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Posted by Chuck on February 29, 2008, 7:28 am
terry wrote:
>> on 2/28/2008 10:10 PM Robert Allison said the following:
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>>> Blattus Slafaly £ ¥ 0/00 :) wrote:
>>>> What's this new fad of putting a star on your house. When I first
>>>> saw it I thought a general lived there. Then I saw another and
>>>> another and thought 'are all the generals retiring here'?. Now there
>>>> are hundreds around this area. What's up with that?
>>> Those are Texans, and it is the LoneStar. Texans are always proud to
>>> display their state symbol. When I first started reading this, I
>>> couldn't figure out how you could be so dense! Then I realized that I
>>> was in a national newsgroup, and not in one of my local ones. I had
>>> you pegged as a real Yankee, for sure!
>>> :-)
>> Isn't the Texas lone star white? I wouldn't think that a real Texan
>> would put a red star on his house.
>> My neighbor was born and raised in New York and his wife is from Chile.
>> The Chilean flag is almost like the Texas state flag. Maybe she thought
>> it was a Chilean thing, but her star is still not white.
>>
>>
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>>> In fact, I am surprised that you have them anywhere but Texas (if you
>>> are). They are so numerous here, that you can buy them at the
>>> convenience store. Maybe the fashion is moving outwards from here.
>> --
>>
>> Bill
>> In Hamptonburgh, NY
>> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
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> Star of David?
> Star and crescent of Islam?
> Star on US vehicles in Europe during WWII?
> Star adopted as insignia on vehicles by all Allied forces for the D-
> Day landings in Europe.
> About 50 of them on the US flag?
> etc.
Don't forget MACY'S. They have lots of red stars. First time I saw them,
I figured they were bought by the Russians. Maybe they were.
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