Are you of "a certain age" to remember these?

My friend sent me another fun post.........

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

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 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 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."
(Some people today, still use this phrase)
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."
(for those of us who sold Electrolux, that is a Model 30 in the picture)
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"!