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<blockquote data-quote="Glock &#039;em down" data-source="post: 4067309" data-attributes="member: 684"><p>Every 4th of July, we all (Mrs. GED's family) gather at my SIL's place for eats, a dip in the pool and fireworks at dark. Just good ol American fun.</p><p></p><p>Well, it started off bad. </p><p></p><p>As we were driving to her place, I noticed the local VFW had flags in front of all the merchants on our small main street, just like they do every 4th. That's the best part of the day.</p><p></p><p>Here's the bad.</p><p></p><p>Mrs. GED was driving, and as we passed one merchant, I noticed that the flag in front of it was lying on the ground. I immediately told her to turn around and go back. She asked why, and I told her.</p><p></p><p>We went around the block and stopped along the curb. I got out, gently picked ol' Glory up, apologized to her and proceeded to replace her into the mooring that held her in place, but it had a lot of debris down inside of it. So I rolled her up on her staff and was about to put her in the car, when the wife said, "you idiot! They'll arrest you for that!"</p><p></p><p>Thinking that she was <em>probably</em> right (she always is) I took out my Victorinox Pioneer and dug out as much debris as I could. I unfurled the flag and replaced it into the mooring. It held her "ok" but I was hesitant. So, I found a thin rock from the crap I dug out and shoved it down inside next to the base of the staff and she stood there nice and tall.</p><p></p><p>I gave her a wink and quick thank you and left her waving at me.</p><p></p><p>But what really pissed me off is the many other people that drove by her lying there and they didn't give it a second thought. Has America gotten that bad? Do people not see that as one of the utmost forms of disrespect? I guess I just don't fit in this world anymore. I was either raised with too many convictions or folks just blatantly don't give a <img src="/images/smilies/censored.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored:" title="Censored :censored:" data-shortname=":censored:" /> anymore.</p><p></p><p><strong>God help us and God bless America!</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]390356[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glock 'em down, post: 4067309, member: 684"] Every 4th of July, we all (Mrs. GED's family) gather at my SIL's place for eats, a dip in the pool and fireworks at dark. Just good ol American fun. Well, it started off bad. As we were driving to her place, I noticed the local VFW had flags in front of all the merchants on our small main street, just like they do every 4th. That's the best part of the day. Here's the bad. Mrs. GED was driving, and as we passed one merchant, I noticed that the flag in front of it was lying on the ground. I immediately told her to turn around and go back. She asked why, and I told her. We went around the block and stopped along the curb. I got out, gently picked ol' Glory up, apologized to her and proceeded to replace her into the mooring that held her in place, but it had a lot of debris down inside of it. So I rolled her up on her staff and was about to put her in the car, when the wife said, "you idiot! They'll arrest you for that!" Thinking that she was [i]probably[/i] right (she always is) I took out my Victorinox Pioneer and dug out as much debris as I could. I unfurled the flag and replaced it into the mooring. It held her "ok" but I was hesitant. So, I found a thin rock from the crap I dug out and shoved it down inside next to the base of the staff and she stood there nice and tall. I gave her a wink and quick thank you and left her waving at me. But what really pissed me off is the many other people that drove by her lying there and they didn't give it a second thought. Has America gotten that bad? Do people not see that as one of the utmost forms of disrespect? I guess I just don't fit in this world anymore. I was either raised with too many convictions or folks just blatantly don't give a :censored: anymore. [b]God help us and God bless America![/b] [ATTACH=full]390356[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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