Tuesday Trivia Tie-in #2

Welcome to Tuesday Trivia Tie-in. Each Tuesday readers are invited to share a blog post about one of their collection and a bit of related trivia.

My posts will be about one of my ties. This feature was inspired by a great deal I got on an entire rack of ties at a flea market. You can read all about it here.

My tie this week is an Orvis Original Fish Tie that features mainly freshwater fish, including Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Grayling, Bream and Roach, along with 2 types of Perch, 3 types of Trout and 4 of Salmon. It is 100% cotton, and made in the USA.











This is the point where one might expect me to post some trivia about fish, or fishing. But the neat thing about Tuesday Trivia Tie-in is we get to be flexible and post the unexpected, so...

Here is some interesting information about Orvis.

Orvis is a family-owned retail and mail-order business specializing in high-end fishing, hunting and sporting goods. Established in 1856, Orvis is the oldest mail-order retailer in the United States. Today they send out over 40 million catalogs per year. They have 16 stores in the USA, 4 in the UK, and over 500 affiliate dealers worldwide.



Charles Orvis Patented the first Fly Reel in 1874, revolutionizing fly fishing in the USA. He produced the most popular bamboo and lancewood fishing rod of his time, and had a reputation for customer service that included replacement, even if his product was not at fault.



In 1876, Charles hired a leading fly tyer to teach his daughter Mary and five other women how to tie flies. Mary not only headed the fly tying unit, but was largely responsible for standardizing the industry, so a "Grizzly King" or a "Ferguson" fly would look the same no matter where it was tied. By 1892 her catalog, the first ever to include standard illustrations, held 434 different flies.



Within days of the attack of Pearl Harbor, in 1941, Orvis received a special call from the Office of Procurement for the US Army, and suspended the production of bamboo fishing rods, so they could make bamboo ski poles, painted white for camouflage and used by the first ever US Ski Troops, deployed in the Aleutian Islands.



In 1989 the Orvis Fishing Rod was named the "No. 1 Best Made Product of The United States in the 1980's" by Tom Peters author of the bestselling book In Search of Excellence

So now, knowing the rich history of the Orvis Company, it puts my simple fish tie in a whole new light.



Orvis ties sell on their website for $40-$195.
Mine of course, was at a thrift store for... do I dare admit it? $2.99!
But it was blue tag day, so I paid $1.50.

When I was getting ready to take pictures, I realized that my fishing poles and tackle are all in our trailer about 200 miles away. So, I would like to thank Bill and The Crew at The Bottom Line Bait & Tackle and Archery Shop, in Brownstown, Michigan for letting me use some of their fishing gear for my pictures.


This post is linked to:


Ruby Tuesdayat Work Of The Poet


2nd Time Around Tuesdayat A Picture is Worth 1000 Words

AndNifty Thrifty Tuesdays at Coastal Charm

Ok, Now it's your turn. Lets see one of your treasures, and hear some related trivia. And like I stated above, it's OK to be flexible.

Enter your link below. Make sure you link to your post and not just your main blog.

Be sure and join me each Tuesday for Tuesday Trivia Tie-in, where readers are invited to share trivia and show off their treasures.

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Troy's Tuesday Tie Trivia # 4

Welcome to Troy’s Tuesday Tie Trivia. This feature was inspired by an incredible deal I got on ties at a local indoor flea market.

You can read all about it here.

Last week, I featured my new Valentines Day Tie.


This weeks' tie is one of my "old" ties. Although it doesn't say Valentines on it, it was my previous Valentines Day Tie. Diann bought it for me at a thrift store a few years ago, and I have worn it once a year since then.

It doesn't have any information on it, so the designer, and even the manufacturer are unknown. It simply says "Made in Korea."

Just a tip for guys. It has been my experience that wearing a tie that says "Hug Me" on it does not automatically result in the wearer receiving any more hugs than would have otherwise been received.






Last week, I talked about some trivia related to the economic side of Valentines Day
This week, I want to approach Valentines Day Trivia from a slightly different angle.
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There are a lot of different versions of the origin of Valentines Day, but most of them connect in one way or another to St. Valentine, who was martyred February 14, 269 AD.
Some stories say that he was in love with his jailers' daughter, while others state that he performed marriages, in direct defiance of the decree of Claudius, Emporer of Rome.
(It seemed that Claudius was having trouble getting young men to enlist in the army, as they didn't want to leave their wives behind, so to solve that problem, he made marriage illegal.)



The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. The color red stands for strong romantic feelings making the red rose the flower of love.

A single perfect red rose framed with baby's breath is named by some florists as a "signature rose," and is the preferred choice for most for giving on Valentine's Day.


In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favourite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"



Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.

I'm not sure what kind of bird Diann would have had to see to end up with me, probably a dodo bird, with muddy tailfeathers and most likely a broken wing...

But whatever bird it was, I'm glad it was there that day.

Happy Valentines Day. And may the bird of paradise fly over each of us.



I will be joining the following blog parties this week:


Ruby Tuesday
at Work Of The Poet.


Color Carnival


2nd Time Around Tuesday
at A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words

on Friday I will also be linking to:


The Round Robin Valentine's Day Party
at Keeping up with the Schultz Family


I apologize in advance to any anonymous posters. Because of the large amount of SPAM I was getting, I had to block anonymous comments.

Sorry,

Troy
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Troy's Tuesday Tie Trivia #2 -- Going Nuts

Welcome to Troy’s Tuesday Tie Trivia. This feature was inspired by an incredible deal I got on ties at a local indoor flea market.

You can read all about it here.

My first featured tie is one of my favorites, in fact the first one that caught my eye when I walked past the stand.



Officially called “Going Nuts” this tie was designed by Vicky Davis of New York. It features a Crescent Wrench and a nut/bolt, on a vivid red background. Vicky Davis Ties are made in the USA and are 100% silk. You can see lots of other Vicky Davis patterns here.



From the front the nut/bolt looks like a tie tac. But it’s actually just an ornamental rivet.



My pictures show not only my tie, but my cool pliers tie bar that Diann got me for Christmas.
Those that follow her blog may remember seeing her talk about it here.



And for those who can’t help but notice the wrinkles in the shirt, I am not actually wearing this shirt. It is one that has not been ironed, I just grabbed it as a backdrop for the tie.


So, that is my "Going Nuts" Tie, the first tie featured in the Troy's Tuesday Tie Trivia series.

And now for some basic “wrench” trivia.

*A wrench is a tool made for tightening or loosening bolts, nuts or anything that needs to turn. Solymon Merrick patented the first wrench in 1835.


*Charles Moncky invented the monkey wrench around 1858.


*Crescent wrench is actually a brand name for an adjustable wrench which features a sliding jaw. The Crescent Tool Company’s version was so widely used that it became the common name of the tool for many situations.



*When someone twists a knee, ankle wrist or shoulder, suddenly and violently, resulting in a sprain, it is often said that they “wrenched” that particular joint.

Because this tie is red, I will be joining a couple of "Red" blog parties this week. Please stop by there and see lots of other red things.



Ruby Tuesday at Work of the Poet

and



Rednesday at It's a Very Cherry World



I'm also joining Color Carnival.