Re: How I miss CRT's
"I like ties. I have a drawer full of interesting and entertaining ones"
Now retired - I still have a wardrobe full of white shirts and 150 ties from my office days. As there is rarely a need to dress formally these days - I always wonder if I will remember the tying the knot sequence first learned at about age 7. Dining with friends at Xmas my "god-daughter" appreciates me having a funny seasonal one - preferably with built-in sound. I even dust off the Wedgwood Caesar cuff links and the Omega Seamaster wristwatch to complete the archaic appearance.
Nowadays schools often favour uniform clip on ties - and ban real ones on safety and potential insubordination grounds.