ZZ Top

and Hook

 

Ode to the Condom

 

 

100-200 AD

The earliest evidence of condom use in Europe are scenes from cave paintings at Combarelles in France. (Also, the earliest porn.)

1500s

In the 1500s Gabrielle Fallopius advocated the use of linen sheaths to protect against syphilis. Other popular materials over the years have included tortoiseshell (OUCH!!!) and leather, favoured by the ancient Japanese, oiled paper, fish bladders and animal gut.

1700s

The English connection may explain the name legendary lover Casanova gave to his sheath. He would never mount without his "redingote anglaise", his English riding coat.

1843

The revolutionary rubber vulcanisation process invented by Goodyear and Hancock, made it possible to mass produce more reliable and less expensive products including condoms. Vulcanisation is the method or process of treating crude rubber with sulphur and subjecting it to intense heat. This process turns the rubber into a strong elastic material.

1930s

Liquid latex manufacturing supersedes crepe rubber. It is still the basis for manufacture today.

1990s

New technology has considerably improved the condom and enabled the production of far more sophisticated versions than our ancestors were used to. The latest development is Durex Avanti made from a unique polyurethane material, DURON, which is twice as strong as latex enabling a thinner, more sensitive film.

 

 

I had the week from HELL!!

To everyone that left birthday and Valentine's Day messages.....

It was great to come home to such a nice surprise.

 

Thank You!!!!

HOOK

Hook has had a very bad week this week. After getting stuck in CA for 2 days he's held up in Wyoming.

The highways are closed do to high winds.

Enjoy the video.

We are all stars!!!!

Hook won't make it home in time to post his "Ode to Condoms" post. 

We'll have to wait til next week for that one.

 

Hook's Birthday is Monday, February 12th.

 

 

 

He's on the road, of course,

Let's surprise him when he gets home!!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOOK...HURRY HOME!!!

 

 

For many years after its founding, Accept suffered constant changes to its line-up and was essentially kept on an amateur level, making sporadic appearances in festival concerts.

Their professional career began in 1976, when they were invited to play at one of the first rock 'n roll festivals from Germany — Rock am Rhein.

After the festival took place, the band received a recording deal and entered a professional studio for the first time, in order to record the self-titled Accept, an album which despite the band's efforts did not achieve much success.

HOOK