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Singapore Flag & Pole

Post by sgstrait » Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:56 am

Any idea where I can buy (or be given) a decent sized flag (like around a metre wide) and a pole/support? I want to put one on my balcony, and thump my chest with pride on National Day.

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:02 am

SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers

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Post by ecureilx » Fri, 31 Jul 2015 1:21 pm

sgstrait wrote:Any idea where I can buy (or be given) a decent sized flag (like around a metre wide) and a pole/support? I want to put one on my balcony, and thump my chest with pride on National Day.

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Just ensure the flag is correct, and is hanged properly .. or you will be in Stomp/TOC/TRS (choose one .. )

A few Flags out for SG50 seem to be of 'wrong' design .. and suddenly a lot of Singapore Flag Specialists are crying foul.

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 31 Jul 2015 1:38 pm

The computer image (Moon & Stars) was probably flipped vertically so that the star point that is supposed to be at 12 o'clock is at 6 o'clock. Would have been an easy mistake to make.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers

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Post by ecureilx » Fri, 31 Jul 2015 2:52 pm

sundaymorningstaple wrote:The computer image (Moon & Stars) was probably flipped vertically so that the star point that is supposed to be at 12 o'clock is at 6 o'clock. Would have been an easy mistake to make.
Well, try telling that to the hordes of sudden Patriots (who are extremely mad especially when the error is done by a Govt side manufacturer .. :))

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 31 Jul 2015 3:44 pm

Governments don't make mistakes, mah?
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers

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Post by ecureilx » Fri, 31 Jul 2015 6:17 pm

sundaymorningstaple wrote:Governments don't make mistakes, mah?
Cannot one, after getting paid million :P

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Post by nakatago » Mon, 03 Aug 2015 6:47 am

sundaymorningstaple wrote:Governments don't make mistakes, mah?

Preposterous!

Ministers get paid handsomely so that they are motivated enough not to make mistakes and make sure that motivation flows all the way downstream.

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Post by Nihility » Tue, 04 Aug 2015 6:46 pm

Can you apply the following newspaper article to Singapore?

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Post by sundaymorningstaple » Tue, 04 Aug 2015 9:08 pm

Yeah, in today's xenophobic atmosphere, I reckon you probably could.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers

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Post by x9200 » Wed, 05 Aug 2015 8:37 am

Nihility wrote:Can you apply the following newspaper article to Singapore?
It probably applies to all but a few countries and this is something very obvious (the findings of this survey). Afterall nationalism is often not so far away from racism and large part of it uses national symbols.

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Re: Singapore Flag & Pole

Post by MikeJones » Wed, 05 Aug 2015 9:01 am

Could be worse http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from ... e-33758635, at least the incorrect SG flag isn't that of another country :D

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Post by KleenWayne70 » Sat, 08 Aug 2015 10:41 am

Learn the proper way of displaying SG flag here: http://www.nhb.gov.sg/resources/nationa ... ional-flag

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