From: "Ken Lang" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2006/05/10 Wed AM 10:44:20 EDT
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Subject: RE: IML: remember when...
I know my '67 has fender-skirts and thought most Imperials did. (I now
know
a couple of years did not)
An interesting web site for those who are old enough and want to take a
trip
down memory lane is: http://www.thestatenislandboys.com/U_thrill_me/
I also went to www.dictionary.com <http://www.dictionary.com/> and
looked
up the words 'dinner' and 'supper', interesting.
Ken
'67 Crown 4 Dr Ht
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Subject: IML: remember when...
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.
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?
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
81 Imperial