Cascade Crew

[alloy]

I'm not sure how many here will be old enough to appreciate this. I received it today along with about a million old guy jokes caue's it's my 48th today, and just thought I'd throw it on here to confuse the youngin's



WHAT IN THE HECK IS A "FENDER SKIRT" ???

I came across this phrase in a book 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." 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 "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'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.

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 "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"!!

[Dewey316]

I know that those all mean, and I'm not old by any means.

What ever happened to davenport? Now its only a couch.

[alloy]

Ah Dewmeister.....................you are wise beyond your years

[Schultzy89GTA]

Happy Birthday Dan!



-Schultzy

[Xophertony]

i would also like to brag that ia am almost twenty two and the only ones i did not know were "continental kits" "foot feed" and everything after "percolator" . i did not know what a "rat fink" was, but had heard the term (in bye bye birdie thet call a guy a rat fink, so i knew it was an insult, still don't know what it means)

i call "steering knobs" suicide knobs. "curb feelers" i call sidewalk scrapers and i still say emergency brake or e-brake. parking brakes are for losers. it is also acceptable to say "emergency 'make the car smell bad' lever"

my dads 95 suburban has running boards. and i have used both "brasiere" and "unmentionables", usualy in satire, but that counts. it is a sad thing that has happened to the english language in the last thirty years. i blame rap music and AIM.

no one says "may I" anymore, its always "can I". and what ever happened to "well". as in "i think i speak well". most people "talk good", and "don't do good in school" perhaps if they tried harder they could do well

anyway.....

[Schultzy89GTA]