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  • A Aqua Letifer
    23 Aug 2024, 15:11

    Who the fuck wears ties anymore? Y'all go out with your bowler hats and walking sticks, too?

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    Jolly
    wrote on 23 Aug 2024, 20:14 last edited by
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    @Aqua-Letifer said in Neckties at the convention.:

    Who the fuck wears ties anymore? Y'all go out with your bowler cowboy hats and walking sticks gun canes, too?

    Don't you?...

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    • J Jolly
      23 Aug 2024, 20:14

      @Aqua-Letifer said in Neckties at the convention.:

      Who the fuck wears ties anymore? Y'all go out with your bowler cowboy hats and walking sticks gun canes, too?

      Don't you?...

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      Aqua Letifer
      wrote on 23 Aug 2024, 20:39 last edited by
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      @Jolly said in Neckties at the convention.:

      @Aqua-Letifer said in Neckties at the convention.:

      Who the fuck wears ties anymore? Y'all go out with your bowler cowboy hats and walking sticks gun canes, too?

      Don't you?...

      Actually yeah, if I had a gun cane I'd absolutely go everywhere with it.

      Please love yourself.

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      • D Doctor Phibes
        23 Aug 2024, 12:22

        The knot is named after the infamous Nazi sympathizer the Duke of Windsor, formally Edward VIII, and as such should really be renamed The half-Hitler.

        If you think I'm exaggerating, take a look at this picture, where Edward is very clearly checking out Adolf's neck-tie....

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        George K
        wrote on 1 Sept 2024, 16:57 last edited by
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        @Doctor-Phibes said in Neckties at the convention.:

        The knot is named after the infamous Nazi sympathizer the Duke of Windsor, formally Edward VIII, and as such should really be renamed The half-Hitler.

        Thread:

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        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • D Doctor Phibes
          23 Aug 2024, 15:04

          The other advantage of a Windsor knot is that it uses up quite a bit of the material, meaning you don't walk around with the tie hanging down below your waist making you look slightly foolish.

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 1 Sept 2024, 17:13 last edited by
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          @Doctor-Phibes said in Neckties at the convention.:

          The other advantage of a Windsor knot is that it uses up quite a bit of the material, meaning you don't walk around with the tie hanging down below your waist making you look slightly foolish.

          The other way to deal with that issue is to be tall. Or fat.

          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 1 Sept 2024, 17:15 last edited by jon-nyc 9 Jan 2024, 17:16
            #20

            I wear a tie maybe 20-30 times a year. Board meetings, Congress, FDA/NIH, or at scientific conferences, especially if I speak.

            Funny thing is that by the end of my time at Credit Suisse I almost never wore them. Now in non-profit I do.

            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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              Copper
              wrote on 1 Sept 2024, 19:34 last edited by
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              When I had a real job, I wore the tie everyday. After around 2001 very few others wore one. When I left in 2006, I was still wearing one most days.

              A collar is required now on the golf course.

              But for the rest of the day, it is either a gray t-shirt or a dark-gray t-shirt.

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                Horace
                wrote on 1 Sept 2024, 22:52 last edited by
                #22

                I guess I’ll go to my grave without generating a strong opinion about tie knots. I’m wearing one tonight for a wedding though.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  Horace
                  wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 00:59 last edited by Horace 9 Feb 2024, 01:18
                  #23

                  Mrs GK would have loved this meal. The meats were all but dehydrated.

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                  Education is extremely important.

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 01:23 last edited by
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                    It does look like they put that meat on the pan during the Eisenhower administration.

                    Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                    • J jon-nyc
                      2 Sept 2024, 01:23

                      It does look like they put that meat on the pan during the Eisenhower administration.

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                      George K
                      wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 01:47 last edited by
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                      @jon-nyc said in Neckties at the convention.:

                      It does look like they put that meat on the pan during the Eisenhower administration.

                      Mrs. George would love it...

                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                      • G George K
                        2 Sept 2024, 01:47

                        @jon-nyc said in Neckties at the convention.:

                        It does look like they put that meat on the pan during the Eisenhower administration.

                        Mrs. George would love it...

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                        Copper
                        wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 14:35 last edited by
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                        @George-K said in Neckties at the convention.:

                        @jon-nyc said in Neckties at the convention.:

                        It does look like they put that meat on the pan during the Eisenhower administration.

                        Mrs. George would love it...

                        For good reason

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                        • C Copper
                          1 Sept 2024, 19:34

                          When I had a real job, I wore the tie everyday. After around 2001 very few others wore one. When I left in 2006, I was still wearing one most days.

                          A collar is required now on the golf course.

                          But for the rest of the day, it is either a gray t-shirt or a dark-gray t-shirt.

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 2 Sept 2024, 15:07 last edited by
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                          @Copper said in Neckties at the convention.:

                          When I had a real job, I wore the tie everyday. After around 2001 very few others wore one. When I left in 2006, I was still wearing one most days.

                          When I was in consulting we wore ties until deep into the dot com era when it suddenly became uncool. Then when the bubble burst we all put our suits and ties back on. First the managing partner did, next day the rest of us did. There was never a memo about any of this.

                          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                            jon-nyc
                            wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 23:03 last edited by
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                            The definitive history from the men’s wardrobe guy. Seriously more interesting that you’d think. Read the thread.

                            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                              Tom-K
                              wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 07:38 last edited by Tom-K
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                              I wear ties quite often and own quite a few. I use the four in hand knot mostly. Also, I've recently taken to buying ties from various museums. They have have reasonable pricing and interesting selections.

                              I just got this at the Getty Museum:

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                              and these at the Met in NYC:
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                                jon-nyc
                                wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 09:02 last edited by
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                                My dad taught me a full Windsor (I was wearing ties at 16 as a Kinney shoe salesman) but by early 20s I was tying a four-in-hand and never looked back. I couldn’t even tie a Windsor today without some internet guide.

                                Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                  AndyD
                                  wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 14:08 last edited by AndyD
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                                  Very rarely wear a tie these days, only for wedding/funeral/graduation events; but (@Tom-K) I'd buy that last orange tie with the ovals just because.

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                                    AndyD
                                    wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 14:23 last edited by AndyD
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                                    A lifetime of ties, nearly all silk, because it knots neatly. Some jokes from my kids, my favourite gold with red teardrops Hugo Boss@Harrods, soon to be worn at a daughters wedding

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                                      Tom-K
                                      wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 18:04 last edited by Tom-K
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                                      ANDY! Great collection! As a fellow "man of wealth and taste" (a Rolling Stones reference-not to be taken literally,) I am in awe of your ties. Brilliant! (as you Britishers might say.) You and I are of a kindred spirit. I enlarged your ties and am looking them over. Wonderful. Great, great post. Thank you. I'll get my collection together and post in a bit. (For the discerning aficionados--not the unwashed, dirty necked, open collared masses that slither and lurk hereabouts!)

                                      The teardrop is spectacular. Also the "orange tie with ovals" tie I posted is from a Gustav Klimt picture. I also have something identical in teal.

                                      Flushing the toilet is like practicing the piano; you just cannot go too long without doing it.--Axtremus

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                                        AndyD
                                        wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 19:11 last edited by
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                                        😄 Looking forward to it.
                                        I found storing them tricky until someone bought me a ladies scarf hanger with multiple holes. Using that they all hang out together within a suit bag.

                                        It's really nice to occasionally dress up, go the whole 9 yards with cufflinks etc.

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                                          jon-nyc
                                          wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 19:34 last edited by
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                                          I’ve always had a tie hanger.

                                          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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