Half Staff US Flag WIN SILVER! Clue given

[fasteddy]

Why were the flags lowered this past Saturday?

Be the first to post right here on this thread why the flag was lowered to half staff and I will send you SILVER!

[Doctor Steuss]

Looks like the last national notice was on 10/9. For 10/22, the only one I can find was for Kansas (not sure if that's where you're located?).

http://www.flagsexpress.com/Articles.asp?ID=693

[Thogey]

Flags are riding high here.

[misteroman]

I will have all mine lowered Nov 9th im afraid. Just like I did 4 and 8 yrs ago.....

[theshoenlebens]

http://www.flagsexpress.com/Articles.asp?ID=693

[68Camaro]

They weren't lowered at a national level, not since 9 Oct for National Fallen Firefighter's Memorial. This is the reference I always check.

http://halfstaff.org/

[Recyclersteve]

Here are some answers, although they may not be the one you were looking for...

"City of Anaheim (Editor: California) flags are at half-staff through sundown Monday to honor Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan, a Navy sailor who lost his life in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve to free parts of the country from ISIS control."

Source: http://www.oc-breeze.com/2016/10/22/919 ... en-sailor/ (Orange County breeze- 10/22/16)

And from Columbus, OH:

Kasich orders Lawrence County flags lowered in honor of Chesapeake officer. "the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio shall be flown at half-staff upon all public buildings and grounds throughout Lawrence County from sunrise to sunset on October 22, 2016,” the proclamation from the governor’s office, released Friday said."

Source: http://www.irontontribune.com/2016/10/2 ... e-officer/

[fasteddy]

C'mon Real Centers...you are making it harder than it is...if you are really into Real Cent, CU, Ag, & Au then this is easy.

[wolvesdad]

Not sure if it's what you are going for, but the last copper cents were produced by the Denver Mint on October 22, 1982.

Since then we have been mourning the loss of 'real' money.

[Copper Catcher]

On Oct 22 this day in history.....

1746 - The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It later became known as Princeton University.

1797 - Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump. He made the jump from about 3,000 feet.

1836 - Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.

1844 - This day is recognized as "The Great Disappointment" among those who practiced Millerism. The world was expected to come to an end according to the followers of William Miller.

1879 - Thomas Edison conducted his first successful experiment with a high-resistance carbon filament.

1883 - The New York Horse show opened. The first national horse show was formed by the newly organized National Horse Show Association of America.

1907 - The Panic of 1907 began when depositors began withdrawing money from many New York banks.

1939 - The first televised pro football game was telecast from New York. Brooklyn defeated Philadelphia 23-14.

1950 - The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record by defeating the Baltimore Colts 70-27. It was a record score for a regular season game.

1954 - The Federal Republic of Germany was invited to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

1959 - "Take Me Along" opened on Broadway.

1962 - U.S. President Kennedy went on radio and television to inform the United States about his order to send U.S. forces to blockade Cuba. The blockade was in response to the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.

1968 - Apollo 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft had orbited the Earth 163 times.

1975 - Air Force Technical Sergeant Leonard Matlovich was discharged after publicly declaring his homosexuality. His tombstone reads " "A gay Vietnam Veteran. When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one."

1979 - The ousted Shah of Iran, Mohammad Riza Pahlavi was allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment.

1981 U.S. national debt tops $1 trillion

1981 - The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.

1983 - At the Augusta National Golf Course in Georgia, an armed man crashed a truck through front gates and demanded to speak with U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

1986 - U.S. President Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law.

1991 - The European Community and the European Free Trade Association agreed to create a free trade zone of 19 nations by the year 1993.

1995 - The 50th anniversary of the United Nations was marked by a record number of world leaders gathering.

1998 - The United Nations announced that over 2 million children had been killed in war as innocent victims since 1987.

1998 - Pakistan's carpet weaving industry announced that they would begin to phase out child labor.

1999 - China ended its first-ever human rights conference in which it defied Western definitions of civil liberties.

1999 - The U.N. Security Council voted to send 6,000 troops to Sierra Leone to oversee a peace plan that had been signed in July.

2008 - The iTunes Music Store reached 200 million applications downloaded.

2010 - The Internation Space Station set the record (3641 days) for the longest continuous human occupation of space. It had been continously inhabited since November 2, 2000.

2014 - The iPad Air 2 was released in the U.S.

[fasteddy]

that was a fun historical read CC but what happened on Oct 22, 2016?

[hobo finds]

10/22/2016; Cyber attacks

[Shazbot57]

Comedian & Actor Kevin Meaney died. Knowing the Lefties in DC, that would be cause for lowering the flag to half staff!

[Shazbot57]

James De Coursey, who passed away Oct. 17, 2016.

De Coursey, 84, was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1968 and served in cabinet level positions for several Governors. He served the nation as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He and his wife Joyce celebrated 58 years of marriage this summer.

“Jim De Coursey dedicated his life to serving both his state and country,” said Lt. Governor Dr. Jeff Colyer. “On behalf of the entire state, I extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife Joyce, his four children, their spouses and all his grandchildren. We hope they take solace in the fact that he lived his life as a shining example of a great Kansan.”

A Mass of Christian Burial for De Coursey is set for 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at Christ the King Church with burial to follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

[fasteddy]

Did a little research and unfortunately only 20 members would know the answer, I thought many more would know.

68Camaro you are one of them.

[68Camaro]

I'm obviously not thinking out of the box today (if ever) so sorry - the clues are flying completely over my head! Spent a few minutes trying to figure out what posting dates, posting counts, posting content, feedback details, etc would have to do with anything and came up with....

nothing. Ugh.

[Thogey]

Was it the day old RC died?

is the date in 2016?

[Verbane]

Was it the day old RC died?

is the date in 2016?

I don't think its Old RC. That switch was at the beginning of September 2010, and Ardent Listener stayed active there for about another 12-18 months.

[hobo finds]

The day that music died!

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step

I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died


So bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die


Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues

I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died


I started singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die


Now for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me

Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned

And while Lenin read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died


We were singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die


Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance

'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?


We started singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
And singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die


Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell

And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died


He was singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
And singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die


I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play

And in the streets, the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken

And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died


And they were singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
And them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die


They were singing bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey 'n rye
And singin' this'll be the day that I die

[Copper Catcher]

OCTOBER 22, 2016 – NATIONAL MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY – NATIONAL COLOR DAY – NATIONAL NUT DAY

[Recyclersteve]

We've had some serious brain power try to figure this out since Monday and nobody gets it. Time to move onto more productive things. Frankly, this is frustrating as hell.

[Bigjohn]

Nearly broke my brain, can't believe how easy the answer is!!
As per the RC/BS calendar (BEEN HANGING ABOVE MY DESK ALL MONTH AND I JUST NOW GOT IT!!):
"Nude photos of Hillary Clinton leaked. Flags lowered to half-staff. Engineer"
That's what the box for October 22nd says.
Now, where is my free gold

[68Camaro]

That would make sense! Of course I didn't look at my RC calendar. Ugh.

[fasteddy]

can't believe how easy the answer is!!
As per the RC/BS calendar (BEEN HANGING ABOVE MY DESK ALL MONTH AND I JUST NOW GOT IT!!):
"Nude photos of Hillary Clinton leaked. Flags lowered to half-staff. Engineer"
That's what the box for October 22nd says.

WINNER! WINNER!

For silver not gold...good try though...

Yep it was on the REAL CENT CALENDER! Don't forget to buy one next year!

Bigjohn, Send me your addy for your silver winnings!

[hobo finds]

Another reason to buy a RC calendar! Nice contest!