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> From: "Pat Sullivan" <mamawpat@frontier.com>
> To: <mamawpat@frontier.com>
> Subject: FW: These are really good ones, funny too Nancy
> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54:48 -0400
>
>
>
> Subject: These are really good ones, funny too Nancy
>
>
>
> Subject: Fender Skirts Oh my I must be really old.I remember all of
> these!
>
>
>
>
> Fender Skirts
>
> I know some of you will not understand this message, but I bet you know
> someone who might. I came across this phrase yesterday. 'FENDER
> SKIRTS.'
>
>
>
> A term I haven't heard in a long time, and thinking about 'fender
> skirts' started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from
> our language with hardly a notice like 'curb feelers.'
>
>
> And 'steering knobs.' (AKA) 'suicide knob,' 'Necker's knob.'
>
> Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction
> first.
> Any kids will probably have to find some older person over 50 to explain
> some of these terms to you.
> Remember 'Continental kits?' They were rear bumper extenders and spare
> tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln
> Continental.
>
> When did we quit calling them 'emergency brakes?' At some point 'parking
> brake' became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with
> 'emergency brake.'
>
>
> I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the
> accelerator the 'foot feed.' Many today do not even know what a clutch is
> or that the dimmer switch used to be on the floor.
>
>
> Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you
> could ride the 'running board' up to the house?
>
>
> Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore.. .. .
> 'store-bought.' Of course, just about everything is store-bought these
> days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a
> store-bought bag of candy.
>
>
> 'Coast to coast' is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now
> means almost nothing. Now we take the term 'world wide' for granted. This
> floors me.
>
>
> On a smaller scale, 'wall-to-wall' was once a magical term in our homes.
> In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, wow,
> wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall
> carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
>
> When was the last time you heard the quaint phrase 'in a family way ?'
> It's hard to imagine that the word 'pregnant' was once considered a
> little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company, so we
> had all that talk about stork visits and 'being in a family way' or
> simply 'expecting.'
>
> Apparently 'brassiere' is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other
> day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just 'bra' now.
> 'Unmentionables' probably wouldn't be understood at all.
>
> I always loved going to the 'picture show,' but I considered 'movie' an
> affectation.
>
> Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure '60s word I
> came across the other day 'rat fink.' Ooh, what a nasty put-down!
>
> Here's a word I miss - 'percolator.' That was just a fun word to say.
> And what was it replaced with 'Coffee maker.' How dull... Mr. Coffee,
> I blame you for this.
>
>
> I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern
> and now sound so retro. Words like 'DynaFlow' and 'Electrolux.'
> Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with'SpectraVision!'
>
>
> Food for thought. Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody
> complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what Castor oil cured, because I
> never hear mothers threatening kids with Castor oil anymore.
>
>
> Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The
> one that grieves me most is 'supper.' Now everybody says 'dinner.'
> Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
>
>
> Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a 'certain age'
> would remember most of these.
>
>
> Just for fun, pass it along to others of 'a certain age.'
>
> IF YOU AREN'T OF A CERTAIN AGE, YOU MUST KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS. THINK OF
> SOMEONE AS YOU SIT IN YOUR "PARLOR" ON YOUR " DAVENPORT ".
>
> To: <mamawpat@frontier.com>
> Subject: FW: These are really good ones, funny too Nancy
> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:54:48 -0400
>
>
>
> Subject: These are really good ones, funny too Nancy
>
>
>
> Subject: Fender Skirts Oh my I must be really old.I remember all of
> these!
>
>
>
>
> Fender Skirts
>
> I know some of you will not understand this message, but I bet you know
> someone who might. I came across this phrase yesterday. 'FENDER
> SKIRTS.'
>
>
>
> A term I haven't heard in a long time, and thinking about 'fender
> skirts' started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from
> our language with hardly a notice like 'curb feelers.'
>
>
> And 'steering knobs.' (AKA) 'suicide knob,' 'Necker's knob.'
>
> Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction
> first.
> Any kids will probably have to find some older person over 50 to explain
> some of these terms to you.
> Remember 'Continental kits?' They were rear bumper extenders and spare
> tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln
> Continental.
>
> When did we quit calling them 'emergency brakes?' At some point 'parking
> brake' became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with
> 'emergency brake.'
>
>
> I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the
> accelerator the 'foot feed.' Many today do not even know what a clutch is
> or that the dimmer switch used to be on the floor.
>
>
> Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you
> could ride the 'running board' up to the house?
>
>
> Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore.. .. .
> 'store-bought.' Of course, just about everything is store-bought these
> days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a
> store-bought bag of candy.
>
>
> 'Coast to coast' is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now
> means almost nothing. Now we take the term 'world wide' for granted. This
> floors me.
>
>
> On a smaller scale, 'wall-to-wall' was once a magical term in our homes.
> In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, wow,
> wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall
> carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
>
> When was the last time you heard the quaint phrase 'in a family way ?'
> It's hard to imagine that the word 'pregnant' was once considered a
> little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company, so we
> had all that talk about stork visits and 'being in a family way' or
> simply 'expecting.'
>
> Apparently 'brassiere' is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other
> day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just 'bra' now.
> 'Unmentionables' probably wouldn't be understood at all.
>
> I always loved going to the 'picture show,' but I considered 'movie' an
> affectation.
>
> Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure '60s word I
> came across the other day 'rat fink.' Ooh, what a nasty put-down!
>
> Here's a word I miss - 'percolator.' That was just a fun word to say.
> And what was it replaced with 'Coffee maker.' How dull... Mr. Coffee,
> I blame you for this.
>
>
> I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern
> and now sound so retro. Words like 'DynaFlow' and 'Electrolux.'
> Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with'SpectraVision!'
>
>
> Food for thought. Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody
> complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what Castor oil cured, because I
> never hear mothers threatening kids with Castor oil anymore.
>
>
> Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The
> one that grieves me most is 'supper.' Now everybody says 'dinner.'
> Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
>
>
> Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a 'certain age'
> would remember most of these.
>
>
> Just for fun, pass it along to others of 'a certain age.'
>
> IF YOU AREN'T OF A CERTAIN AGE, YOU MUST KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS. THINK OF
> SOMEONE AS YOU SIT IN YOUR "PARLOR" ON YOUR " DAVENPORT ".
>
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