[AT] Food for thought

[Richard Fink Sr]

He Walt i think i resent that one{{{ Rat Fink]]]]
Richard Fink Sr



At 02:19 AM 9/17/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>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. 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 HEAR
> >> 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-T O-WALL  CARPETING! TODAY, EVERYONE REPLACES THEIR WALL-TO-WALL
> >> CARPET ING  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 THE 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- '60's
> >> 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."
> >>
> >>
>
>
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