Roman Numeral iiii or iv

There are two forms for the Roman Number 4; it can be IV or III.  Most clocks use IIII for the 4th hour.  Also IIII can be found on the Roman Colosseum.  Note that the Roman Numeral quad-I maritime flag is composed of four colours.  Likewise there are already established four coloured maritime flags like Zulu and #9.  NATO's maritime flags for 'Division' and 'Squadron' also use four colours but of the same palette.   The IIII flag however, maintains its own palette.

Most but not all Roman Numeral clocks employ the IIII for the 4th hour.  You can see to the left a clock with IIII instead of IV.  One major exception is Big Ben's Clock Tower in London, that uses the official IV for the 4th hour time slot.

1988 in Roman Numeral Flags - Different Ways

Roman Numeral flags should be used in the composite form, but there are options.  Option number one is to use singular flags in a one to one ration of letters to flags.  This is long yet stylish.

Another way is to use them without substitute repeaters.  And finally the official way is to use repeaters as necessary.

Note that number L has the same form as the original international L flag, before it the blue section became black.

The Year 1999 in Maritime Roman Numeral Flags

Flags for numbers are noting new.  But here we have the International Roman Numerla Maritime Flags coding for years.  Above is the year 1999 and below is the year 1988 in the three different possible forms.  Also note there are additional substitute-repeater flags that have been added.

International Roman Numeral Maritime Signal Flags

Roman Numerals have a special place in modern society.  This ancient numerology of the West has traveled East and is truly an International System of Symbols.  As a consequence, there are now International Maritime Signal flags for this long honored classical system of symbols.

The design of the flags are based upon forlorn signals flags, that were used by the nations born in the after wake of the Rome Empire.  Most of these flags are derived from vexilloids conceived in the Austria-Hungarian Empire, the Keigsmarine, French Empires, United Kingdom and the United States.  Thus these new international maritime flags pay tribute to all their sacrifices, efforts, and most importantly, higher good.  All these nations are 'Children of the Roman Alphabet' and are dominantly tilted towards Western-Roman Astrology, than Eastern-Chinese Astrology.

Some of the flags are based upon permutations of the single, double, and triplet of the letter combinations.  Note that some Roman Numerals are solo indicators: L, V, and D.  However I, X, and M are clonal indicators, since they can form pairs and triplets.  Also included are Roman fractional symbols that were indicated by 'decimal' points or 'periods.'  Although modern math proclivities prefer reduced fractions, the fractions are kept in 'concordant denominations' so the Roman Fractional Decimals can be more easily understood.  Unfortunately, the fractional symbols are not taught in schools and it may be revelation that S represents "half."

International Maritime Flag for Infinity ∞

The International Maritime flag for Infinity ∞ uses all the colours of the available in the International Maritime Code of colours.  In this case it makes a red cross with four squares of white, blue, black, and yellow.

Greek Maritime Signal Flags - A Modern Make Over

After the Roman Alphabet, perhaps the next most important international alphabet is the Greek Alphabet.  It is used in science and math: as with pi, theta, sigma, or delta.  Likewise astronomy uses the Greek letters to indicate brightness within a constellation.  The uses in science is nearly countless.  Consequently, this alphabet deserves its own International Maritime Flag set based upon the Greek Alphabet.

There was already an established set that was found in the signal book a Greek admiral, Yakoumakis Tombazis' flagship "Themistikles."  To the bottom-left is the original flag page.  Perhaps there were other flags for the other letters of the Greek Alphabet?

In this modern 2020 version the mono-coloured flags from Themistikles are replaced with lost signal flags that retain some of Tombazis's old colours but with an added pattern. 

 Likewise retired signal flags that were lost across the ages are resurrected from the old international maritime navies that include: Japan, France, England, Germany and no longer used signals flags of the American Navy.  Take note that old flags from Marrayts, Pophams, and Admiral Howe are reconstituted with the Modern Greek Maritime Signal Flags.  Also note that effort was taken to select flags that look a little bit like the Greek letters themselves.

November's checker pattern does not equate to Zeta  to avoid confusion with the letter 'N.'  But another blue and white flag takes Zeta's place.  Just reassigning the International Maritime Flags with Greek designations would be confusing and could easily lead to mistakes.

Most of the letters should be called out as they are, except for Alpha.  Since Alpha already is used in ICS ABCs, Athena is the name of Alpha. Likewise Delta is called Demeter, since Delta too is in ICS ABC International Maritime flags.  Mu and Nu also get different designations, since they sound so much alike.  Mu's name is Metis and Nu's name is Nike.  Finally to bring clarity between Epsilon and Upsilon, Epsilon is Electra.



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Other Vexilloids in The Incredible Shrinking Woman 1981

Unique 1980s tassel balls are on the curtains of Pat Kramer's Kitchen while she is literally on a hand soap box. They are of that early 1980s garish pinky pom pom style, of people on the well to do happy pappy path.  The colour and tone of this movie is like a happy version of Edward Scissor Hands.







 Notice the Burger Power logo; it is attention to detail like this, with extras that make a movie great.  Who knows how many others props and scenes that got lost during the editing process?  Perhaps it was made to cover up another official company that refused free advertising in a movie like M&Ms for 1981's E.T?

A quirky Shrinking Woman logo is created when a news reporter speaks about the strange phenomenon.  It is pink question mark with woman 'bathroom' symbol in white upon it.   As the news does, things are often interpreted through another lens that was not a part of the original story.  The reporter equates the shrinking woman with the shrinking role of motherhood.

A protest banner made from a grocery bad with Pat Kramer's face.  Wow!  The kudos to the props.  They did a great job.  This movie was like an Edward Scissor Hands with a delightfully sparkly tone.