Topic: ZZ Top

[Karen Mary]

This was played at our Nailsea lesson last week:

Gimme all your loving - ZZ Top

Brilliant to dance to in my opinion! 
Any comments?  (I know it's old, but most of the old stuff is better, even my teenage kids listen to old stuff!)

[John Gimber: Webmaster]

I love this song - I actually have the original video on VHS somewhere.

Excellent fun.

Not a bad beat either - I'd dance to it.

[MarkW]

It's certainly danceable. Sharp Dressed Man is another one from ZZ Top that used to be played sometimes - I really liked that one 

She's Got Legs (or similar title) is a good one for the more demonstrative lady dancer.

Ring Tailed Groover From Madagascar, by LeMar, was a great track in similar style but totally unobtainable now 

[Karen Mary]

Here's a couple a youtube links to those ZZ Top tracks, and yes, they'd be great to dance to as well. 

Sharp dressed man ZZ Top  (not legged as stated previously!)


She's got legs  ZZ Top

[jivedave]

Sharp legged man ZZ Top


She's got legs  ZZ Top

Looks like Karen has done the leg work but Dr. Nick came up with this link, featuring a relative, under the 'A to Zeppelin"  thread :


- looking at my post total i'd better increment it quickly 

[John Gimber: Webmaster]

Maybe I'll freeze you on that number.   

[Karen Mary]

Sharp legged man ZZ Top


She's got legs  ZZ Top

Looks like Karen has done the leg work but Dr. Nick came up with this link, featuring a relative, under the 'A to Zeppelin"  thread :


- looking at my post total i'd better increment it quickly 

I think the track featuring Sharp Dressed men ( why don't men dress like that anymore?) is indeed an improvement on my link, for Sharp Legged Man  (since modified to read dressed!)
I will have to be more careful with my posts in future

[MarkW]

I think the track featuring Sharp Dressed men ( why don't men dress like that anymore?) is indeed an improvement on my link, for Sharp Legged Man  (since modified to read dressed!)
I will have to be more careful with my posts in future

I think the trick for looking that good is to start by looking like Cary Grant. The clothes are then secondary. But, realistically, the clothes transformation would be cheaper and less traumatic than plastic surgery 

Your minor mis-post is probably because it follows a mind numbingly poor play on words involving lemurs. Who could retain mental focus after that?

[Karen Mary]

Your minor mis-post is probably because it follows a mind numbingly poor play on words involving lemurs. Who could retain mental focus after that?

 

I am thinking it might be best for me to hide in a cupboard for a while.

[MarkW]

Does the cupboard have internet access? If not, it seems a rather drastic course to take. Better out than in, as my gran used to say.

Mark x

[Karen Mary]

Does the cupboard have internet access? If not, it seems a rather drastic course to take. Better out than in, as my gran used to say.

Mark x

My cupboard is extremely well situated, with large garden, good ventilation  and wifi access, so I'll be hiding in there for some time to come! 

[John Gimber: Webmaster]

One of my friends was delighted when he finally got wireless internet access - he could finally go into the garden to download porn without his wife interfering... 

[jivedave]

.....without his wife interfering... 

...you could have the makings of an fascinating story line there, JG but isn't it sad, no PC will ever replace the wife in the kitchen (mine's looking much smarter now  ) - perhaps the innuendo was getting out of hand.  ..and a wife might provide some feedback thus reducing the possibility of one making a complete prat of oneself.

The people from the council would like to know if Karen occupies her cupboard alone - in which case she is eligible for the 25% council tax rebate - probably in a high band in lower clifton?

Hope to see some familiar faces at Portishead Sat. (not been before) when, hopefully the  legs will not ache so much.

[Karen Mary]

...... probably in a high band in lower clifton?

No, my cupboard is not in Southville! 

[John Gimber: Webmaster]

Some historical information about wardrobes, seeing as we're taking furniture to the old end of town:

Origin, Meaning of the word 'Garderobe'

A Garderobe was the name for a Medieval toilet. The Origin and Meaning of the word 'Garderobe' derives from the French word 'garder' meaning to keep and robe ( as in clothes). The garderobe was originally used to store clothes as the pungent smells deterred moths! This became the origin of the modern word Wardrobe.

Alternative names for the Garderobe

Alternative names for the garderobe was the privy, jakes, draught, and gong. The hapless people that cleaned and emptied the garderobe were called gong farmers.

Description of the Garderobe

The room in the castle called the Garderobe was intended for use as a toilet or latrine. There were many rooms used as lavatories, called garderobes or privies, included in Medieval Castle. The Privy chambers, garderobes, were positioned as far away from the chambers as practical and often had double doors added to reduce the smell! Unlike many other castle rooms the garderobe window had no glass - it was completely open - once again to reduce the noxious odours. The windows provided daylight and torches were also included in garderobes. The garderobe was freezing during the winter months! The garderobe was fitted with a stone or a wooden bench with a hole in it. Sometimes there were as many as 4 - 6 holes! Chutes were provided for the discharge which often led to the castle moat. Iron bars were added to the chutes to prevent entry to the castle by attackers! The garderobes were supplemented by the use of chamber pots!

Building the Garderobe in a Castle

The Garderobe was sited at the end of a short passage in an outside wall occasionally sited in a buttress with a chute leading to a cess pit. Garderobes were also built in a fashion similar to machicolations as projecting parapets or platforms which were built out of the wall - similar to a balcony - over either a moat or river. Some larger castles had special towers, called latrine towers. The guarderobe became obsolete as modern plumbing methods were developed.