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This never happens to me ... why ???


1 posted on 07/10/2006 9:28:56 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Wow.


2 posted on 07/10/2006 9:30:40 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Whatever happened to Cynthia McKinney?)
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To: 11th_VA

'Cuz you don't buy old trunks.

Is that an early St Andrews Cross?


3 posted on 07/10/2006 9:30:57 PM PDT by Pelham (McGuestWorkerProgram- Soon to serve over 1 billion Americans)
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To: Pharmboy

You might be interested in this.


5 posted on 07/10/2006 9:34:49 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer ("I'm a millionaire thanks to the WTO and "free trade" system--Hu Jintao top 10 worst dictators)
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To: snippy_about_it; bentfeather; Samwise; Peanut Gallery; Wneighbor; Valin; alfa6; Iris7; SAMWolf; ...

Old Flag Ping


6 posted on 07/10/2006 9:35:17 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

How exciting for this person!

God bless him for his decision not to sell it.


7 posted on 07/10/2006 9:36:32 PM PDT by LurkLongley (Ad Majoram Dei Gloriam-For the Greater Glory of God)
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To: 11th_VA
Looks like a Bunker Hill flag:


9 posted on 07/10/2006 9:42:21 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: 11th_VA
I came across one of the oldest know starcraft boats in about the same manner. It was given to me and the guy didn't know who the maker was.
14 posted on 07/10/2006 9:51:19 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals get up every morning and eat a big box of STUPID for breakfast)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1663493/posts


17 posted on 07/10/2006 10:18:40 PM PDT by devolve (fx 9125_AMERICANS_KILLED_2003_BY_ILLEGALS MEX_ILLEGAL_GOT_911_TERRORISTS_ID NO_NUEVO_TEJAS)
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To: 11th_VA

yeah, me either....I always end up at the yardsales that sell stuff like used shoes.


21 posted on 07/10/2006 10:52:00 PM PDT by annelizly
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To: 11th_VA

If we lose this war it will be burned. That's what we're fighting for. And what the NY Times is fighting against.


23 posted on 07/10/2006 11:43:25 PM PDT by Defiant (MSM are holding us hostage. Vote Dems into power, or they will let the terrorists win.)
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To: 11th_VA

I bought an old trunk once. Had an old car attached to it. ;-)

25 posted on 07/11/2006 12:04:21 AM PDT by uglybiker (Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
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To: 11th_VA
"This never happens to me ... why ???"

Because you would have used that old rag to check the oil in your car.

29 posted on 07/11/2006 5:51:00 AM PDT by blam
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To: 11th_VA
the North American Vexillological Association, a group of flag experts.

I learn new stuff on FR every day.

Doubt I'll be able to insert the bolded word into any conversations, but it's nice to know.

31 posted on 07/11/2006 6:20:43 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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From the article -

Earlier this month Sotheby's in Manhattan sold four Revolutionary War regimental flags captured from Continental troops and taken to England by a British officer for $17.3 million, setting a price record for flags.

So last week Martucci upped his estimate. "I would probably say right now it would sell for between $1 and $2 million, and I wouldn't be surprised if it actually went for more," he said.

The financial value is academic for Laube, who has no plans to sell the flag he has conserved and framed and now stores in a vault.

"When I was a kid, I was always into history," he said. "We studied about Bunker Hill in seventh grade and we saw the pine tree flag. And to this day, when I look at it, it's exhilarating."

32 posted on 07/11/2006 6:24:07 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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