Fender Skirts and Supper - for those in the geriatrics crowd, or soon to be there

Fender Skirts and Supper

I know some of you will not understand 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,'   'Hollywood spinners .' 'neckers knobs.'

Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first. Any kids will probably have to find some older 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.
For that matter, the starter was down there   too.

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 any more - '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 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 was 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.'

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 'Dyna Flow' and 'Electrolux' and 'Frigidaire'. Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with 'Spectra Vision!'

 

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.

Flight Attendant on St. Patrick's Day ~ WW

10 Things You Had No Idea Salt Could Do



Salt can help freshen up fake flowers.

Put them in a bag and shake it up!

   

Use salt in your spinach washing routine and
never rewash it again!

   

Salt is great for removing fruit stains from skin

   

Salt is an exceptional tool for 
cleaning brass, silver, and copper.
Put it in a cloth and rub!
Then rinse.

 

Rub your hands with lemon juice and 
salt to get rid of onion odors from cooking!

 

Soak old sponges in cold water and salt.
The odor is gone!

Douse your fireplace with salt 
and it will go out faster

 

Salt is ideal for cleaning cast iron cookware.
Just use a dry cloth and scrub!

  

Salt is also great at cleaning wicker items.
Use salt and warm water with a brush or sponge

 

Wet and cover a bee sting with 
salt to alleviate swelling and pain

Make milk last a little longer.
 Add a pinch before it expires and it won't sour for about 5 or so extra days!

 Great for cleaning tea/coffee stained mugs/cups.
Sprinkle some in the mug and wipe 
around with a cloth or scourer

Other posts you may enjoy here  

Redouté's Floral Plates - Sharing - WW

Vintage St. Patrick's Day Images ~ Sharing

 

 

Saving Another Old Linen

I have been meaning to create an inspiration board for a while now.

I finally got around to it a few weeks ago and now finally posting about it. Where does the time go?!

My oldest left his cork bulletin board here when he moved out. 

It's been sitting in the garage for...oh.. a few years ;)

I had a piece of linen with embroidery in the corner that was my Grandmother's and thought it would cottagefy (is that a word?)

 it a bit.

Only problem was it had a few holes and stains in it.

:( 

Out came the can of spray adhesive,

on went the linen ~

Luckily, I was able to adjust it so the holes and stains didn't show.

And there ya go!

I folded the excess around the back and used a stapler to attach it

Grandma's sweet little embroidery work makes me smile.

I decided to flip the embroidery to the 

top corner so it was more visible.

Added my corsage from my son's wedding and 

a few other memento's given to me from my children.

Then out came my jewelry/beads/etc. tote and Mom's buttons.

I embellished some tacks for interest

and am also using a few special pin backs as push pins also.

I found a long strip of pink fabric that had been removed from an article of clothing, the entire length is covered in rhinestones.

From Mom or Grandma ~

I ''draped'' it as best as I could across the top.

It's a continuous piece, I thought of cutting it so it could actually frame the board, but decided to leave it as found ~ as they had left it to be re-used at a later time.

It's so pretty, sparkly

I can only imagine what kind of dress it came off of,

maybe one of my Mom's Queen of the Holy Ghost Dresses

or in Grandma's supplies for Queens Dresses, since she made them all by hand. They were all heavily embellished with hand sewn beads, pearls, rhinestones and more.

Mom

~ ~ But I digress ~ ~

So darn pretty :)

It's now just about covered with photos and diagrams

of future projects that are swimming around in my head.

So glad I was able to reinvent one of my Grandma's pieces

and save it even though it had some issues.

My nostalgic side is showing