Semaphore what?

[oceanfroggie]

What's this all auld stuff all about?

 

[Malcb]

OK, so you are obviously very much used to this sort of thing /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[AndrewF]

Pity you could get the alphabet in the correct order.

 

[Stocky_Helm]

Bad Grammar possibly

 

[drewstwos]

HI'

I'd have said you were not ....''not really much use at this sort of thing'''

only ever had to use flags once many years ago, took me a while to read it though....

Have fun,,,,

Drew.

 

[Stocky_Helm]

And why are they on the Australian national botanic gardens website?

 

[boatone]

Semaphore it's NOT! Them's International Code of Signals flags, each of which, apart from its individual letter identification, has a very specific meaning (eg "O" = Man Overboard). When combined in specific groups of two, three or four, there is a whole code of internationally agreed messages.

I used to know them off by heart in my 'old salt' days but these days I would need to look some of them up.

(Semaphore is the flag in each hand held at specific angles to the body)
Like this:

 

[Kawasaki]

Flag Day in Killaloe, bejeysus! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif