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So what were you expecting – this?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTie Tacks\u201d just looks really boring to me\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..and – for the most part – these are fairly unboring.<\/span><\/p>\n In the collection, I found some non-TT flatties (the \u201cetc.\u201d), so let\u2019s get them out of the way.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n From GM in 1954:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n From my career camera brand and my state:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I think the Hackensack one – which commemorates a very sad day when five of Hackensack\u2019s bravest lost their lives – was<\/span><\/em> a tie tack because a mark in the middle of the flip side appears to show where a post had broken off:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Same thing with this former TT:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a 1.5\u201d pin:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026..and here\u2019s its story:<\/span><\/p>\n Dunno where I got it.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever used a TT with an actual tie, but maybe 3 or 4 of them have found their way onto my cap, particularly one ol\u2019 reliable that\u2019s been on it for two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s that gold thing on your cap?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cSomething I found on eBay.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I even found a backup (bottom left), but I have no idea what the initials originally stood for:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is the longest at 3.25\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2026followed by the sub at a little over 2.5\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n I can\u2019t imagine what kind of occasion would be appropriate for either of those two on a tie (Haters of \u201957 Chevys? Lovers of Russian subs?).<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019m not Canadian, but I AM a Leafe:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is this supposed to show an outline of New Jersey? Or some unidentified region that\u2019s familiar to no one? Either way, it looks severely misshapen:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other NJ TTs:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Animals:<\/span><\/p>\n Felix the Cat & Felix the Car (it\u2019s in LA):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pin the tail on the………target?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Arachnids:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I don\u2019t wanna know what this is:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I think I know what these are:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oops! I missed one of their friends. The Yankees seem to be vouching for her (\u201cOK\u201d):<\/span><\/p>\n By the way, \u201cOK\u201d was Chevrolet\u2019s Used Car Division when I was growing up. This logo was everywhere:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jesters and Sliders:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reddy Kilowatt and Bendix:<\/span><\/p>\n Reddy Kilowatt is a cartoon character that acted as corporate spokesman for electricity generation in the United States and other countries for over seven decades. He is drawn as a stick figure whose body, limbs, and hair are made of stylized lightning bolts and whose bulbous head has a light bulb for a nose and wall outlets for ears.<\/span><\/p>\n As for the other one, my grandmother worked at the Eclipse-Pioneer Division of the Bendix Aviation Corporation in Teterboro, NJ.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Reddy seems to be selecting an underage cheerleader to hang out with instead of Yosemite Sam or SantaSpidey:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looks like a ring, but it\u2019s a TT:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n SKYY vodka brings you \u201cA Drunken Kodak Cat\u201d on RTL-TV, co-sponsored\/co-mixed by\/with 7Up (“I’ll have a Seven and SKYY”):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bob\u2019s Big Boy sits on Bob (ouch!):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n You KNOW I have to have a couple of music-related ones, right?:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n After the ride, throw potato salad at the clown (what else can you read into this?):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The week leading up to Y2K (Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Y2K):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s TIME to buy an IMPALA that has a full tank of AMOCO?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A CADILLAC TAXI with a Chevy 427 engine?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I\u2019d be hard-pressed to think of an occasion where this would work well with a tie (this IS a TT and not a pin):<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have no idea where this\/these came from (maybe the tooth fairy?), but if someone wears this on their tie\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n