I had a really groovy gold, green, blue and red paisley tie that I wore to work, in '72. About 4" wide. My wife tossed it. 

(November 30, 2021 at 10:11 pm)Fireball Wrote: I had a really groovy gold, green, blue and red paisley tie that I wore to work, in '72. About 4" wide. My wife tossed it. 

The last tie I owned the Coast Guard issued to me.

It' s been gone over 30 years.....

(December 1, 2021 at 9:58 am)onlinebiker Wrote:

(November 30, 2021 at 10:11 pm)Fireball Wrote: I had a really groovy gold, green, blue and red paisley tie that I wore to work, in '72. About 4" wide. My wife tossed it. 

The last tie I owned the Coast Guard issued to me.

It' s been gone over 30 years.....

I left my uniforms on my last ship. I wasn't ever going to use them again. Another guy I know stopped on the Oakland Bay bridge and tossed his sea bag into the ocean. 

(November 30, 2021 at 10:11 pm)Fireball Wrote: I had a really groovy gold, green, blue and red paisley tie that I wore to work, in '72. About 4" wide. My wife tossed it. 

Oh, how awful. 

  I still have my wide one which is purple and several other colours, in 45 degree stripes. Wore it with a light purple shirt and a double breasted off white cord jacket. I think that was the year I fell off my platform shoes and hurt my ankle.

My wife was very "handy", member of The Hand Spinners and Weavers Guild, that kind of thing. She decided to re spring two of our dining room chairs seats. She needed cross braces. So naturally, she took my old, wide, hand tooled leather belts, cut them to size and nailed them to the frames. It goes without saying that I was so thrilled with the results I nearly shat. 

(December 1, 2021 at 6:41 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote:

(November 30, 2021 at 10:11 pm)Fireball Wrote: I had a really groovy gold, green, blue and red paisley tie that I wore to work, in '72. About 4" wide. My wife tossed it. 

Oh, how awful. 

  I still have my wide one which is purple and several other colours, in 45 degree stripes. Wore it with a light purple shirt and a double breasted off white cord jacket. I think that was the year I fell off my platform shoes and hurt my ankle.

My wife was very "handy", member of The Hand Spinners and Weavers Guild, that kind of thing. She decided to re spring two of our dining room chairs seats. She needed cross braces. So naturally, she took my old, wide, hand tooled leather belts, cut them to size and nailed them to the frames. It goes without saying that I was so thrilled with the results I nearly shat. 

In all fairness, it was in the late '80s when she tossed it. When paisley came back into vogue I could've worn it to work or sold it for a mint.

(December 1, 2021 at 8:08 pm)Fireball Wrote:

(December 1, 2021 at 6:41 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote: Oh, how awful. 

  I still have my wide one which is purple and several other colours, in 45 degree stripes. Wore it with a light purple shirt and a double breasted off white cord jacket. I think that was the year I fell off my platform shoes and hurt my ankle.

My wife was very "handy", member of The Hand Spinners and Weavers Guild, that kind of thing. She decided to re spring two of our dining room chairs seats. She needed cross braces. So naturally, she took my old, wide, hand tooled leather belts, cut them to size and nailed them to the frames. It goes without saying that I was so thrilled with the results I nearly shat. 

In all fairness, it was in the late '80s when she tossed it. When paisley came back into vogue I could've worn it to work or sold it for a mint.

Men are such packrats

(November 30, 2021 at 10:11 pm)Fireball Wrote: I had a really groovy gold, green, blue and red paisley tie that I wore to work, in '72. About 4" wide. My wife tossed it. 

I loved paisley ties and shirts.

 I had a wonderful very wide seersucker tie my wife wouldn't let me wear in her company.  So I gave it to JBTB my large Jolly Blue Teddy Bear. He seemed to like it. At least he never said he did not. 

(December 1, 2021 at 10:27 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote:

(December 1, 2021 at 8:08 pm)Fireball Wrote: In all fairness, it was in the late '80s when she tossed it. When paisley came back into vogue I could've worn it to work or sold it for a mint.

Men are such packrats

Possibly, but that's not me. A couple of ties was about it. Don't get me started on how my wife's stuff is in the living room, most of the family room, 60% of the master bedroom, and then there's her whole sewing room. She has seven sewing machines, for cry-eye. They are everywhere.

(December 1, 2021 at 11:59 pm)Fireball Wrote:

(December 1, 2021 at 10:27 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Men are such packrats

Possibly, but that's not me. A couple of ties was about it. Don't get me started on how my wife's stuff is in the living room, most of the family room, 60% of the master bedroom, and then there's her whole sewing room. She has seven sewing machines, for cry-eye. They are everywhere.

 I only took pleasure is tossing one tie; the one issued by the army. It was narrow and knitted. It was khaki.  The only shirt with which it could be  worn was also khaki. Have never much cared for khaki except as part of camouflage

(December 1, 2021 at 11:59 pm)Fireball Wrote:

(December 1, 2021 at 10:27 pm)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Men are such packrats

Possibly, but that's not me. A couple of ties was about it. Don't get me started on how my wife's stuff is in the living room, most of the family room, 60% of the master bedroom, and then there's her whole sewing room. She has seven sewing machines, for cry-eye. They are everywhere.

As a craft girl we need that. We just do.