[Rhodes22-list] Enemy of the State?

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

Ahh, Macalens!  Good choice laddy!  I usually buy J&B unless Dewars or
Johnnie Walker is on sale. Glen Fiddich is a favorite as well. I've
given my first wife a bottle of Famous Grouse every Christmas for over
twenty years.

Once while flying international, I laid over in Prestwick, Scotland
and stayed at the Royal Troon golf course.  I hiked into town, found a
pub, and ordered a scotch and water, something I recognized from the
States.  The whole pub went quiet as if I had just farted.  One of the
patrons welcomed me and then suggested that perhaps I'd enjoy one of
the local malts a bit more, sans the water. It was tough enough to
understand their English through the brogue and impossible after a few
rounds of 96 octane. It's still one of my top ten scotch experiences.

Brad

On 8/6/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Brad.  I like the Dalmore but favor the Macalens.  But tonight it's
> Dewars.  I haven't had a good idea since I poured my last drink.
>
> Slim
>
> On 8/6/06 4:43 AM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Slim,
> >
> > Upgrade to a better scotch and you won't babble, you'll become enlightened.
> > Go to a high-end liquor store and look for Dalmore Cigar Malt.  Even better
> > yet, sip it with a good cigar.  Just be sure to record all your thoughts or
> > you'll have to repeat the experience because you forgot all the good ideas
> > you had.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > On 8/6/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hank,
> >>
> >> When I'm drunk, I don't google, I babble.  Thanks for digging that up for
> >> me.  I knew someone on this list would have the right answer.
> >>
> >> Slim
> >>
> >> On 8/5/06 10:14 PM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Slim,
> >>>
> >>> You really are drunk.  5 minutes on Google came up with the following.
> >>>
> >>> Hank
> >>>
> >>>> From http://www.usflag.org/colors.html
> >>>
> >>> The quote below concerning *gold fringe on the Flag* is from the book
> >> "So
> >>> Proudly We Hail, The History of the United States Flag" Smithsonian
> >>> Institute Press 1981, by Wiliam R. Furlong and Byron McCandless. "The
> >>> placing of a fringe on Our Flag is optional with the person of
> >> organization,
> >>> and no Act of Congress or Executive Order either prohibits the practice,
> >>> according to the Institute of Hearaldry. Fringe is used on indoor flags
> >>> only, as fringe on flags on outdoor flags would deteriorate rapidly. The
> >>> fringe on a Flag is considered and 'honorable enrichment only', and its
> >>> official use by the US Army dates from 1895.. A 1925 Attorney General's
> >>> Opinion states: 'the fringe does not appear to be regarded as an
> >> integral
> >>> part of the Flag, and its presence cannot be said to constitute an
> >>> unauthorized addition to the design prescribed by statute. An external
> >>> fringe is to be distinguished from letters, words, or emblematic designs
> >>> printed or superimposed upon the body of the flag itself. Under law,
> >> such
> >>> additions might be open to objection as unauthorized; but the same is
> >> not
> >>> necessarily true of the fringe.'"
> >>>
> >>> On 8/5/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I've had too much to drink tonight but here goes:
> >>>>
> >>>> We all know the American flag has its 13 stripes and its 50 stars on a
> >>>> field
> >>>> of blue, but did you know that the design and specifications of the
> >> flag
> >>>> are
> >>>> an act of congress?  Yes--it's legislated that the flag be exactly such
> >>>> and
> >>>> such and that all its qualities and proportions are exactly
> >>>> specified.  Any
> >>>> deviation from that and it ceases to be the official flag of the United
> >>>> States of America.  Presumably, all countries do this.
> >>>>
> >>>> The United States military, however, operates under a different
> >>>> flag.  They
> >>>> put a gold fringe around their flag.  So do many police forces.  This
> >> is
> >>>> not
> >>>> insignificant!  They are not displaying the flag of the United States
> >> of
> >>>> America!  By an act of congress, you can't alter the specs of the flag
> >> in
> >>>> any way and still call it the official flag of the USA.  There ain't no
> >>>> gold
> >>>> fringe on Old Glory!
> >>>>
> >>>> So what gives?  It would seem the military operates under a separate
> >>>> sovereignty and a flag of their own.  First I'd like to know why, and
> >>>> second
> >>>> I would like to know if this "nation" is friend or foe.
> >>>>
> >>>> Slim
> >>>>
> >>>> __________________________________________________
> >>>> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
> >>>>
> >>> __________________________________________________
> >>> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
> >>
> >> __________________________________________________
> >> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
> >>
> > __________________________________________________
> > Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>
> __________________________________________________
> Use Rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org, Help? www.rhodes22.org/list
>