In a message dated 1/7/2005 9:00:21 AM Mountain Standard Time,
TMHEFFRON@aol.com writes:
and why is called a fender anyway?
"Cause it fends off rocks and stuff from whacking you in the head!
This came as part of a message from a friend today....could be LBC
What a great blast from the past! I haven't thought about "fender skirts"
in years. When I was a kid, I considered it such a funny term. Made me
think of a car in a dress.
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?
Robert Houston
Texan in New Mexico
... Mr. Clinton, sir, America didn't trust you with our healthcare system.
America didn't trust you with gays in the military. America doesn't trust you
with our 21-year-old daughters, and we sure, Lord, don't trust you with our
guns. Charlton Heston
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