Up in the Air
Some people would call it a flagpole. What it really is is a signal mast. It takes after the mizzenmast of a square rigged ship where signal flags would be used to send messages back and forth between ships. Some were used between shore bases and ships. We fly flags from ours here at my work.
This one had to be re-finished last spring and we rigged it two days ago and yes that is your Clydesdale Class cyclist Bluenoser up there rigging it. Busy days as of late. Not a lot of riding getting done but things will be back to normal after the weekend, whatever that is.
Sorry about the darkness of the photos but it was getting into evening. At this point it took 14 hours to stand and rig this, eight hours of which I spent in the air.
So when I ask if you just want to come and hang out, be sure to get me to clarify.
Is there a bike race going on?
-B
This one had to be re-finished last spring and we rigged it two days ago and yes that is your Clydesdale Class cyclist Bluenoser up there rigging it. Busy days as of late. Not a lot of riding getting done but things will be back to normal after the weekend, whatever that is.
Sorry about the darkness of the photos but it was getting into evening. At this point it took 14 hours to stand and rig this, eight hours of which I spent in the air.
So when I ask if you just want to come and hang out, be sure to get me to clarify.
Is there a bike race going on?
-B
9 comments:
Mh, it's a big one, too. THE biggest, some say. Want me to keep you in the loop while you are up in the air?
...hell...you oughta be able to see it from up there...just look east towards france & squint...
s, sure I'm losing key team tactics here until I can get freed up to follow the Tour.
bikes, I don't have to squint, I have progressive lenses in my sunglasses.
-B
HA HA HA! That is GREAT! My cousin used to work on microwave towers. Repair, placing the dish or antenna on them... sometimes up to four or five hundred feet.
I hate heights.
Is there a term, like semaphore, for flags on masts? You should have had Boab to spell you, he is an ex-derrickman. He'd be looking for the monkey board though.
Looks almost as much fun as checking the nav lights on the top of the legs of a jackup while under tow in the North Atlantic.
...were you hoisted up there on your own petard ???...whoops sorry...
...blue, i've mentioned to you before that i vacationed on nova scotia's beautiful seaboard when i was a kid 'cuz my mom had been out there in the navy during ww II...
...mom was a pretty dynamic 'chick' in her day & through the years she had a series of sports cars, all of which had her name spelled out in cool little naval signal flag medallions...
...nice memory...
damn b. I'm impressed just looking at that gets me in the knees a bit.
Yes BoaB been to the crown more than a few times and the leg of a jackup under tow would wave around a bit now wouldn't it.
Here Dee and bikes spell things out to your hearts content.
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/signals/show_signal.htm
My friend is a nut for signals
-B
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