Someone emailed asking me what happened to the previous flagpole that we installed in 2009. Short answer is that it blew over in a wind storm last fall.
The backstory is that Mother Nature may have done me a favor and solved a potential problem for me.  Here’s the long answer:

Last summer a representative of the Sons of Confederate Veterans contacted me and asked if they could fly their flag on my Buzzy pole on a Saturday in October when they were to host a big event at the Confederate Memorial.  I agreed and then tried contacting some of the beer distributors about making a “Welcome Sons of Confederate Veterans” sign for them.  Citing political correctness considerations, the beer distributors declined to make the welcome signs. 

Given that the whole pc thing was something I hadn’t even considered when I agreed to letting the Sons fly their flag, it got me thinking that maybe I too shouldn’t have agreed to letting them fly their flag.  But my worries were then compounded when I learned that Pam and I were scheduled to be out of the Country on the day of the event and that I wouldn’t be here to oversee the flag raising, meet any potentially upset customers etc.  Although I gave Jenny and Larry a heads up, I still worried that there might be some questions or comments pro and con when the Sons hoisted their flag.

Enter Mother Nature.  A couple days before the event, while I was relaxing on a cruise ship somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, I received a text message from Jenny informing me that a wind storm had come thru the area and had knocked over our flag pole.  Some “problems” solve themselves.

Someone emailed asking me what happened to the previous flagpole that we installed in 2009. Short answer is that it blew over in a wind storm last fall.
The backstory is that Mother Nature may have done me a favor and solved a potential problem for me.  Here’s the long answer:

Last summer a representative of the Sons of Confederate Veterans contacted me and asked if they could fly their flag on my Buzzy pole on a Saturday in October when they were to host a big event at the Confederate Memorial.  I agreed and then tried contacting some of the beer distributors about making a “Welcome Sons of Confederate Veterans” sign for them.  Citing political correctness considerations, the beer distributors declined to make the welcome signs. 

Given that the whole pc thing was something I hadn’t even considered when I agreed to letting the Sons fly their flag, it got me thinking that maybe I too shouldn’t have agreed to letting them fly their flag.  But my worries were then compounded when I learned that Pam and I were scheduled to be out of the Country on the day of the event and that I wouldn’t be here to oversee the flag raising, meet any potentially upset customers etc.  Although I gave Jenny and Larry a heads up, I still worried that there might be some questions or comments pro and con when the Sons hoisted their flag.

Enter Mother Nature.  A couple days before the event, while I was relaxing on a cruise ship somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, I received a text message from Jenny informing me that a wind storm had come thru the area and had knocked over our flag pole.  Some “problems” solve themselves.

Someone emailed asking me what happened to the previous flagpole that we installed in 2009. Short answer is that it blew over in a wind storm last fall.
The backstory is that Mother Nature may have done me a favor and solved a potential problem for me.  Here’s the long answer:

Last summer a representative of the Sons of Confederate Veterans contacted me and asked if they could fly their flag on my Buzzy pole on a Saturday in October when they were to host a big event at the Confederate Memorial.  I agreed and then tried contacting some of the beer distributors about making a “Welcome Sons of Confederate Veterans” sign for them.  Citing political correctness considerations, the beer distributors declined to make the welcome signs. 

Given that the whole pc thing was something I hadn’t even considered when I agreed to letting the Sons fly their flag, it got me thinking that maybe I too shouldn’t have agreed to letting them fly their flag.  But my worries were then compounded when I learned that Pam and I were scheduled to be out of the Country on the day of the event and that I wouldn’t be here to oversee the flag raising, meet any potentially upset customers etc.  Although I gave Jenny and Larry a heads up, I still worried that there might be some questions or comments pro and con when the Sons hoisted their flag.

Enter Mother Nature.  A couple days before the event, while I was relaxing on a cruise ship somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, I received a text message from Jenny informing me that a wind storm had come thru the area and had knocked over our flag pole.  Some “problems” solve themselves.

Someone emailed asking me what happened to the previous flagpole that we installed in 2009. Short answer is that it blew over in a wind storm last fall.
The backstory is that Mother Nature may have done me a favor and solved a potential problem for me.  Here’s the long answer:

Last summer a representative of the Sons of Confederate Veterans contacted me and asked if they could fly their flag on my Buzzy pole on a Saturday in October when they were to host a big event at the Confederate Memorial.  I agreed and then tried contacting some of the beer distributors about making a “Welcome Sons of Confederate Veterans” sign for them.  Citing political correctness considerations, the beer distributors declined to make the welcome signs. 

Given that the whole pc thing was something I hadn’t even considered when I agreed to letting the Sons fly their flag, it got me thinking that maybe I too shouldn’t have agreed to letting them fly their flag.  But my worries were then compounded when I learned that Pam and I were scheduled to be out of the Country on the day of the event and that I wouldn’t be here to oversee the flag raising, meet any potentially upset customers etc.  Although I gave Jenny and Larry a heads up, I still worried that there might be some questions or comments pro and con when the Sons hoisted their flag.

Enter Mother Nature.  A couple days before the event, while I was relaxing on a cruise ship somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico, I received a text message from Jenny informing me that a wind storm had come thru the area and had knocked over our flag pole.  Some “problems” solve themselves.