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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo help me, the flag outside the downtown post office was at one-quarter mast this morning!
I get the half-mast thing, even for him, but it was barely above the bushes!
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So help me, the flag outside the downtown post office was at one-quarter mast this morning! (Original Post)
KamaAina
Feb 2016
OP
Better yet, the PO is right across the street from a park that is Homeless Central!
KamaAina
Feb 2016
#11
Whoever raised the flag has a problem with their eyes and could not judge the distance. eom
MohRokTah
Feb 2016
#10
Context needed.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. The flag outside the downtown San Jose post office was well below half-mast.
Half-mast, sure, even for Satan Scalia, but I'd never seen it below that before.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)2. Maybe you should contact the post office
Either in person or call?
Kip Humphrey
(4,753 posts)4. Seems enthusiasm for Scalia is flagging!
Orrex
(63,232 posts)7. This is a banner day for overrated corpses
KentuckyWoman
(6,697 posts)5. That makes perfect sense.
Scalia was half skunk. So someone at your post office did half way only for the half that was a human being.
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)6. In Amurka, it's half staff, not half mast
We dropped that Namby Pamby British half mast shit when we kicked them out in 1492! SO STOP SAYING THAT!!!!
left on green only
(1,484 posts)8. Target Practice For The Downtown Male Dogs?
St. James Park across the street can be dangerous to access during 1st Street rush hour.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)11. Better yet, the PO is right across the street from a park that is Homeless Central!
mockmonkey
(2,834 posts)9. Are you saying that one-quarter mast is...
half assed?
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)10. Whoever raised the flag has a problem with their eyes and could not judge the distance. eom