Re: Cleaning Steel Prior to Painting?

On Jul 3, 9:31?pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-Web-
Site.com> wrote:
When I put out the flag today I noticed that the steel wall bracket is
rusting...

I could say that the rust is indicative of the current general state
of affairs in the nation, and that maybe the rust and the locality are
somewhat unrelated....

But I think that might just annoy Jim, and somehow, I'm already on his
"bad" side.. :(

Instead, I will tell you something I learned from my brother the other
day that I totally did not know. --
US Flags with Gold Fringe around the edges appearently means that
maritime law is practiced wherever it is on display.
I have to research this further to make sure he got it right, and that
my 3rd or 4th hand interpretation is right.

I need to know this so next time I'm in Virginia paying one of those
$3K speeding tickets, I can ask them to go get a real flag before I
accept the verdict (...unless I'm speeding in my boat, that is.)

-mpm

Oh: For a flag holder, I would think just about any "treatment" would
last a suitably long time, unless you're passing this on to the
grandchildren or something... Or ditch it and get one made of solid
brass.



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