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Hmmmmm, dont think so Larry! No gray matter, no pons, no cerebrum, just hollow space?hmmm!
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Do You Remember When?
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Larry_Fout said:I had a brain scan done and the doctor told me that they didn't find anything...that's good news...isn't it
Well, that depends on your point of view, Larry...she says with tongue caught in cheek.
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McWilliams, I am wondering what kind of a head would that be? Possibly an "air" ....oh, oh, teasing!
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Did your kids ever call one another "emptyheaded"? When one of mine wanted to call his brother the most vile name he could muster up he thought and then said in a most ferocious tone, "Oh you sour milk"!
LOL, that became a family joke and was oft repeated in humor!
LOL, that became a family joke and was oft repeated in humor!
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Larry_Fout
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I can remember these!!!!! They were the Good Old Days!!!
Subject: FENDER SKIRTS
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 wi th, 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"!!
Subject: FENDER SKIRTS
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 wi th, 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"!!
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Jeremiah 29:11 It's good!
I always thought dinner in the midwest is what you call lunch and supper is a lighter meal.
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Yep, We knew they were movies but when I was a kid we called them "picture shows." The name Cinema didn't come into common use here (maybe in the UK) until the time of Cinemascope. Remember Cinemascope..that first wide-screen panoramic view of movies?
Auto mechanics weren't very interesting to me although I do recall enjoying going to drag races. Are there still drag races? These were the organized kind out at a race track, not the wild kind like in "Rebel without a Cause" where rivals raced and jumped out at the last minutes as the cars went over cliffs. Remember that scene? And who says fifties movies didn't have violence?
We had a class for girls in high school called, "Powder Puff Mechanics" (I am not kidding that is what it was called). I didn't take it. I shoulda and wish I woulda.
Auto mechanics weren't very interesting to me although I do recall enjoying going to drag races. Are there still drag races? These were the organized kind out at a race track, not the wild kind like in "Rebel without a Cause" where rivals raced and jumped out at the last minutes as the cars went over cliffs. Remember that scene? And who says fifties movies didn't have violence?
We had a class for girls in high school called, "Powder Puff Mechanics" (I am not kidding that is what it was called). I didn't take it. I shoulda and wish I woulda.
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This is just wonderful Larry thanks for sharing it.Larry_Fout said:I can remember these!!!!! They were the Good Old Days!!!
Subject: FENDER SKIRTS
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 wi th, 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"!!
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Did anyone ever sneak in the Drive-in theater with a friend in the cooter hull with you? Be real quiet until you got up there to pay and you just couldn't stop snickering!!!!! Oh, What teens will do and Mom just wondering what we were doing doing? I didn't say I am guilty, no, no. Just wondering???
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Larry_Fout
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Did anyone ever sneak in the Drive-in theater with a friend in the cooter hull with you? Be real quiet until you got up there to pay and you just couldn't stop snickering!!!!! Oh, What teens will do and Mom just wondering what we were doing doing? I didn't say I am guilty, no, no. Just wondering???
Yep guilty here. Got caught once or twice. We used the extra money to buy snacks.
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pilgrimgal
Jeremiah 29:11 It's good!
mightywarrior77 said:Did anyone ever sneak in the Drive-in theater with a friend in the cooter hull with you? Be real quiet until you got up there to pay and you just couldn't stop snickering!!!!! Oh, What teens will do and Mom just wondering what we were doing doing? I didn't say I am guilty, no, no. Just wondering???
No, but once at a Saturday afternoon movie in a theater I got thrown out because my friend with me threw popcorn at someone.
It really was pretty funny and we were also snickering. The usher threw us both out, but I didn't want to stay there alone anyway. 
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Quoting Larry's quote: 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 wi th, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors Go figure.
Hi Larry, I visited a friend recently and she was so pleased to show me the new hardwood floors which replaced her carpet. I remember when we got our living room "carpeted" with wall to wall ... it was a big thing back in the 50's to do this. Made one feel pretty spendy then. Of course, I am guessing new wall to wall carpeting is still pretty spendy.
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Hi Larry, I visited a friend recently and she was so pleased to show me the new hardwood floors which replaced her carpet. I remember when we got our living room "carpeted" with wall to wall ... it was a big thing back in the 50's to do this. Made one feel pretty spendy then. Of course, I am guessing new wall to wall carpeting is still pretty spendy.
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Larry_Fout
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I know we had hard wood floors in one of our houses and I could slide across it when in my stocking feet kinda like "sock skiing" which was frowned upon by Mom, imagine that
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Jeremiah 29:11 It's good!
birdfriend said:Happy Birthday to you soon. Now 75...your diamond...Wow! and Wow!
God bless you and may you have many more...
Happy Birthday, McWilliams.
Congratulations on 75 years of living. 
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pilgrimgal
Jeremiah 29:11 It's good!
Larry_Fout said:I know we had hard wood floors in one of our houses and I could slide across it when in my stocking feet kinda like "sock skiing" which was frowned upon by Mom, imagine that
When I was a freshman college and lived on the third floor of the girl's dorm...(in those days it was still all girls and not co-ed in dorms) decided to play a prank and I put on my shoe roller skates and skated down the hallway on the tiled floor. The resident aide heard the roar of those wheels and got me to take them off pronto. For five minutes or so it was a lot of fun.
but I apologized later. 
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