One of them
looked like he played drums for ZZ Top, long grizzled beard, balding head,
sunglasses, black tee shirt and leather chaps, with metal studs and
First, a little ZZ Top trivia: Their drummer's name is Frank Beard and he's
the only member of the band to be clean shaven. This has a powerful appeal
to my sense of irony (and, as we all know, anyone without a sense of irony
is not to be trusted on the high seas).
Whoa back! ZZ Top was a tug captain in disguise, and what a disguise! (I
think he said 1200 feet, Shipmates, but I was rather confused at the time.
Seems like an awfully long barge, but I've never seen Mississippi barges.)
Barges, especially river barges, are often rafted together and pushed by one
tug. These rafts may contain 20 or more individual barges and are usually
described by layout (e.g. 3X7, 4X5, etc.) In that context 1200 feet is not
only possible but probably fairly common.
And how in the
world do they keep their man, even a big man who has the guts to take 1200
foot barges down the Mississippi, from having a little boat for fun?
I am unwilling to comment on this for reasons relating to (a. good taste and
(b. my own self esteem.
-----Original Message-----
From: PBrowne900@aol.com <PBrowne900@aol.com>
>One of them
>looked like he played drums for ZZ Top, long grizzled beard, balding head,
>sunglasses, black tee shirt and leather chaps, with metal studs and
dangling
>leather fringes
First, a little ZZ Top trivia: Their drummer's name is Frank Beard and he's
the only member of the band to be clean shaven. This has a powerful appeal
to my sense of irony (and, as we all know, anyone without a sense of irony
is not to be trusted on the high seas).
>
>Whoa back! ZZ Top was a tug captain in disguise, and what a disguise! (I
>think he said 1200 feet, Shipmates, but I was rather confused at the time.
>Seems like an awfully long barge, but I've never seen Mississippi barges.)
Barges, especially river barges, are often rafted together and pushed by one
tug. These rafts may contain 20 or more individual barges and are usually
described by layout (e.g. 3X7, 4X5, etc.) In that context 1200 feet is not
only possible but probably fairly common.
>
>And how in the
>world do they keep their man, even a big man who has the guts to take 1200
>foot barges down the Mississippi, from having a little boat for fun?
I am unwilling to comment on this for reasons relating to (a. good taste and
(b. my own self esteem.
>
Ironically yours,
Alex
