Ferrari Mailing List: "Elderly person over 60"

Good grief! When did that come to be?  I now have 60 in my rear-view
mirror...........

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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 17:10:33 -0500
From: Stephen Sherman <stephensherman44 [at] gmail.com>
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From: GLEN GUNSELMAN <ggunselman [at] aol.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 4:08 PM
Subject: Fwd: [GCFL.net] Memory Lane
To: randy robert <randy [at] robertfamily.net>, Stephen Sherman > <
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How many do you remember?

Glen

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*Memory Lane*

I came across this phrase in a book yesterday: "fender skirts."

I haven't heard this term 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, such as "curb feelers" and "steering knobs."

Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction
first. Kids, you will probably have to find some elderly person over 60 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."

Didn't you ever wait at the street for your dad 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 "worldwide" 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 hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall
carpeting! Today, everyone replaces wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood
floors. Go figure.

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"!

Here's 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 is "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. So, just for fun, pass it along to others of "a
certain age."

*Received from Thomas Ellsworth.*

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Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:46:53 -0500
From: "Luke Graves" <buyer1 [at] airmail.net>
To: "'Stephen Sherman'" <stephensherman44 [at] gmail.com>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] Fwd: [GCFL.net] Memory Lane
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I knew that something was coming down on me; it mus be the Lumbago.  I'll
see if I can find some Geritol to help me out!  Or mayby some Carter's
Little Liver Pills.  Some of you Fighter Jocks on here could use some of
those!

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Memory Lane

I came across this phrase in a book yesterday: "fender skirts."

I haven't heard this term 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, such as "curb feelers" and "steering knobs."