Panther wrote:

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My pleasure, Maidmarian.

Yes, "garage" is what we colloquially call petrol stations in the UK. (In Australia they call them "service stations" and in the US "gas stations"). It is a bit of an old-fashioned term and stems from the fact that garages used to do car repairs as well as selling petrol, whereas nowadays these two functions tend to be done separately. (I hope I'm right - I don't even own a car!). And, yes, in the clip Jarvis means has come across lots of garages when touring, from when the tour bus stops to fill up, I suppose.

(As I am the same age as Jarvis, I notice when he uses slightly dated words for things, 'cos I do the same myself.)

Yes, I expect we have put the number of views on that clip alright!

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As in "I must have left your number in the all-night garage."

see also the classic "24 Hour Garage People" by Half Man Half Biscuit. I am of a pretty similar age too, as are HMHB, so we share a lot of the same references.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glB6ZJfrEzs

If I do something like record a radio programme onto mp3 from the BBC iplayer, I am still liable to say I taped it off the radio.

I also enjoyed the French text speak in the subtitles: K7 > K sept > cassette. Incidentally Maidmarian, do you know if there is a German equivalent of franglais, that mish-mash of English and French as heard in that Bill Wyman song, "Je suis un rock star, j'habiter a la south of France" - I think "weddingdanceopenersong" must qualify! Maybe Engeutsch??