#157366 - 07/20/09 01:25 PM
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paradocs
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A few pics I snapped yesterday at our "Antique Car Show". Back when cars were cars 
Not only were those cars cars, they were also easy to get wheelchairs in and out of.
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#162737 - 09/15/09 06:52 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..
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I wish the pictures would show. From an email I got today:
Perhaps some of you will not understand some of this message,
but I bet you know someone who might.
I came across this phrase 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.' (AKA) suicide knob,Neckers 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.' Many today do not even know what a clutch is or that the dimmer switch used to be on the floor.
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 considere d 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.
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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'!
IF YOU AREN'T OF A CERTAIN AGE. YOU MUST KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS.
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#162739 - 09/15/09 06:57 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..
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Lola
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i am not of a "certain age" and i say supper...
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#163360 - 09/18/09 01:12 PM
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paradocs
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One of my favorite weekday radio shows in the early 1950's was "Big Jon and Sparkie" and their Saturday morning program "No School Today." The "Little Orley" tales told by Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, who later became Mr. Greenjeans to Bob Keeshan's Captain Kangaroo, were a favorite part of the show. I just discovered that at least some of the "Little Orley" stories are now on CD.
http://redhenllc.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=91
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#167353 - 10/15/09 11:18 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..
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Got this in an email.
Carnation milk - 65 YEARS AGO ... This is priceless!
A little old lady from Wisconsin had worked in and around her family dairy farms since she was old enough to walk,
with a lot of hours of hard work and little compensation. When canned Carnation Milk became available in grocery stores in approximately the 1940's, she read an advertisement offering $5,000 for the best slogan. The producers wanted a rhyme beginning with 'Carnation Milk is best of all.'
She thought to herself, I know all about milk and dairy farms. I can do this! She sent in her entry, and several weeks later, a black limo pulled up in front of her house. A man got out and said:
"Carnation LOVED your entry so much, we are here to award you $2,000 eventhough we will not be able to use it!" Priceless indeed!
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#168618 - 10/22/09 11:07 AM
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Paul I
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The Burma Shave link was pretty interesting.
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#168688 - 10/22/09 01:17 PM
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paradocs
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At one time I had a copy of a book that claimed to have ALL the Burma Shave slogans listed. It is probably around somewhere but I haven't seen it in some time.
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#173680 - 11/29/09 12:09 AM
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Hope this hasn't been posted yet.
Read clear down to the end to see what they say about your score. Most kids never watched TV. There was no TV.
NO Cheating - don't look at the answers until you take the test!!!!
History Exam...
Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam. If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap.
This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life.
*** Get paper & pencil & number from 1 to 20.
****Write the letter of each answer & score at the end.
1. In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob.
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch...
c. Next to the horn.
2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it.. For what was it used?
a..Capture lightning bugs.
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing.
c. Large salt shaker.
3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk.
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled.
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboa rd bottle top.
4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps
5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II.
a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks
6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was com ing or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker
7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter.
b. Chocolate licorice bars.
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.
8. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up.
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing.
c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust.
9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key.
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot.
c. Long pieces of twine..
10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts.
b. Ask Mom.
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-MO.
11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940s and 1950s?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio
12. 'I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey'
a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar
13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni
14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a. Part of the game of hide and seek.
b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores.
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
15 . What was the name of the Indian Princess in the Howdy Doody Show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow
16. What did all the really savy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high.
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window.
c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure.
17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum.
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items.
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos.
18. Praise the Lord , & pass the _________?
a. Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition
19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song 'Cabdriver' a hit?
a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires
20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Xavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin
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ANSWERS
1. (b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe , took till the late '60's to catch on.
2. (b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing.. Who had a steam iron?
3. (c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top....
4 .(a) Blackjack Gum.
5. (b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.
6. (a) 1946 Studebaker.
7. (c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.
8. (a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.
9. (a) With clamps , tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.
10. (c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.
11. (c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.
12. (b) Taxi , Better be ready by half-past eight!
13. (c) Macaroni ...
14. (c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
15. (a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.
16. (a) Immediately sniffed=2 0the purple ink to get a high.
17. (b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.
18. (c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.
19. (a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.
20. (a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.
SCORING
17- 20 correct : You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with mental abilities.
Now if you could only find your glasses.. Definitely someone who should share your wisdom!
12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you're getting there.
0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences.
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#173682 - 11/29/09 12:39 AM
Re: Just plain ole aging..
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Paul I
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I'm older than dirt.
One phrase from the 50' that has struck to some extent is
"riding shotgun"
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#173697 - 11/29/09 12:10 PM
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 You're not alone, Paul. I am too.
'Ridin' shotgun', man I had forgotten that one. It cracks me up tho' as I recall many moons ago, probably around grade 5 or 6, having "theater class" and having to pantomime. 2 guys in class drug a table up front and pretended to be riding shotgun on a stagecoach. The fellow sitting on the back of the table was doing great bouncing around, holding his shotgun until he pointed upward and said, "Up yonder".
It was very funny to us all.
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#173906 - 11/30/09 02:58 PM
Re: Just plain ole aging..
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paradocs
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I'm older than dirt, too, but I think for the roller skate question ANY of the answers would be correct since I knew kids with used skates but no skate key who kept them on in various ways.
I also think that the 0-11 correct could be the onset of memory problems for those my age or above.
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#177054 - 01/14/10 09:06 AM
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I'm not as old as Paul-1 but my body is falling apart....what gives ? ....LOL
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#177117 - 01/15/10 01:42 AM
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Paul I
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It has to be cell phone radiation.
Watched this great video for you old timers. Pete Seeger, Power of Song or something like that. I clearly remember the Folk
Festival at Newport, RI. "63" He was there. What a principaled man he is.
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