Rooster_Ties Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Posted April 30, 2013 Hope you don't get sequestered. No risk there (but thanks for the well wishes). NBM isn't a Smithsonian, nor is it in any way a government entity. Although it did receive some government funding years ago, I don't think it gets any these days. The sequester couldn't have any effect on us, even if it tried! Quote
Morganized Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Way to go Rooster !!! Congrats.... Quote
AfricaBrass Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Congratulations on the dream job! It looks like it must be an amazing place to work. I wish you great happiness and success in your new position! Quote
mikeweil Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Wow .... I would take some time to stop being stunned by that place and start doing my job ... congrats! Quote
ejp626 Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 The (sad?) truth is, you get used to anything. I've had offices where I had an amazing view of the Sears Tower, of the World Trade Center (of course, that ended up being terribly painful on the day) and now of the mountains in Vancouver.It eventually just becomes part of the background, even if it is a nice background. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted May 1, 2013 Report Posted May 1, 2013 Tom, I just showed the thread to Ann and she says you owe us a personal tour when we hit town! Quote
J.A.W. Posted May 1, 2013 Report Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) It'd be nice to visit DC (and also NYC) again, but unfortunately that's not going to happen in the foreseeable future. Great musea. My first priority is the renovated Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, but that's another topic Edited May 1, 2013 by J.A.W. Quote
PHILLYQ Posted May 1, 2013 Report Posted May 1, 2013 Congrats, RT and best of luck in your new gig! Quote
medjuck Posted May 1, 2013 Report Posted May 1, 2013 Wow! How great. I Gotta admit i'd never heard of the place but it looks great and sounds like it's doing important work. I'm interested in design too (used to teach in an architecture school) but not as passionately as you. Congratulations! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 1, 2013 Report Posted May 1, 2013 Hell, there's really a tie manufacturer called Rooster Ties?!!!!! MG Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) Hell, there's really a tie manufacturer called Rooster Ties?!!!!! MG Rooster brand neckties were popular in the late 50's and early 60's, were all fairly narrow (as were most ties back then), and most notably -- they had SQUARE ends (but they were NOT knit). Most had some really amazing and stylish themes. I own about 75 of them (though only about 30 of mine are really of the most stylish variety). Here are some sample pics from the web (none of these are pics of my own, I'm afraid)... Edited May 1, 2013 by Rooster_Ties Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 1, 2013 Report Posted May 1, 2013 Very nice; particularly the steamboat. I used to like unusual ties, in the days when I had to wear them at work. But I never had a big collection; I'd wear the same one, day in, day out, until it wore out, when I'd replace it. My favourite was the Pink Panther playing a tenor sax. You could practically hear Plas Johnson MG Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Posted May 1, 2013 Very nice; particularly the steamboat. Me too (re: that steamboat tie). I really wish I had that one! Quite a number of people here seem to like my quirky ties -- I get positive comments on them all the time (sometimes several times in the same day). And actually, it's probably fair to say that this place has more than its fair share of (wonderful, but) quirky people who work here -- people who seem to appreciate other quirky people (which true of me on both counts -- surely I'm both quirky, and appreciate other quirky people). All that is to say that I think I found my people! Quote
John Litweiler Posted May 1, 2013 Report Posted May 1, 2013 Congratulations on your new job and your setting. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted May 2, 2013 Report Posted May 2, 2013 Very nice; particularly the steamboat. Me too (re: that steamboat tie). I really wish I had that one! Quite a number of people here seem to like my quirky ties -- I get positive comments on them all the time (sometimes several times in the same day). And actually, it's probably fair to say that this place has more than its fair share of (wonderful, but) quirky people who work here -- people who seem to appreciate other quirky people (which true of me on both counts -- surely I'm both quirky, and appreciate other quirky people). All that is to say that I think I found my people! That's the real thing. MG Quote
bertrand Posted May 3, 2013 Report Posted May 3, 2013 Congrats! What a great interior, too! (Now you just need to start a concert series in the building and you'd be able to take care of both interests. ) It is a gorgeous building. It has been a while since I have been there. I actually attended a lunchtime concert there years ago and it was a beautiful setting. If ever someone at the museum does express an interest in a concert series, let me know. Maybe we could tie it in with that concert series down the road Bertrand. Quote
ghost of miles Posted May 3, 2013 Report Posted May 3, 2013 A worthy job for a very worthy person--congratulations, RT! Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted May 4, 2013 Report Posted May 4, 2013 Good job, Tom! You'll be great at it! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted May 12, 2013 Report Posted May 12, 2013 Congrats - as someone who just relocated and is back on the job hunt, I can relate very well to the search-and-stitch. So glad it worked out for you! Quote
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