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Fender Skirts......
« on: May 22nd, 2005, 6:52am » |
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What a great blast from the past! I haven't thought about "fender skirts" in years. When I was a kid, I considered it such a funny term. Made me think of a car in a dress.
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." Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some elderly 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."
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 "worldwide" for granted.
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's 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.
It's hard to recall that this word was once said in a whisper -"divorce." And no one is called a "divorcee" anymore. Certainly not a "gay divorcee." Come to think of it, "confirmed bachelors" and "career girls" are long gone, too.
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? "Coffeemaker." 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 "ElectraLuxe." 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 their kids with castor oil anymore.
Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that grieves me most - "supper." Now everybody says "dinner." Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
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Re: Fender Skirts......
« Reply #1 on: May 22nd, 2005, 7:01am » |
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Barb -- love you for this - bringing back the good old days.
Remember too when mother's didn't count to 3 - they simply gave ya a backhand and you never did whatever that was again.
Teachers and police men were respected?
Wonder how many remember rumble seats?
Cartoons between the featured movies
Bikes that you actually had to work at - no 18 speeds!
Taffy pulls in the kitchen with your mom and sisters
When a ferry was a boat and had no other meaning
Barb - we've both dated ourselves here - but there was something good about those "good old days" that we're missing out on.
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Re: Fender Skirts......
« Reply #2 on: May 22nd, 2005, 10:33am » |
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Ya know, there are very nice homes for folks like you...you get to eat lots of jello, play bingo and they put your teeth in a glass when you go to bed at 6pm 
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Re: Fender Skirts......
« Reply #3 on: May 22nd, 2005, 10:42am » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 10:33am, Jonny wrote:| ...when you go to bed at 6pm |
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Mind you if you are a right raver, you can stay up until 7pm on a saturday night.
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Re: Fender Skirts......
« Reply #4 on: May 22nd, 2005, 12:12pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 6:52am, BarbaraD wrote:What a great blast from the past! I haven't thought about "fender skirts" in years.
I miss the hint of drama that went with "emergency brake."
Here's a word I miss - "percolator." That was just a fun word to say.
I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro. Words like "DynaFlow" and "ElectraLuxe."
Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that grieves me most - "supper." Now everybody says "dinner." |
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Fun musings for a Sunday morning  Some of the guys in my high school use to retrofit their cars with curb feelers and other things. But we called those steering wheel knobs "suicide knobs"...they were so the guy could still steer the car with his arm around his girl...bucket seats and seatbelts were yet to be invented (hooray for the bench seat). I still call it the emergency brake, and when I taught my daughter to drive a couple of years ago, she never questioned me about it. I hope I haven't warped her.
We should be glad that percolators have gone out of style,cause that percolated stuff will rot your gut, and lattes are so yummy!
As to Electrolux....I still have one--they're still in business and making great products.
Here in the upper Midwest, the term "dinner" is still used by many families as the noon meal. It is a throwback to the farm culture where large mid-day meals were common, and I still know many people who use it regularly.
One of my own small town childhood memories revolved around the "five and dime" or "10 cents store"--soda fountain and all. People who haven't had hand poured vanilla or chocolate sodas don't know what they are missing.
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Re: Fender Skirts......
« Reply #5 on: May 22nd, 2005, 12:22pm » |
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Ya know.... I really hope Papaw and I can instill some of those 50s values in our little three year old Caleb. At least the "four" esentials - "Yes mam/sir; No mam/sir; Please and Thank you."
Right now he's got the pleeeease down, but we're working on the thank you part.
Maybe that's what grandparents are FOR!
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Re: Fender Skirts......
« Reply #6 on: May 22nd, 2005, 12:27pm » |
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Yep, that's exactly what grandparents are for....a lot of other things too. Parents are just too busy to think of everything 
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« Reply #7 on: May 22nd, 2005, 1:47pm » |
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In my 58 years, this is the first time I've heard the term "foot feed." Mabye it's a regional thing like "Red the house" which some people from Pennsylavania meant as house cleaning.
It's called "emergency brake" by some still in western NY.
Five and dime" and "soda fountain" are out of style here but not gone. In NY State soda and pop for soft drinks vary from area to area,
One of my favorite things are advertising terms that are so successful that they replace English: Jello, Kleenex, Fridge, Hoover, (especially in England) Coke to some extent, Formica,
Vaseline, Band-Aid, Scotty, and others that elude me.
"Foot feed." I learn something every day.
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« Reply #8 on: May 22nd, 2005, 2:13pm » |
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Even tho it's a bit before my time.......sock hops struck me as a strange word for a school dance !!! Sock it to me Pam
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« Reply #9 on: May 22nd, 2005, 2:15pm » |
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Hey Charlie that is funny. My husband and I were talking about the same thing this afternoon. Hoovering when we have a Dyson being a prime one! Sellotape is another, All liquid paper is "Tippex" and yes, I'll quite agree anything black and fizzy is "coke" here too! (sorry Pepsi!) I'm sure I could thing of more if I tried too
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« Reply #10 on: May 22nd, 2005, 2:31pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 2:13pm, cootie wrote:| Even tho it's a bit before my time.......sock hops struck me as a strange word for a school dance !!! Sock it to me Pam |
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they called them "sock hops" cause the kids couldn't wear their street shoes on the gym's wood floors. They would throw off their saddle shoes and kick up their heels.
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« Reply #11 on: May 22nd, 2005, 2:32pm » |
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Thanks for those. Over here though Cellophane tape is always called "Scotch Tape." One of most common examples. How did I forget that?
There are some that are close such as "Ketchup" being used for Catsup. Ketchup is what Heinz uses as their brand name...(I suppose it was a legal thing). A-1 sauce is used that way.
One that everyone uses is "Alka-Seltzer." I like this stuff.
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« Reply #12 on: May 22nd, 2005, 2:33pm » |
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OMG....Can someone/anyone find and post that pic of Jonny sitting on the bench on the porch in NY. He was sitting next to Mast at the time with his teeth in backwards. The look on Masts face was priceless.)
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« Reply #13 on: May 22nd, 2005, 3:49pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 2:33pm, Linda_Howell wrote:| Linda, who still has all her teeth. |
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I feel for you, I really do!
I have perfectly white teef and never a pain....ever!
You on the other hand have to deal with pain in your mouth when it comes up....I just keep smiling with my pearly whites....LOL
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« Reply #14 on: May 22nd, 2005, 3:56pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 3:49pm, Jonny wrote:
I just keep smiling with my pearly whites....LOL |
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You mean these, Jonny?
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« Reply #15 on: May 22nd, 2005, 5:27pm » |
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The term "foot-feed" derives from when in the real "OLD" days the gas feed was on the steering column. When it was put on the floor....they called it FOOT feed.
BTW, a knob or suicide knob is also called a "broady knob. I have one on my Mercury...wouldn't drive without it. Very cool.
Jump in here any ol time BobG.
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« Reply #16 on: May 22nd, 2005, 5:51pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 10:33am, Jonny wrote:| Ya know, there are very nice homes for folks like you...you get to eat lots of jello, play bingo and they put your teeth in a glass when you go to bed at 6pm |
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Bite me darlin'! 
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« Reply #17 on: May 22nd, 2005, 5:58pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 5:51pm, Grandma_Sweet_Boy wrote:
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That goes for me too..... I'll have you know we get to stay up until EIGHT o'clock on Sat nites and listen to the Victrola.
some of these old studs around the "home" can still shake a leg.. (I don't EVEN want to hear it!!!)
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« Reply #18 on: May 22nd, 2005, 6:01pm » |
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I feel for you, I really do!
I have perfectly white teef and never a pain....ever!
You on the other hand have to deal with pain in your mouth when it comes up....I just keep smiling with my pearly whites....LOL
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And you're absolutely correct. However YOU made the post re: Teeth in a jar next to the bed...lmao
Aw comm-on folks...Somebody has GOT to be able to post the pic.
Grandma....lmao @ you.
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« Reply #19 on: May 22nd, 2005, 6:47pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 3:56pm, pattik wrote:
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Nope.....These...aint they purdy....Damn right they are 
Edit to add....I bet $50 you have a very fat ass
Im right, huh?
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« Reply #20 on: May 22nd, 2005, 6:51pm » |
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Jonny - don't be rude! Your mama will cuff ya upside that cute little head of yours!
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Purdy they are...and happy looking too!...must not have had a headache today
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« Reply #22 on: May 22nd, 2005, 6:57pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 6:52pm, pattik wrote:| .must not have had a headache today |
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Dont need a HA to correct your thinking, Babe
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« Reply #23 on: May 22nd, 2005, 7:04pm » |
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on May 22nd, 2005, 6:47pm, Jonny wrote:
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Re: Fender Skirts......
« Reply #24 on: May 22nd, 2005, 7:06pm » |
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Fender Skirts? You jogged my memory.......
Date night: The White Castle hamburger joint, the A&W root beer stand, the Drive-In movie theater and "poontang".
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