Thatcher's taped eulogy at Reagan funeral

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 06/07/04 | Alec Russell and Andrew Sparrow

[Dog Gone]

And flags only fly at "half-mast" on a ship.

Is the proper term for land-based flags "half-staffed"? I hear these terms interchangeably.

[ladyinred]

This is all so heartbreaking. I know President Reagan is at peace now, after such a terrible struggle, but it is just so hard to accept.

[Petronski]

And flags only fly at "half-mast" on a ship.

That's a pet peeve of mine, too, and in the greater sense, we're right. However, I was told by one navy man that even land-based Navy facilities have a 'mast,' on land, and I immediately remembered the one I walked past daily for three years on the campus of CMU in Pittsburgh.

Nonetheless, the vast majority of all land-based flagpoles are 'staffs' and not 'masts.'

[primeval patriot]

And flags only fly at "half-mast" on a ship.

LOL, I grew up saying half-mast because dad was a Senior Chief.

[kaboom]

RE: the faux pas issue:

Please consider the journalistic implications of some broadcaster mispronouncing "Corpsmen" or a journalist spelling it incorrectly. I mean, who wants to enlist as a Corpse Man?

[captaindude2]

sad to hear I always figured Thatcher would have lasted longer than England

[PhiKapMom]

We have the Navy E-6 wing here at Tinker AFB and their flags will be flying at half mast. Outside their headquarters their flags are located just like it is a ship the people are entering.

Great Lakes Naval Training Facility also has flags outside their facilities just like on a ship. They fly at half mast.

[Old Professer]

Wow, someone who knows the meaning of famously; great work.

[ride the whirlwind]

God bless Lady Thatcher.

[MinuteGal]

Lady Thatcher will be 80 years of age on October 13.

She was the first woman prime minister of England.

Leni

[Capriole]

Its too bad they dont bring him cross country on a train the way they did Lincoln and Roosevelt so pople could gather and watch the train come through.

I thought so, too, but this would be an invitation to terrorists. Having the body travel on one of the planes used as Air Force One is far more secure. How sad that such a thing must be taken into consideration, so great is the evil around us!

[zencat]

Margaret Thatcher's final book:

'Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World' is dedicated to Ronald Reagan, whom she credits with changing the modern world and bringing about the demise of communism.

[CyberAnt]

I heard somebody say that they are expecting 100,000 people to come to the rotunda to view the casket. I don't think they're in touch with reality .. I really think there will be many, many, many more than that.

[dfwgator]

This troika, btw, won the Cold War...together.

You might want to consider throwing Lech Walesa into your troika.

[Dont Mention the War]

I read a very sad article that since her husband passed away, she rarely even leaves her home and nobody comes and visits.

That's horrible! Everyone in England has abandoned her?!

(You wouldn't happen to remember where you read the article, would you?)

[tjwmason]

I heard somebody say that they are expecting 100,000 people to come to the rotunda to view the casket. I don't think they're in touch with reality .. I really think there will be many, many, many more than that.

They really do underestimate the strength of feeling which truly great people generate. They did exactly the same when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother died; they had to extend the 'openning hours' several times when she lay in state in Westminster Hall.

[tjwmason]

Lady Thatcher will be 80 years of age on October 13.
She was the first woman prime minister of England.

She came to office four months before I was born. Thanks to her and President Reagan (R.I.P.), I never really knew the great threat of communism as I was too young. We all owe them both an unimaginable debt of gratitude.

[facedown]

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