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eddessaknight — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:07:46 GMT

Do appreciate the kind offer, Mike

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mikeintexas — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:26:47 GMT

<br />I don't see any of the graphics but I'm sure you do; that's b/c they're sited on your computer. Standard members such as you and I have to have the pictures hosted somewhere else on the 'net. If you want, I can help you with that. It involves a couple of steps but is necessary if you want to share photos or other graphics. After you get the hang of it it's a snap. Todd also has a tutorial somewhere about how to do that.

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hearsetrax — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 09:16:56 GMT

lol sadder still is today's kids won't know the simple days of riding in the back of an open pickup and etc etc

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eddessaknight — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:08:16 GMT

Had a '54 Chrysler Newport coupe a.k.a.hardtop convertible, with flat head six in white over navy blue, nosed, chop'ed and channeled beauty- a real head turner :-)

Original Blog Entry: On the Road Again with FENDER SKIRTS- are you the right age! :-)

eddessaknight — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 01:05:17 GMT

FENDER SKIRTS Oldies but memorable if you re the right age!

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 disappeared from our language -- with hardly a notice ... like 'curb feelers.'

And 'steering knobs.' (AKA) 'suicide knob,' 'neckers knobs.'

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 it the 'emergency brake'? 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. For that matter, the starter was down there too.

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.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 use. 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 1950's, but here's a pure 1960's word I came across the other day: 'rat fink.' Oh, 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: 'Dyna Flow' and 'Electrolux' and 'Frigidaire.'

Then they introduced the1963 Admiral TV . . . with 'Spectra Vision!'

Food for thought: Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? (Nobody complains about 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 the most is 'supper.' Now, everybody says, 'dinner.' (Save a great word.) Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.

I thought some of us of a 'certain age' would remember most of these.

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