Introductions

[John_fromNY]

Rokkerr, Is this gonna turn out like Robert Plant's lyrics from Led Zeppelin II "The Lemon Song"??...

"Squeeze me baby, till the juice runs down my leg.
The way you squeeze my lemon, I'm gonna fall right out of bed."

[rokkerr]

Do you have every single lyric in the world memorized..... :lol: :lol:

[John_fromNY]

Do you have every single lyric in the world memorized..... :lol: :lol:

...Just the songs I used to play... yes, crazy me!!

[rokkerr]

John.... didnt know you were a player..... give a description of why you are so musical.... :lol:

[John_fromNY]

Sorry Rokkerr - but I don't play guitar anymore since the accident. It has been around 17 years since I last picked up a guitar. I did have to sell off the four guitars I did have. I mentioned that somewhere in here.... However, because I did play during a time ... you have to listen to many records many times over; LPs singles, etc. (to get chord progressions, key changes, etc, then later the sheet music to read off these things) ... of those, I haven't sold off my albums... I still have about 5000+ LPs in my collection, plus around 300+ cassettes, plus about 60+ eight tracks, and quite a few Guitar** and Guitar Player magazines lying around... And about a box filled with sheet music somewhere, most likely it's in my attic... The albums and the Guitar magazines I still refer to... in fact, I'm looking at the January 1986 issue right now - that has Stevie Ray Vaughan on the cover. Vaughan was such a great guitarist, too bad he died in that helicopter accident - while the sheet music and the rest of the Guitar and Guitar Player magazines, well, they've either been discarded (thrown out) or still up in my attic someplace....lol!!!

**Also known, in some parts, as Guitar: For the Practicing Musician

[rokkerr]

My axe (lol) is on a truck to Georgia.... that sounds like it could be a song title

[John_fromNY]

... Fron the Marshall Tucker Band or the Charlie Daniels Band, your choice? ... :?

[rokkerr]

All I know is that the devil is on his way to Georgia!! 8) 8)

[John_fromNY]

You crazy you!!! ... .... Have a safe trip back, 'k

[rokkerr]

So I think we survived the move. We had a very nice guy from Russia show up at our house with all my stuff and my grand piano (which takes six people to move). He had no help and no equipment. He also lost some of my stuff.... that being said, after I hired a few people to help out at least the piano is in the garage (although it should have been set up). Movers suck. If there is a good company out there I would love to know them. They all seem like scammers...

[Donor]

Rokkerr I can relate to your problems with movers. I don't know who you had but from my personnel experiance the extra money the big moves charge is worth it in the long run. Arrow is one I used and had no problems. They sent enough help to pack, load,and unload.
My wife and I had packed the kitchen before they arived and they repacked everything.

[John_fromNY]

Didn't they manifest all your stuff? They've got to be able to use tracking numbers showing where it went to? And do they have mover's insurance? Anyway, that really does suck... similiar to losing luggage at the airport, but totally worse. I hope he finds it all... threaten to sue him and his company... As that will wake him up to find all the stuff of yours that's considered misplaced or lost!!!

[rokkerr]

Yes. It does suck especially since they lost part of my stripper pole (really)..... I was planning on using that to good effect!!!

[WalterB]

Vicky, as I know you will give us the truth, first we need to know how one loses part of a pole, and then. once Rokkerr gets his pole back, I think that we, the devoted and loving members of VAH.com, deserve to see a video of Rokkerr performing on his stripper pole. :shock: :lol: :lol:

[rokkerr]

Walt there is a story behind the stripper pole. The stripper pole was something I received when I was single. It came with a full on stage like you would see in a strip joint. I did not know what to do with it since I had a batchelor pad in Beverly Hills and frankly it took up a lot of space and was very big.

I decided like any batchelor to set it up by the front door and put a conga drum on it to conceal what it really was. My mum came over one day and did not notice thinking, unless she said otherwise, that it was a music stage. My boss came over one day and in one second remarked "that is a stripper pole!!!"

To cut a long story short, the stage was taken down when I moved, and parts are missing here in Georgia. I wanted to set it up for shows out here and I am frankly in mourning over the loss of my stripper pole. Can you feel my pain? Think of all the camshows we could have had with that thing? In case you guys feel like it write to Paul@mayfieldvanline.com expressing that you don't appreciate their company showing up without Dave from Beverly Hills' stage....... not to mention my Greek vase and a few other items.

PS I got the stage and pole from a friend in a band who knew the distributor. If you want one..... let me know. It was less than $500 and a hell of a talking point. :oops: 8) :? :shock:

[WalterB]

Oh, Rokker, you poor unlucky devil. Vicky, please console the poor unlucky miscreant before he just goes to pieces :lol: :lol: :lol: .

Well, I don't think it would fit in my lli'l stinkin trailer, but conversation piece + Bachelor??? Yeah, lets try to figure where your dates usually ended up.

I got an idea from a guy once, went out and bought a store mannequin. Properly dressed in nylons, long brown hair and the requisite nightie, yep, it worked.

(P.S. Hope the movers come thru for ya, Dave. It would be great for shows. Believe me, I know how our luscious Viking Vixen looks wrapped around a stripper pole. In fact, 'scuse me - I gotta go take care of a little business teehee.)

[rokkerr]

A store manequin Walt??????????? Now I have heard it all......

[WalterB]

I didn't play with it, Dave. :lol: It just stood in the corner. However, it was a great 'conversation' starter/ice breaker once the old date walked into the 'den of iniquity.' Some were even startled when they first saw it, as it looked quite realistic.

[Benny25]

Hmmmm....Walt, if I were a new date for you and I walked in and saw a dressed up woman manequin, it would make quite a weird "first impression". How many of your dates stuck around after seeing it?

[John_fromNY]

A store manequin Walt??????????? Now I have heard it all......

Hmmmm....Walt, if I were a new date for you and I walked in and saw a dressed up woman manequin, it would make quite a weird "first impression". How many of your dates stuck around after seeing it?

Ahh, so very crazy -- especially if your girlfriend is a "bi" - this way she can easily get into you and the manequin ... ... and no, I didn't have a manequin. I had the other, and yes, eventually she turned lesbian....