http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/24_7_talkischeap/it%e2%80%99s-not-cool-to-be-all-tied-up/html Lassi With Lavina – India, Indian art & culture, Indian food, India travel, spirituality & Bollywood by Lavina Melwani Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:26:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/24_7_talkischeap/it%e2%80%99s-not-cool-to-be-all-tied-up/html/comment-page-1#comment-350 Lavina Melwani Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:50:42 +0000 http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/?p=3732#comment-350 Interesting tale - and an expensive lunch! Interesting tale – and an expensive lunch!

]]> http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/24_7_talkischeap/it%e2%80%99s-not-cool-to-be-all-tied-up/html/comment-page-1#comment-349 David Stein Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:43:05 +0000 http://www.lassiwithlavina.com/?p=3732#comment-349 Back in the 70s, the US was in the midst of its first oil shock, and the government decreed reduced use of air conditioning. I flew from Boston to Washington DC for a series of meetings that summer, and, it being quite hot, did not take a jacket or tie with me. My hosts invited me to join them for lunch, but none of their favorite restaurants would admit me because I was not wearing the appropriate dress- jacket and tie. I had to buy a new tie just to eat lunch! Back in the 70s, the US was in the midst of its first oil shock, and the government decreed reduced use of air conditioning. I flew from Boston to Washington DC for a series of meetings that summer, and, it being quite hot, did not take a jacket or tie with me. My hosts invited me to join them for lunch, but none of their favorite restaurants would admit me because I was not wearing the appropriate dress- jacket and tie. I had to buy a new tie just to eat lunch!

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