Comments - Recruiters…Tied Up, or free the shackles… - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T11:59:37Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1499695&xn_auth=noBill... depends on just exact…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-19:502551:Comment:15009292012-01-19T17:44:45.234ZDoug Boswellhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/DougBoswell
<p>Bill... depends on just exactly what you mean by "smokin' ".</p>
<p>Bill... depends on just exactly what you mean by "smokin' ".</p> No Craig, I did understand th…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-19:502551:Comment:15007682012-01-19T17:43:31.237ZDoug Boswellhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/DougBoswell
<p>No Craig, I did understand that you meant neck-tie. Here in California we don't use the term "leather bondage ties", we say "leather bondage straps". And as it so happens I am presently wearing only a blue diagonally stripped tie with maroon highlights while my ankles are strapped to the legs of my chair and I am being slathered in warm maple syrup. As fun as that sounds, as soon as I finish typing this the real fun begins as I have my arms secured to a rough oak cross-beam mounted to the…</p>
<p>No Craig, I did understand that you meant neck-tie. Here in California we don't use the term "leather bondage ties", we say "leather bondage straps". And as it so happens I am presently wearing only a blue diagonally stripped tie with maroon highlights while my ankles are strapped to the legs of my chair and I am being slathered in warm maple syrup. As fun as that sounds, as soon as I finish typing this the real fun begins as I have my arms secured to a rough oak cross-beam mounted to the back of my chair with stout leather straps and my Vice President of Operations sits in my lap, takes all my calls for the next hour and says in her most stern and assertive voice, "I'm sorry, Mr. Boswell is tied up at the moment and will have to call you back later". Yeah, baby! </p> I quit smoking, ties and my j…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-19:502551:Comment:15007172012-01-19T04:00:54.418ZBill Schultzhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/BillSchultz
<p>I quit smoking, ties and my job that induced smoking and required ties in 2002. Doug is better than me, especially if he smokes. </p>
<p>I quit smoking, ties and my job that induced smoking and required ties in 2002. Doug is better than me, especially if he smokes. </p> @Doug Sorry, I think you misu…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-19:502551:Comment:15004652012-01-19T02:03:43.280ZCraig Watsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/CraigWatson
<p>@Doug Sorry, I think you misunderstood me - I am talking about 'neck ties' not 'leather bondage ties'.... I hope I am sharing the same sarcasm sandwich you are enjoying and I haven't offended you! :)</p>
<p>@Doug Sorry, I think you misunderstood me - I am talking about 'neck ties' not 'leather bondage ties'.... I hope I am sharing the same sarcasm sandwich you are enjoying and I haven't offended you! :)</p> @Tino - I really don't know w…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-19:502551:Comment:15004642012-01-19T01:58:28.951ZCraig Watsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/CraigWatson
<p>@Tino - I really don't know what to say.....Your attention to detail is one of your most redeeming features...</p>
<p>@Tino - I really don't know what to say.....Your attention to detail is one of your most redeeming features...</p> @Tim - I'd love to see a phot…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-19:502551:Comment:15007082012-01-19T01:57:10.823ZCraig Watsonhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/CraigWatson
<p>@Tim - I'd love to see a photo of you in your 'knit tie'! @Jason I went to a client meeting this morning with 2 'C' level contacts. I thought I should wear the tie.... Guess What?? They weren't wearing one.... Epic fail by me, not following my own advice!!!</p>
<p>@Tim - I'd love to see a photo of you in your 'knit tie'! @Jason I went to a client meeting this morning with 2 'C' level contacts. I thought I should wear the tie.... Guess What?? They weren't wearing one.... Epic fail by me, not following my own advice!!!</p> Yes, I'm wearing a tie right…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-18:502551:Comment:15003472012-01-18T22:58:30.928ZDoug Boswellhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/DougBoswell
<p>Yes, I'm wearing a tie right now. And I like it. When I see men not wearing ties in a business setting, I think to myself, there goes another wanker who thinks they're a rebel, a free man, a person who takes pride in their individuality. Probably can't even pick out a tie that goes with their suit. Probably can't make the proper knot on the first try. Probably spills food on it and doesn't realize that the tie just saved his shirt from a bad grease stain. Easy to keep a couple extra ties in…</p>
<p>Yes, I'm wearing a tie right now. And I like it. When I see men not wearing ties in a business setting, I think to myself, there goes another wanker who thinks they're a rebel, a free man, a person who takes pride in their individuality. Probably can't even pick out a tie that goes with their suit. Probably can't make the proper knot on the first try. Probably spills food on it and doesn't realize that the tie just saved his shirt from a bad grease stain. Easy to keep a couple extra ties in the desk drawer, but not so easy to keep a few shirts there. What a pathetic wanker indeed. Am I'm I better than you because I always wear a tie? No. But I think I am. </p> ...continued...
Slovakian -…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-18:502551:Comment:15004062012-01-18T18:36:32.357ZValentino Martinezhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ValentinoMartinez
<p>...continued...</p>
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<li>Slovakian - <strong>Kraváta</strong></li>
<li>Albanian: <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="sq" style="font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="sq"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Kravatë</span></span></li>
<li>Romanian - <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="ro" style="font-weight: bold;" xml:lang="ro"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Cravată</span></span></li>
<li>Turkish -…</li>
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<p>...continued...</p>
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<li>Slovakian - <strong>Kraváta</strong></li>
<li>Albanian: <span style="font-weight: bold;" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="sq" xml:lang="sq"><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Kravatë</span></span></li>
<li>Romanian - <span style="font-weight: bold;" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="ro" xml:lang="ro"><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">Cravată</span></span></li>
<li>Turkish - <strong>Kravat</strong></li>
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<p>and many other. So when you wear a <i>tie</i>, remember its Croatian origin.</p>
<p>Many variants of the Croatian name can be found in old documents (for more information see eg. [<a href="http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/l.html#klaic">Klaic</a>, Hrvati i Hrvatska]):</p>
<center><i>Hrvat, Horvat, Harvat, Chorvat, Charvat,<br/> Crovat, Cravat (-> cravate), Crobat, Corbat, Krabat, <br/> Charwath, Crawat, Krawat, Churbate, Grawat,<br/> Charwaten, Corbetha, Curewate, Corwate, <br/> Chrowat, Crowat, etc.</i></center>
<p>In Italy one can encounter the second names of <i>Cravati, Cravatti, Cravetto, Cravedi, Craviotto, Croattimi, Croatto</i>, obviously all of them derived from the Croatian name. You can easily check this in Italian phone books.</p>
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<p>And now for Tie Humor...</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442314856?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442314856?profile=original" width="453"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442314897?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442314897?profile=original" width="160"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442315688?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442315688?profile=original" width="500"/></a></p>
<p>Apologies for hijacking yet another blog post needing a little livening UP!</p> @Craig,
Welcome back and plea…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-18:502551:Comment:15002412012-01-18T18:29:48.901ZValentino Martinezhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ValentinoMartinez
<p><strong><br></br></strong>@Craig,</p>
<p>Welcome back and please know--none of the following cited material here was sourced through <em>Wikipedia</em> due to that information source being shutdown today for political reasons.</p>
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<p><strong>A Tie, or <em>cravat</em>, by any other name is still a Tie that binds us to a rich tradition...starting as a military uniform fashion accessory …<br></br></strong></p>
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<p><strong><br/></strong>@Craig,</p>
<p>Welcome back and please know--none of the following cited material here was sourced through <em>Wikipedia</em> due to that information source being shutdown today for political reasons.</p>
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<p><strong>A Tie, or <em>cravat</em>, by any other name is still a Tie that binds us to a rich tradition...starting as a military uniform fashion accessory <br/></strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/cravate.html" target="_blank">http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/cravate.html</a></p>
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<p>The Tie's origin is interesting...</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442313623?profile=original"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442313623?profile=original" width="480"/></a></p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442314611?profile=original"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1442314611?profile=original" width="100"/></a><font size="-1">CRAVATE AROUND ARENA IN <a href="http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/jadran.html">PULA</a>, 2003<br/> the largest cravat in the world, weighing 450 kg, 808 m long, maximal width 25 m, tied around Arena in Pula, Istria, Croatia. The knot itself was tied at the height of 21 meters, and was 15 meters wide!</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font size="-1">Ivan Gundulic (1589-1638) with his cravat in 1622. Source: <a href="http://academia-cravatica.hr/news/ivan_gunduli_wore_a_cravat_before_louis_xiv/" target="_blank">Acadmia Cravatica</a>.</font></p>
<p><a href="http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9637/1/The-CRAVAT-instead-of-a-TIE-and-NECKTIE.html">The earliest known usage of cravat</a> in history is by <a href="http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/et111.html#gund">Ivan Gundulic</a> (1589-1638), a famous Croatian poet from the City of Dubrovnik. Note that Gundulic died the year when the French emperor Louis XIV was born.</p>
<p>Croatian soldiers served in many European armies since the seventeenth century. So in the French army in the 17th century, during the reign of Louis XIII, there was a cavalry composed exclusively of the Croats, called <b>Royal - Cravate</b>, which existed in the period of 1664-1789. These soldiers gave the world something that is today unavoidable in fashion: the <b>tie</b>, called <b>la cravate</b> by the French and by the Germans <b>die Krawatte</b> - the expression was coined from the Croatian name, and mentioned for the first time in 1651. The name entered also</p>
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<li>the Italian language - <b><font color="#000000">Cravatta</font></b></li>
<li>Spanish - <b>Corbata</b></li>
<li>Filipino - <strong>Korbata</strong></li>
<li>Portuguese - <b>Gravata</b></li>
<li>Croatian - <strong>Kravata</strong></li>
<li>Irish - <b>Carabhat</b></li>
<li>English - <b>Cravat</b></li>
<li>Welsh - <strong>Crafat</strong></li>
<li>Swedish - <b>Kravatt</b></li>
<li>Finnish - <b>Kravatti</b></li>
<li>Flemish - <b>Krawaat</b></li>
<li>Danish - <strong>Kravata</strong></li>
<li>Dutch - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kravata</span></li>
<li>Estonian - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kravata</span></li>
<li>Greek - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gravata,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="el" xml:lang="el"><span title="Click for alternate translations" class="hps">γραβάτα</span></span></li>
<li>Polish - <b>Krawat</b></li>
<li>Ukrainian - <b>Kravatka</b></li>
<li>Czech - <strong>Krava</strong></li>
</ul> Craig - nice to see you back.…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-01-18:502551:Comment:15000582012-01-18T16:14:43.807ZTim Spagnolahttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/TimSpagnola
<p>Craig - nice to see you back. As someone that had to wear a tie everyday of High School and later with my first firm I loved this post. #3 made me laugh so much because the other day I had to attend a meeting and wear a tie and I was joking w/. my Wife by breaking out some of my old (real old) ties. We are talking skinny ties, leather ties, knit ties (yes knit), and the silly festive ones. And #4? Hahahah - why not move up to your forehead as a decorative headband? Perhaps then the bouncers…</p>
<p>Craig - nice to see you back. As someone that had to wear a tie everyday of High School and later with my first firm I loved this post. #3 made me laugh so much because the other day I had to attend a meeting and wear a tie and I was joking w/. my Wife by breaking out some of my old (real old) ties. We are talking skinny ties, leather ties, knit ties (yes knit), and the silly festive ones. And #4? Hahahah - why not move up to your forehead as a decorative headband? Perhaps then the bouncers will let you slip in. I joke, but have actually seen that before. Thanks for making me smile and sharing this post.</p>