Memorial Day

[gcode]

Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day.
Mrs Gcode and I didn't do much.
I got up at dawn, and put up our flags, The Stars and Stipes and Eagle Globe and Anchor.
I spent a couple of hours puzzling out a particularly troublesome toolpath
and we watched a few episodes of an old favorite, an BBC series, Poldark.
I was going to watch Mel Gibson's We Were Soldiers, in honor of 60K men and women who didn't come home from  Vietnam but I couldn't find the CD.
I was disappointed to see we were the only house out of 17 on my cull de sac flying a flag today.

[CNCAppsJames]

Lots of flags in my area...

I flew a 13 Star, 13 Strip Flag or a 15 star 15 strip flag the last 5-6 years because I hated the people running The People's Republik of Kommieforniastan at such a visceral level, it was the only socially acceptable I could come up with that my found barely palatable.

I honestly wanted to fly those flags upside down.... wife wasn't down for that cause.

In our new house in Utah, I fly the standard flag again except on 4th of July and Flag Day. I'll fly 13 Star, 13 Strip Flag or a 15 star 15 strip flag like my Grandpa did on those days.

I had to travel for business today. Had lunch at home with the family, then off to Idaho.

[mkd]

Had a yearly meetup with a social group. We had a little memorial setup for one of the couple's sons who didn't come home from Afghanistan. They didn't show up to this year's event. Not sure if it was a pain thing or just getting older thing. Guy's been through the ringer with surgeries.
 I can't imagine losing a child like that.. or at all. 

[RetiredRoger]

Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day.
Mrs Gcode and I didn't do much.
I got up at dawn, and put up our flags, The Stars and Stipes and Eagle Globe and Anchor.
I spent a couple of hours puzzling out a particularly troublesome toolpath
and we watched a few episodes of an old favorite, an BBC series, Poldark.
I was going to watch Mel Gibson's We Were Soldiers, in honor of 60K men and women who didn't come home from  Vietnam but I couldn't find the CD.
I was disappointed to see we were the only house out of 17 on my cull de sac flying a flag today.

GREAT MOVIE!  SAD that more people can't show respect for those that lost their lives protecting their FREEDOM!

[Del.]

I have a 20 foot flagpole. Wind broke it about a month ago. I ordered a 4 ft round aluminum pipe 3inches in diameter and fixed it by putting it in the inside diameter of section still concreted in ground and now it's more sturdy than ever. I flew it half staff until noon yesterday as was called for to honor those soldiers who were killed and then raised it back up to honor all who had served.

[ghuns]

Took the tiny terrorist to their first Memorial Day parade.

This kid loves him some Murrica and fire trucks. Not necessarily in that order.

[mowens]

I can't watch We Were Soldiers. Not because I get emotional but because Mel Gibson is, perhaps, the worst actor in the world. Only Dennis Quaid could possibly exceed him in this category.