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New Flag came yesterday and my son and I just swapped it:  In person, it looks much better and my wife was right, the old new Flag was too small. Original post on Flag Day: The old flag was due for replacement so I ordered what I thought to be the same size G-spec replacement and got it wrong:  It looks worse in person than in the picture. The next size up is on the way. Happy Flag Day!This message has been edited. Last edited by: trapper189, | ||
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At least you are flying the flag! Not many are, even on today which is FLAG DAY. Integrity is doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking. | |||
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| Bookers Bourbon and a good cigar  |
Thanks for flying your flag today. Looks like that flagpole could use a 4x6. Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
The one in the picture is 2’4-7/16” x 4’6”; 3’6” x 6’7-3/4” is what we had and what will be here next week. 5’ x 9.5’ is the next size up and I’m guessing too big for the pole. The old flag was a thinner nylon than this new one and would fly in a light breeze. This new one is more of a storm flag as the nylon is really heavy. | |||
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It may be small, but at least it is standing right straight out.  "Do not approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction." John Deacon, Author I asked myself if I was crazy, and we all said no. | |||
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Rule of thumb for size of flag and pole height is length of the flag’s fly is 1/4 the height of the pole; i.e. 3’x 5’ flag is flown from a 20’ pole. The “official sizing” (as by U.S. flag law) is flag’s hoist side x 1.9: 5’ x 9.5’. Many countries use the 1 x 2 rule: 5’ x 10’. --------------------- DJT-45/47 MAGA !!!!! “Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.” "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken | |||
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I guess I could go up to the next size on our flag pole too. I fly a 4x6' American and a 3x5' Wyoming flag on a 25' flag pole (no state flag on national holidays). God Bless America!  _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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New, new Flag arrived, update in the first post. | |||
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Much Better!  ____________________________________________________________ If Some is Good, and More is Better.....then Too Much, is Just Enough !! Trump 47....Making America Great Again! "May Almighty God bless the United States of America" - parabellum 7/26/20 Live Free or Die! | |||
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Well done, the flag looks good as well as the view! | |||
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I just ordered new flags earlier this year, US & TX Our house had a flagpole in the front yard when we moved in, and it'll have a flag on it as long as I live here. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| On the wrong side of the Mobius strip  |
What is the height of your flagpole? It looks like about 16 feet. | |||
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It was 20’, but now about 18-1/2’. We moved it from a different location with the original concrete base still attached, I buried it 6” deeper than it was and poured 6” of new concrete over the top. Over time, the sand has built up and is almost a foot over the concrete I poured. Hard to believe from the picture, but record high lake levels several years back had the water within 2’ of the pole. It’s at least 100’ to the water now. | |||
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I am thinking 5’ x 8’ If that's a 3' x 5' it is definitely too small. _________________________ | |||
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