I got tagged by Cal...

Total Number of Books I Own:Tough one to answer as I have so many. I'm GOnna say At least one thousand.

The last Book I Bought: Hmmmm lemme see...It was Oh I know "Stage Lighting and Design" (Deep Huh)

Last Book I Read:The last one completed was THE BLUE DAY BOOK by Bradley Trevor Greive. GIven to me by Blogeois to cheer me up. It is GREAT!

Five Books That Mean A lot to Me: Oh egads!!!My DIctionary, The Atlas, (cant keep up with all these new countries) James A. Michener's "Centennial",and "Alaska" And 1000 others that I have read and loved.

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I got this in an email, and thought it quite interesting. I know some of you youngin's out there could care less, but us old farts remember these fondly!!


Remember these?

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.

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."

Did 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 rights 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 their hardwood floors with, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.

When is 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 talked 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 a "bra" now.

"Unmentionables" probably wouldn't be understood at all.

It's hard to recall that this word was once said in a whisper-"divorce."

And no one is called a "divorcee" anymore. Certainly not a "gay divorcee." Come to think of it, "confirmed bachelors" and "career girls" are long gone, too.

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!

A word I miss - "percolator." That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? "Coffeemaker." 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 "ElectraLux."

Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with "SpectraVision!" .

Food for thought - Did something wipe out lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers threatening their kids with castor oil anymore.

or Carter's Little Liver Pills!

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.

Can you think of anymore? I remember the button under your left toe that dimmed the headlights, and just yesterday while taking DOnna in to town, I saw an old classic car, with no turn signals, THe guy actually used his arm to signal with. Now how many people out there now would actually know what that means? We were taught to signal when we were riding our bikes, And knew when we started driving, that hand signals were required!! No license if you used your turn signals.

I know I am sposed to tag someone else,but I think they have all been tagged Already.