Saturday night, we watched Last Night at the Proms, as always,
commentated - also as always - by Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert, CBE,
Germany's TV expert for England and interviews with European royalty.
And, as always, many of the Union Jacks waved were upside down,
including the one unfurled by Sarah Connolly, when she raised her
"sword" (she was costumed as Lord Nelson to sing "Rule Britannia").
How many of you know when the Union Jack is right side up (without
clicking on images)?
I look to see whether the white or red diagonals are leading, if you
imagine that they are rotating clockwise. A leading colour of white is
right, red is dead.
Thanks, Roger. I guess I should have specified that response be in
the form: "I do!" asking to delay posting examples.
You have found a site with juicy examples - don't want to mention
names (lese majeste). I guess one can't really blame the poor people
doing piece work in Asia for not knowing up from down.
Cheers, Myo
On Sep 14, 3:32 pm, Roger Browne <roger.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I look to see whether the white or red diagonals are leading, if you
> imagine that they are rotating clockwise. A leading colour of white is
> right, red is dead.
In the Scouts I was taught to make sure the white part was to be
widest at the top left of the flag.
I remember answering a question on GA about the US flag on uniforms
being the wrong way round.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/463069.html
On Sep 14, 5:37 pm, myoarin <lawre...@fogelberg.de> wrote:
> Thanks, Roger. I guess I should have specified that response be in
> the form: "I do!" asking to delay posting examples.
> You have found a site with juicy examples - don't want to mention
> names (lese majeste). I guess one can't really blame the poor people
> doing piece work in Asia for not knowing up from down.
> Cheers, Myo
> On Sep 14, 3:32 pm, Roger Browne <roger.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I look to see whether the white or red diagonals are leading, if you
> > imagine that they are rotating clockwise. A leading colour of white is
> > right, red is dead.
> In the Scouts I was taught to make sure the white part was to be
> widest at the top left of the flag.
> I remember answering a question on GA about the US flag on uniforms
> being the wrong way round.http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/463069.html
> On Sep 14, 5:37 pm, myoarin <lawre...@fogelberg.de> wrote:
> > Thanks, Roger. I guess I should have specified that response be in
> > the form: "I do!" asking to delay posting examples.
> > You have found a site with juicy examples - don't want to mention
> > names (lese majeste). I guess one can't really blame the poor people
> > doing piece work in Asia for not knowing up from down.
> > Cheers, Myo
> > On Sep 14, 3:32 pm, Roger Browne <roger.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I look to see whether the white or red diagonals are leading, if you
> > > imagine that they are rotating clockwise. A leading colour of white is
> > > right, red is dead.
When no one near Camilla knows, notices or cares ...?
Obviously a sign of the decline of the British Empire ("Sail on
Britannia" in distress.). But Last Night at the Proms is still a lot
of fun, even if it may be the last vestige of the empire the sun never
set on.
Cheers, Myo
On Sep 16, 3:48 pm, Chip Eastham <hardm...@gmail.com> wrote:
In 1999 the office building I worked in was to be sold off. Our office
had been in use as a library and information centre for at least 40
years. One part of the wall was used for maps. We took the maps down
to roll them up and discovered at the very bottom under some wallpaper
an old map of the world at least 60 years old. A large part of it was
coloured pink: the Empire. Ah, those were days, sending in a gun-boat,
subduing the natives, and then pinching their resources.
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