Wally (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
I have one at work that is a joy. I apparently wore a blue tie two days in a row. Not as a statement but because they matched the shirts I wore. I was somehow unaware that we're all supposed to wear red ties to support his candidate in their time of trouble. I really didn't expect an angry critique of my fashion choices but I've now got to wear blue ties every day.
Wow.
Peabody said:Duke said:Kreb (Forum Supporter) said:Our country has got it's problems to be sure, but treating the opposition as the devil ain't helping things.
That has pissed me off for all of my adult life.
Used to be in this country that it didn't matter what side you were on, (most) everybody respected your beliefs. It wasn't uncommon to have meaningful back and forth with friends, relatives, or coworkers on the other side. Sometimes you would agree on points, sometimes you wouldn't, but the conversation was always civil and agreeable.
I enjoyed those conversations, but they're becoming fewer and fewer
The USSR as a common global threat back in the day gave everybody a common enemy to work against. Their dissolution opened up a divide that's only gotten worse, despite plenty of common causes that could be found.
I'm trying to sell the Yaris, for cheap since it's rusted out and high mileage, and I've gotten a large number of responses to the ads all in Spanish. C'mon, my name is obviously not Hispanic and my ad is (well-)written all in English. Contacting me in another language is not going to get a response.
tuna55 said:Wally (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
I have one at work that is a joy. I apparently wore a blue tie two days in a row. Not as a statement but because they matched the shirts I wore. I was somehow unaware that we're all supposed to wear red ties to support his candidate in their time of trouble. I really didn't expect an angry critique of my fashion choices but I've now got to wear blue ties every day.
Wow.
If this guy isn't your boss you need to troll him brutally from now on. If he is, you need to troll him subtly from now on.
In reply to GameboyRMH :
The funny part is he's someone I almost never talk to about anything, yet he somehow has s better memory of my ties than I do. He's not even in my department, just in the same building. I'm going to have a little fun anyway.
In reply to Peabody :
You ever see the video with the husband, wife, and dog. They run in opposite directions to see who the dog follows.
The dog sits there looking back and forth with a WTF look on his face. I feel a lot like that dog.
Clowns to the left of me. Jokers to the right.
In reply to Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) :
There was a term, now obsolete, which I loved. It was the "loyal oposition". The last time I remember it used was IRT the relationship of Tip O'Neal to Ronald Reagan. But I prefer it as a guiding principle: i.e. "We both love the country and are working towards its betterment. We just disagree on how to do it." If said individuals can laugh about it over drinks, all the better.
It's my 20th wedding anniversary and I'm stuck in Lafayette, Indiana instead of with my wife having a lovely dinner.
In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :
I vote you really mess with his head and wear a blue and red striped tie. Also my condolences on wearing ties in summer heat, I had to do it for years at the previous employer and do not miss it one tiny bit.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:One of the Chrome click bait articles was someone complaining that her new Wrangler couldn't go faster than 70mph uphill.
Why would anyone want to drive a Wrangler that fast?
I have a 700HP Gladiator. It's real fun getting to 65mph, but that's about it. Anything faster is scary.
In reply to 11GTCS :
I'm probably the last person left that doesn't mind wearing ties, but I wear short sleeve shirts. I've been told I shouldn't because it's a 70s tv detective look as if that would be a deterrent.
Wally (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to 11GTCS :
I'm probably the last person left that doesn't mind wearing ties, but I wear short sleeve shirts. I've been told I shouldn't because it's a 70s tv detective look as if that would be a deterrent.
Clearly you need more mustache.
Wally (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to 11GTCS :
I'm probably the last person left that doesn't mind wearing ties, but I wear short sleeve shirts. I've been told I shouldn't because it's a 70s tv detective look as if that would be a deterrent.
Back when I was first in the Air Force, we had to wear our dress uniform (blues) on the first Monday of every month. I hated wearing that uniform since it was so uncomfortable so I always opted to wear the short sleeve variant which was also open collar. However, a tie was optional. So I started wearing the short sleeve and tie combination which my leadership hated but since it was authorized, they couldn't do anything about it.
We called the short sleeve/tie combination "the Drew Carey" (this was the early 2000s).
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In reply to mtn :
lol, I was debating between rainbow or red/blue :)
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stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) said:We called the short sleeve/tie combination "the Drew Carey" (this was the early 2000s).
The Sipowicz... it was always the Sipowicz!
I prefer Mission Control, aka The Krantz.
We called it the Derby after my first professional boss, who actually looked a lot like Sip but with nerdy '70s glasses... in 1990.
[edit] When I worked at Rickel's (HD / Lowe's precursor) we had to wear ties on the sales floor. One of my coworkers always rocked a polo shirt with a clip-on.
Wally (Forum Supporter) said:In reply to 11GTCS :
I'm probably the last person left that doesn't mind wearing ties, but I wear short sleeve shirts. I've been told I shouldn't because it's a 70s tv detective look as if that would be a deterrent.
No, you should definitely keep wearing the short sleeve shirts- long sleeves compromise your attack readiness.
I went to a high school that had a dress code...ties and collared button down shirt and a sport coat. Sport coat requirement was relieved if temps outside were over 80 degrees. By senior year, my buds and I had amassed the most gawdawful collection of Salvation Army reject sport jackets and ties of all manner of sizes, colors, and eye-watering patterns. It's a shame our yearbook was mostly black and white photos...then again, that may have been intentional!
Somebody changed a shared code library in our DEV region and didn't tell anybody.
Rodan said:stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) said:We called the short sleeve/tie combination "the Drew Carey" (this was the early 2000s).
The Sipowicz... it was always the Sipowicz!
A bunch of his family members are my neighbors. Every single one of them is in the running for nicest person alive.
Rant: I saw someone complaining about the state of their junk drawer. I wish I had a junk drawer. Everything in the house is a junk drawer. We have one organized drawer of not junk.
volvoclearinghouse said:I went to a high school that had a dress code...ties and collared button down shirt and a sport coat.
That may be the most East Coast thing I have ever heard.
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