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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   The Maple Leaf (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/)
-   -   Flying the flag? (https://britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/flying-flag-545580/)

Souvenir Jun 27th 2008 4:39 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Biiiiink (Post 6510129)
Just looked - no other facing except brick, stone or shingle, no wooden fences, no chain link fences, houses must have 2 garages minimum, no house smaller than 3,500sq ft (hah, we have a written exemption there!), two storey and ranch only - no raised ranch allowed. That's it, nothing about flags. It must be a personal taste thing around here. I don't like them either, so it suits me.
Sounds like the gulag. Is there anything you are allowed to do?

Novocastrian Jun 27th 2008 4:40 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Oakvillian;
If you're going to try and get all technically correct, then perhaps none of us should fly the Union flag (which has been known colloquially and in Parliament as the Union Jack for over 100 years so there's long precedent for the term "jack" being used outside the naval context) at all. It is, after all, a flag of the Monarch rather than of the Nation.
Oh, there you are! I just want to tell you that your Heinlein trivia answer yesterday was correct. Well done and thanks. The French Nation is grateful.

jempee Jun 27th 2008 4:40 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 6510165)
If you're going to try and get all technically correct, then perhaps none of us should fly the Union flag (which has been known colloquially and in Parliament as the Union Jack for over 100 years so there's long precedent for the term "jack" being used outside the naval context) at all. It is, after all, a flag of the Monarch rather than of the Nation.
Oakvillian, nothing to do wiv the post but just seen ur signature :rofl: classic, made me chuckle,thanks :rofl:

iaink Jun 27th 2008 4:41 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 6510165)
If you're going to try and get all technically correct, then perhaps none of us should fly the Union flag (which has been known colloquially and in Parliament as the Union Jack for over 100 years so there's long precedent for the term "jack" being used outside the naval context) at all. It is, after all, a flag of the Monarch rather than of the Nation.
Wouldnt either this
http://flagspot.net/images/g/gb-royal.gif

or, more accurately this;

http://flagspot.net/images/g/gb_qper2.gif

be more the flag of the monarch?
http://flagspot.net/flags/gb-royal.html#qe2

Steve_P Jun 27th 2008 4:41 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 6510175)
Sounds like the gulag.
A rather pretentious gulag at that. ;):rofl::rofl::rofl:

Certainly not for the likes of me. :p

jempee Jun 27th 2008 4:43 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Rob_999 (Post 6510158)
I'll leave the flag flying to those with waterfront property and private moorage. If I was going to fly one it'd be the BC flag:

http://www.canadaflagmart.com/catalog/bc150.gif
Hi. I wondered about this. Not flying any flags but if we did would have to add a 'canadian' one also so wondered if it should be the maple leaf or province one.

Souvenir Jun 27th 2008 4:44 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 6510181)
A rather pretentious gulag at that. ;):rofl::rofl::rofl:

Certainly not for the likes of me. :p
I can understand some restrictions. For example, the last place I had in the UK was sort of listed. I could only have windows in the original Victorian sash style. Telling people how many garages they must have is ludicrous.

Biiiiink Jun 27th 2008 4:47 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 6510136)
Since you can't have wooden fences, what sort of fence is commonly used?
Most are open. A neighbour enquired how we were going to comply with the pool code and was relieved that we weren't fencing the whole yard, it doesn't seem a popular thing around here. No idea why, what's my yard to anyone else?

Pool owners all have aluminium/steel/whatever it is that looks like wrought iron. There is a huge wooden fence 2 gardens away though, it does look awful, done by the homeowner himself last summer and already falling down. No-one seems to have dobbed him in, if it was on my boundary I may have, or helped it fall over in the next storm.

Wasn't there some Ontario thing about these convenants being unenforceable anyway? Or was that just wrt washing lines?

Steve_P Jun 27th 2008 4:48 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 6510191)
I can understand some restrictions. For example, the last place I had in the UK was sort of listed. I could only have windows in the original Victorian sash style. Telling people how many garages they must have is ludicrous.
In our old house we were only supposed to have a certain style and colour of fence and the type and colour of house siding was supposed to be restricted.

The restrictive covenants proved to be unenforcible and it's a right dogs breakfast nowadays.:eek::eek:

Biiiiink Jun 27th 2008 4:48 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 6510191)
I can understand some restrictions. For example, the last place I had in the UK was sort of listed. I could only have windows in the original Victorian sash style. Telling people how many garages they must have is ludicrous.
It keeps the po' people with 1 car out. There's no upper limit, most I've seen is 4 though. 2 and 3 is usual.

Rob_999 Jun 27th 2008 4:49 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by jempee (Post 6510189)
Hi. I wondered about this. Not flying any flags but if we did would have to add a 'canadian' one also so wondered if it should be the maple leaf or province one.
One flag is one too many, certainly two would be over the top. Hence my choice would be the provincial flag as it has union jack emblem on it.

Steve_P Jun 27th 2008 4:51 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Biiiiink (Post 6510204)
It keeps the po' people with 1 car out. There's no upper limit, most I've seen is 4 though. 2 and 3 is usual.
But don't most people use their garages for storage and park the vehicles out on the driveway or street?

happy hatter Jun 27th 2008 4:51 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Oakvillian (Post 6510165)
If you're going to try and get all technically correct, then perhaps none of us should fly the Union flag (which has been known colloquially and in Parliament as the Union Jack for over 100 years so there's long precedent for the term "jack" being used outside the naval context) at all. It is, after all, a flag of the Monarch rather than of the Nation.
and prior to it being referred to as the UJ it was called the Union Flag, so your point counts for zip in the grand scheme of things. One more thing, HM The Queen Mother (God bless her) referred to the Union Flag as the 'People's Flag', so I think we can.

HH

Rob_999 Jun 27th 2008 4:51 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 6510191)
I can understand some restrictions. For example, the last place I had in the UK was sort of listed. I could only have windows in the original Victorian sash style. Telling people how many garages they must have is ludicrous.
Agreed - thats nuts.

Do you also have to have certian window fittings and the right shade of green for the lawn?!?

Souvenir Jun 27th 2008 4:59 am
Re: Flying the flag?
 
Originally Posted by Steve_P (Post 6510217)
But don't most people use their garages for storage and park the vehicles out on the driveway or street?
Doesn't everyone do that?


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