Well now. They don’t last as long because of climate change and Covid. I couldn’t resist that. I’ll have to check mine out. It’s been out all year from about February for this one that I bought at Lowe’s. It’s made in U.S.A. and has the sewn stripes rather than that cheap printed stuff.
I was at Ladder 6 in Detroit when the new Southeastern High School was built In 1972. That was a time of turmoil in Detroit with the Black Panthers and such in full swing. They revolted and the name was changed to Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School. The Panthers would take the U.S. flag down and hoist the African something flag. So each evening we at Ladder Six would go over and raise ours and burn theirs. Our supply of Fire Deprtment supplied flags was dwindling so we raised the aerial ladder and exchanged flags again and cut the rope and greased the 60 foot pole about forty feet from the ground for about three feet. Problem solved. I don’t know if any had the ability to shinny up the pole but I know they couldn’t make it past the grease without sliding to their broken ankles or whatever.
I was at Ladder 6 in Detroit when the new Southeastern High School was built In 1972. That was a time of turmoil in Detroit with the Black Panthers and such in full swing. They revolted and the name was changed to Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School. The Panthers would take the U.S. flag down and hoist the African something flag. So each evening we at Ladder Six would go over and raise ours and burn theirs. Our supply of Fire Deprtment supplied flags was dwindling so we raised the aerial ladder and exchanged flags again and cut the rope and greased the 60 foot pole about forty feet from the ground for about three feet. Problem solved. I don’t know if any had the ability to shinny up the pole but I know they couldn’t make it past the grease without sliding to their broken ankles or whatever.
