>>>>>Assuming 250 working days per year, on how many of those do you wear a tie?
>>>>>
>>>>>Ladies: use your discretion re: "tie equivalency" :)
>>>>>
>>>>>Me: zero.
>>>>
>>>>Lat time I wore a tie was to a funeral last year.
>>>
>>>Yep. My ties are hung up with my wedding and funeral suit. Those are the only times any of that comes out.
>>>
>>>For that matter, they aren't always used for wedding and funerals either.
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>>My mother. She got the tie.
>
>Yeah - My parents got the full suit treatment.My father was always trying to get me into a suit - bought me a new one almost every year. I figured I better wear one to his send-off or he'd be pissed and waiting for me when my time is up.
I do find I automatically put on a dark suit for funerals or any appearance in a church or synagogue. Just seems appropriate. I'm not a regular church goer so when I do go - baptisms or whatever - I really am pretty surprised at how the dress code seems to have changed from my Sunday school days in the 50s and 60s. I'm also surprised at how much it bothers me.
But them I'm still surprised to be in a white tablecloth restaurant with a good wine list with people in Browns jackets and Levis.
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- Thomas Hardy
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