Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you
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Clarkson does have a way of making any item of clothing look bad. It depends how much of a slob you look like trying to pull it off.
I have now thrown away all my jeans except one pair for gardening
Socks should match trousers, or it makes your legs look short and / or that you're wearing boots.0 -
I only wear a full suit when going to an AGM, if it's an IC meeting then I either wear a suit with no tie, or some variation of chinos and a jacket. The top guys don't wear ties either and they have previously been CEO/other top positions of various investment banks and investment management business' so I'm not too worried. I'd like the option to wear a tie sometimes but no one else in the office does and I'm not a fashion trailblazer...
Normal day to day I wear a lot of jeans or chinos and smart shirts in the office though0 -
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I make mine massive and really short like all the cool girls at school did...0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Bigger question is what tie knots are you all doing and how big you're making them.
Now we are talking!Faster than a tent.......0 -
Something slightly asymmetric and not too big.0
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Four in hand.0
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Step83 wrote:rjsterry wrote:Rolf F wrote:rjsterry wrote:Rolf F wrote:I wear ties at work. I like them. Everything else I wear at work is fairly dull coloured. And I like tie clips. Don't know why boringness is such a good thing.
Oh, stop!
1930s-50s things; cheap worn silver plate but nice! And semi functional when you don't keep having to straighten them but there you go! It makes me feel deeply and justly superior to the non-tie wearers.
Speaking of monocles (in another thread) - apparently they are in now. Latest hipster thing. That intrigues me. Hope not Mogg inspired.
Have you considered a pipe? Not for smoking,but perfect for gesticulating.
Pipes are great for that.
At school DT was ties off or tucked into the shirt, sleeves up and girls hair tied back, band saw, pillar drills, lathes, sanders and welding gear so makes sense.
Same with Science fire, explosives etc not what you want near a cheap Nylon tie.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Bigger question is what tie knots are you all doing and how big you're making them.
That said I rarely wear a tie these days. Used to be 100% at work.
Standards are slipping.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
I'm too skinny for a full windsor - I look like a footballer if i do - so I go a very tight half.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:I'm too skinny for a full windsor - I look like a footballer if i do - so I go a very tight half.
None of that overblown double Windsor footballist stylee for me.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
On a more serious note - Who supplies military drones?
I doubt Iran do so is America getting cross at itself or is the UK being discreetly quiet?The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:On a more serious note - Who supplies military drones?
I doubt Iran do so is America getting cross at itself or is the UK being discreetly quiet?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49718828
Iran does - and China, Israel, Turkey0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:PBlakeney wrote:On a more serious note - Who supplies military drones?
I doubt Iran do so is America getting cross at itself or is the UK being discreetly quiet?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49718828
Iran does - and China, Israel, Turkey
Could get messy....The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Rolf F wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Bigger question is what tie knots are you all doing and how big you're making them.
Now we are talking!
Does anyone else struggle with this.0 -
My Dad has a metal watering can with a swastika on the bottom, he got it from his father in law who spent the war in Blackpool working as a civil servant.0
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Do Simon Cowell and David Coverdale have the same dentist?
By God, their teeth are bright.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:Bigger question is what tie knots are you all doing and how big you're making them.
Depends on the length and width of the tie and type of collar. I prefer a fairly tight full Windsor but having a long torso it can sometimes leave the tie too short.0 -
Surrey Commuter wrote:My Dad has a metal watering can with a swastika on the bottom, he got it from his father in law who spent the war in Blackpool working as a civil servant.
That is intriguing. Presumably embossed / stamped on rather than painted? Fanatical attention to detail that the nazi war machine thought to personalise its watering cans.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:PBlakeney wrote:On a more serious note - Who supplies military drones?
I doubt Iran do so is America getting cross at itself or is the UK being discreetly quiet?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49718828
Iran does - and China, Israel, Turkey
Could get messy....
I believe they've got a very strong arms and aerospace industry (I recall reading a book that mentioned a huge arms fair they have there).0 -
Pross wrote:PBlakeney wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:PBlakeney wrote:On a more serious note - Who supplies military drones?
I doubt Iran do so is America getting cross at itself or is the UK being discreetly quiet?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-49718828
Iran does - and China, Israel, Turkey
Could get messy....
I believe they've got a very strong arms and aerospace industry (I recall reading a book that mentioned a huge arms fair they have there).
I've got huge arms, maybe I should go.0 -
When did ""blacking up" become "blackface"?
Is it an Americanism?0 -
blackface is a european term.
They do it in holland all the time as their santa claus is black. But now it's racist.0 -
Shirley Basso wrote:blackface is a european term.
They do it in holland all the time as their santa claus is black. But now it's racist.0 -
Does anybody still wear a girdle?0
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Wayne Plunger wrote:Does anybody still wear a girdle?The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Surrey Commuter wrote:My Dad has a metal watering can with a swastika on the bottom, he got it from his father in law who spent the war in Blackpool working as a civil servant.
If you can..,find out if it faces to the left or the right,i'm guessing it will be to the left but you never know.0 -
crumbschief wrote:Surrey Commuter wrote:My Dad has a metal watering can with a swastika on the bottom, he got it from his father in law who spent the war in Blackpool working as a civil servant.
If you can..,find out if it faces to the left or the right,i'm guessing it will be to the left but you never know.
Could it have been made in India? The Swastika is very similar to the Diwali symbol.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0