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Date: 25 April 2005 10:34:05
Greetings on this here ANZAC day. Today is a special day in my nation and all the flags are at half mast. Here is a question I am sure none of you have pondered. How do people know when to raise the flag at half mast? In these modern times there is a email. That's right you subscribe to a email from the federal government about when to fly the flag at half mast and when it goes back to normal. Because the guys who normally look after the flag are off today due to the public holiday. The floorie on duty became the flag marshall (yes that is the real title). So at the start of the day the flag went to half mast till midday and then back to normal. The email also states other etiquette such as it is not ok to lower the flag the night before if it flies 24/7. I am not sure how much in trouble you could get for that. But they notify you by email for all sorts of occassions. Such as late last year when the former president of the Czech Republic died all flags in my country were to be at half mast in sympathy. So next time you see a flag at half mast there was a email behind it. Check it out at flag people
Till Next Time Check your Email,
Chops