Doing the Jonestown Waltz...

**Fearnest** · 7th February 07, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by McClef

OK I have to ask...

What exactly is meant by "Jonesing" etc?

Must be a US phrase as I never encountered it before this group.

The Great Jones

(Etymology)

Q: East Third Street becomes Great Jones Street between Broadway and the Bowery in Manhattan. Who was Jones and what was so great about him?

A. Jones is Samuel Jones, a lawyer sometimes called Father of the New York Bar. He owned the land on which Great Jones Street now runs and bequeathed the property to the city with the caveat that any street that ran through the land be named for him.

In 1789 a street was opened there, but New York already had a Jones Street in Greenwich Village. So the new street was named Great Jones Street because it was wider than the norm.

In his desire to be remembered, Jones may have linked himself with a different aspect of the city's culture. The slang term "jones," meaning an addiction to drugs, is said to have originated among addicts who lived in Great Jones Alley, off Great Jones Street, between Broadway and Lafayette Street.

(extract from the "New York Times" site, article by Ed Boland, Jr)

**McClef** · 7th February 07, 12:58 PM

Thanks for the etymology Fearnest!

**Fearnest** · 7th February 07, 12:59 PM

Nothing a little "cut and paste" couldn't solve!

**Tattoo Bradley** · 8th February 07, 09:02 PM

Fedex is finally giving me a delivery date: February 13 (tuesday.)

"Mr. Jooooooones and me....."

**Dreadbelly** · 8th February 07, 09:10 PM

Edit. There was a joke here. It struck a nerve that it shouldn't have. I apologise. My intention was not to offend.

**Tattoo Bradley** · 13th February 07, 07:28 AM

It is "On vehicle for delivery!"

**Splash_4** · 13th February 07, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by Tattoobradley

It is "On vehicle for delivery!"

Can I join you in this dance? I have been looking forward to your having this for a while.... I will wait until tonight to start the chourus...

"We want pictures!, We want pictures!"

**Tattoo Bradley** · 13th February 07, 10:11 AM

IT'S HERE!!!

There will most certainly be "picts!" BUT, I am at the lab (where I had Matt ship it to.) So, they will come in due course. I have had a chance to try it on, and OH... MY... GOOOOOOOD! You will all soon see.

Matt:

**Splash_4** · 13th February 07, 10:20 AM

Ok, NOW I will start the chourus....

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

**Kid Cossack** · 13th February 07, 12:29 PM

Oh he digs it. Yeah. Brad's digging it the most. Gents, if you haven't tried a "Matt's Old Schoole" kilt, you're missing out. For some reason the box pleat feels different to me than a similar yardaged knife pleated kilt (say in the 4-5 yard range). It feels goooooooooooooood. (The knife pleated casuals do too, mind you, just in a different way.) To me, it feels like an "ur-kilt." Not a costume, not a recreation, but a modern return of the kilt to its (fairly recent) roots. We're slobbering at the thought of picts.