Fun reading for us older
folks...
Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a
"certain age" would remember most of these. OH!!!!!!those were the days!!!! This
is the shortened version.
What 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 "fen der 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. 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? 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.
Lyall
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