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Tyro Rex
·Wore a blue knit tie with an oxford shirt under a Barbour jacket (Bedale) the other day; helped keep me warm, I thought…
Do you still wear a necktie?
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30T2
·Use to for work, for formal events (weddings, funerals ) and things like that I do. I been thinking about, bow ties next. Sometimes you have to stay classy.
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanUse to for work, for formal events (weddings, funerals ) and things like that I do. I been thinking about, bow ties next. Sometimes you have to stay classy.
Depending on your age and where you are, unless it’s a black bow tie with a dj, you run the risk of looking either a) eccentric or b) precious. Sorry
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Evitzee
·You don't see men with ties much anymore. I went to a funeral last week, people were dressed like they were going grocery shopping. The deceased's son wore blue jeans and a t-shirt to the funeral. No class or desire to show respect anymore.
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanThree or four years ago, a friend booked a restaurant for a sixtieth birthday meal. She was a little pretentious and asked the men to wear dj’s.
In the obligatory group photo, as one of the taller ones, I stood at back. My dj hovered over a tea light (candle) on the wall ledge and then erupted in flames. Happily both I and the bow tie were fine. Not so the dj
In the obligatory group photo, as one of the taller ones, I stood at back. My dj hovered over a tea light (candle) on the wall ledge and then erupted in flames. Happily both I and the bow tie were fine. Not so the dj
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RI Omega Fan
·What’s a “dj”?
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fan
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johnireland
·Wore my Italian knit navy blue tie tonight to dinner.
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river rat
·Have not worn one in years like over 20 years. Last time was wedding I went to. In the Navy we wore a neckerchief with the jumper uniform and on the winter blues there was a necktie only job I ever had that I ever needed a tie once in a blue moon. And I will never wear one ever again. I need to drop that old suit and tie at the good will store. Still got the US Navy blue and white jumper uniform really don't know why I hold on to it.
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WestCoastTime
·Two weddings over the summer, did Mandarin Collar shirt + dinner jacket for both (no neckwear). Last necktie was a funeral 5+ yrs ago.
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philh
·This thread got me thinking. I started wearing ties in 1965 at age 5 to go to school and from that point on I wore a tie most weekdays ( Saturdays during Rugby season as it was part of my clubs dress code ) until 2017 when I retired from Corporate finance. I worked 39 years in banking and we all wore pinstripe suits and a tie enabled you to personalise your uniform (as did a watch ).I amassed boxes of ties over that period which I kept until recently until my son aged 25 found them and decided he would start to wear them for work. Going through the boxes I was amazed I could recollect the ties and events attached to them.I even had old school and rugby club ties. It was one hell of a nostalgia trip and I am pleased they continue to build a further history for the family.
I still work but do not wear a tie and only retained one tie ,a black one.
I still work but do not wear a tie and only retained one tie ,a black one.
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Mad Dog
·The “Dwight Schrute” ensemble [a short sleeve shirt and a tie] is what is required at work…therefore, I wear a tie every day at work. Some dudes wear clip-on ties at work…but not me…I think they look cheesy…so I wear a real tie.
Bonus file pic of Mad Dog at work sporting the “Dwight Schrute” ensemble…with two railroad grade pocket watches [Elgin B.W. Raymond 571 and 494 respectively]…
Bonus file pic of Mad Dog at work sporting the “Dwight Schrute” ensemble…with two railroad grade pocket watches [Elgin B.W. Raymond 571 and 494 respectively]…
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Difeer
·The “Dwight Schrute” ensemble [a short sleeve shirt and a tie] is what is required at work…therefore, I wear a tie every day at work. Some dudes wear clip-on ties at work…but not me…I think they look cheesy…so I wear a real tie.
Bonus file pic of Mad Dog at work sporting the “Dwight Schrute” ensemble…with two railroad grade pocket watches [Elgin B.W. Raymond 571 and 494 respectively]…
I hope that this photo was taken in front of all the passengers that were queuing to board. Would be quite a scene 😁
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Olhenry56
·The “Dwight Schrute” ensemble [a short sleeve shirt and a tie] is what is required at work…
I went to a funeral last week, people were dressed like they were going grocery shopping.
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Mad Dog
·…Some dudes wear clip-on ties at work…but not me…I think they look cheesy…so I wear a real tie.
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Canuck
·There are a number of members on the OB who have had experience in law enforcement. My understanding is that, during tense situations involving physical confrontation, the last thing an officer might want is to have a combattent grab hold of a regular tie. Chances are you are better off if a clip-on tie comes off, during certain situations!
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Mad Dog
·There are a number of members on the OB who have had experience in law enforcement. My understanding is that, during tense situations involving physical confrontation, the last thing an officer might want is to have a combattent grab hold of a regular tie. Chances are you are better off if a clip-on tie comes off, during certain situations!
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerYou are correct. Due to my not-so-amazing [and not-so-vast] rookie knowledges, I incorrectly surmised that since I possess “Kung Fu Grip” and all sorts of “years of academy training”, I could wear a non-tactical real tie and not a tactically correct clip-on tie.
As an engineer working in a factory setting, wearing a tie could be hazardous to one's health. I was often called upon to go out and troubleshoot some piece of equipment on the shop floor, and we were required to wear ties. if the tie dangled near rotating equipment, you could get caught up - this was particularly the case in the early days when guarding and machine interlocks were less common - when you have a grinding wheel spindle running at 100,000 rpm it doesn't take long for your tie to get very short!
I refused to wear a clip on, so tucking the tie into my shirt was the method I used. Once they announced "business causal" the tie was off my neck for good (weddings and funerals maybe).
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Canuck
·When we were on an NAWCC tour of English tower clocks in 2000, one of the clocks we visited was the tower clock in the Royal Courts of Justice. This clock is huuuuge. It is about 15 feet wide, weight driven, three trains. It was (and still is) wound by an attendant. Albeit, he has the use of a large electric motor which can be moved along rails from winding arbor to winding arbor, to do the job. Today, the clock and all the apparatus is enclosed in a wire cage, and the winding operation cannot be done if anyone is in the cage. Perhaps 70 years ago or so, an attendant (wearing a tie) was attending to the winding duties. His tie got hung up in the winding mechanism. Exit one clock winder! After that unfortunate event, the procedure changed. Maybe later today, I’ll post a picture of the clock. But right now, it is out the door for the day.
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