NoTailT Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 But how often do they need to raise and lower flags..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Was it our elected politicians who were delivering us a liege Lord at Government House along with the Governor just now? Sir John - who appears to be developing a little bit of a Manx accent - was just doing his job of course, but if it was our elected MHKs doing the rest of it then they were really going beyond the call of representative duty to their constituents 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 40 minutes ago, Asthehills said: Saw it with my own eyes. I guessed that in this day and age if they just had a cord tied off and easily accessible that the yokels can’t be trusted not to mess with it Yeah, killjoys making it harder to get a flag to paint my teams name on these days 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 1 hour ago, HeliX said: Think I've mentioned him twice since he stopped posting. Including the one yesterday. Ah, but has he stopped posting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 46 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: No doubt to be repeated today when they have to be returned to half mast for the rest of the week. Is this really true? Even by DBC standards, needing to raise and lower flags that way seems not just bizarre and a characteristically expensive and slow way of doing something cheap and fast, it also goes against the whole ritual of raising and lowering flags. Perhaps @Amadeus could investigate (he's probably got remote cameras trained on every inch of the Prom anyway). I’m off island. I’ll ask when I’m back. crowds here are insane. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 2 hours ago, Asthehills said: They raised them late afternoon. Apparently each flag needs a couple of guys and a cherry picker these days so it took them hours. A massive waste of time and effort Working off ladders seems to be frowned upon now by elf and safety and every job now needs at least two people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Perhaps Onchan is now overrun with crowds proclaiming Anyway, the flags were to be raised to full mast but bunched for the day of accession Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 32 minutes ago, SleepyJoe said: Was it our elected politicians who were delivering us a liege Lord at Government House along with the Governor just now? Sir John - who appears to be developing a little bit of a Manx accent - was just doing his job of course, but if it was our elected MHKs doing the rest of it then they were really going beyond the call of representative duty to their constituents I saw it briefly, Skelly in his stupid outfit with Cannan on the steps behind Lorimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Yes, but was the House of Keys assembled there - or just a mini-mob of official office holders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 44 minutes ago, NoTailT said: But how often do they need to raise and lower flags..? It’s discretionary. Here’s IoMG guidance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 Everybody's doin' a brand new dance now (Come on baby do the procolamation) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, John Wright said: It’s discretionary. Here’s IoMG guidance. Sorry I know that, but I mean I think DBC etc can be forgiven for such a manual task to adjust the flags given how rarely they must need to make changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 53 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Ah, but has he stopped posting... If not he's at least stopped posting unhinged conspiracy nonsense, so that's an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steady Eddie Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 35 minutes ago, NoTailT said: I saw it briefly, Skelly in his stupid outfit with Cannan on the steps behind Lorimer. Alfie seems to be quite pleased to be there. Is that a flag at half mast? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, Steady Eddie said: Alfie seems to be quite pleased to be there. Is that a flag at half mast? Skelly looks like he's holding in a massive fart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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