of times on stopovers, but don't really know the place. Seemed hot and flat, but that's just a quick impression. Northern CA sounds much nicer.

Destin, the best place I know for oysters. Add a wide, white, sugar sand beach, clear waters with dolphins swimming between your legs ... you could do worse.

Darwin is so hot, especially in November, as to be almost uninhabitable. We're going to Cairns, I think. I like Southern Spain, loved Southern France,but I fear European living is on a rapid decline. I'm sitting in Liege, Belgium now, watching it disintegrate.

Can I interject for just one second please.........


WHAT THE HELL does ANY of this have to do with the US FLAG FLYING THE "WRONG" WAY ROUND ON UNIFORMS?

Any chance we can keep to thread just for once on this forum?

So let me get this right you want to talk about some daft bl@@dy flag instead of listening to these good folks describe their gorgeous women and some fantastic places round the globe:rolleyes: ......................me thinks Valley has scrambled your brains QFIdude:ugh:

all spelling mistakes are "df" alcohol induced

The title of the thread takes you, you hope, to a discussion on that very subject.

It somewhat blows away the original thread when you see "I'm shagging a bird from California" or whatever. If people want a thread on who they're shagging, (or married to) and where they're from, perhaps they should start that very thread.

Perhaps you, ABIW, should be the starter for ten! We all know you loadies have a girl in every port! (Or at least Gander, Halifax, etc!!)

I generally land in one place! So that makes Bangor etc out of the sheep field.

I was only having a go a ABIW as I know he lands in Halifax, Gander, Ottawa, Winnipeg, etc. Having been down route with these guys, I know there is at least some shagging going on!

And it ain't "df" alcohol induced!

I have to say that on reflection, the US flag is way too complicated. I mean if you had to take to the streets, it'd take ages to get organised. It be a lot easier for the French , three bits of cloth and a couple of rows of stitches. Easiest of all would be the Japanese. One old bedsheet and a bottle of ketchup and you're off to the riots.



...even easier if you were on your honeymoon :hmm:

I agree to the extent that it IS complicated, but it works the other way too. Think about all those dudes burning home-made American flags world wide. You have to give them credit for all the effort they went through. Also now you know who to aim for....;)

I once saw the S & S put to good use as a security pass. At a secret UN base in East Timor I was approaching the gate behind 1/2 a dozen uniformed yanks(affectionate term). The UN at this place were real PITA about passes and as the little local timorese security guard challenged them for their passes the lead yank just pointed to the flag on his shoulder and breezed past. He was obviously the guide for the others (probably off the visiting ship) as I heard him go on to say, in a really strong southern drawl, "You're supposed to have pass for these places but if you get any problems, just point to the flag."!! It was very well executed.

Use of Flag as Wearing Apparel
 

I guess I am not as "Traditionalist" as I put on.....why is it I am less offended by this use of the flag as compared to some I have seen?



























http://www.sexyswimwear.com/store/im.../zoom/1226.jpg

"Flags are to be hoisted by a single halyard"

Admiralty Manual of Seamanship - c1775

Suggest a cutlass to belay the others and re-send the photos:ok:

Ah, BR 67. Haul away handsomely!

"Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue"
 

Mount Suribachi, Island of Iwo Jima.....

USMC lost 8,000 Killed in Action, 16,000 wounded.....Japanese lost 21,000 Killed in Action


http://www.goodolddogs3.com/1-iwo-jima-flyover.jpg


http://www.goodolddogs3.com/1-iwo-jima-today.jpg


http://www.goodolddogs3.com/lwojimaflag3.JPG


http://www.goodolddogs3.com/iwojimaflag5.JPG

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh I think you'll find you are mistaken there. The French flag requires only one bit of cloth - the largest piece of pure virgin white cloth you can find. Mounted on a stick and waved vigorously whilst running in a backwards direction.:E

"For sale, French rifles, never used, only been dropped once". :ok: (Forgive me for the digression, but it was Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh that started off on the French!)

Please explain to me
 

I know the Yanks have it in for the Frogs because of 'em not having a bar of the Occupation of Iraq.(Neither the Germans, most Britons, Most Australians, Most of Europe, All of the Middle-East(tee hee), the Africans, and well, let's face it, most of the world. But how do the Italians always seem to escape notice? Hmmm

Thoughts, gentlemen?

You mean the Italians who DID send troops with us?