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Endangered Words?
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I came across this phrase in a book yesterday "FENDER SKIRTS." These are obviously from a '57 Chevy. A term I haven't heard in a long time and thinking about "fender skirts." My '54 Ford and my '61 were so equipped. It started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice.
Remember "Two-Toned"? Like "curb feelers." I've been thinking about getting a pair of these but couldn't find them in the Auto Parts store. And "steering knobs" (AKA) suicide knob. I put one of these on the '54 and it quickly 'ate' through the steering wheel.
I stopped at a car wash being held by the cheer leaders of the local high school to raise money. I specifically asked the young lady to make sure they did a good job on the "White Walls". When they were done I noticed that they had not cleaned the sides of the tires at all. I went back to the gal and told her that I had intended giving them a nice tip but was very disappointed that they hadn't done the "White Walls". She looked at me puzzled and said... What are "White Walls"?
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. I really wanted one but they were like $150 dollars and that was too much to put on a $300 car.
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." I love to use this word in the classes that I teach that are filled with teens. 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? We had a couple of cars that sat in the back yard that had "running boards" but not "running engines".
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."
Apparently "brassiere" is a word no longer in usage. If you said this your daughter would probably crack 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." 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 is "supper." Now everybody says "dinner." Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts. 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"!! Or they may know someone of "A Certain Age".
Healthcare Bill Link
Here is a link to the ENTIRE healthcare bill currently sitting in Congress - all 1,017 pages of it. Read all 1,017 pages at your leisure ... or you can start by just reading the early findings noted on the page numbers given below in bold. Our elected officials obviously did not want we the people to know this stuff below, or else They would have shared this information with us in their mailings ... it took one diligent blogger to distill these gems below. Since the DC politicians do not want us to know this stuff, I'm going to copy and paste it into an Email to everybody I know ... maybe you should too. I urge reading this ... your healthcare, and therefore your life, depends on how this issue gets resolved. Note that our Washington politicians will be back home in their districts for the August recess, and holding town hall meetings ... they need to hear from us there. Here are some highlights:
Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Goyt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!
Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you u get
Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!
Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose UR HC Benefits 4 you. You have no choice!
PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise
Pg 58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access to individual finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued!
Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access to your banks accounts for electronic funds transfer
PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).
Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring private HC plans under Govt control.
PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange
PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!
PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services; Example - Translation for illegal aliens
Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan
PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans. #AARP members - Your health care WILL b rationed
PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Individual will b automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice
pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monopoly
pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The Govt will tell YOU what you can make.
Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE
Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay for HC 4 part time employees AND their families.
Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Employer w/payroll 400k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll
Pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k & 400k who doesn’t provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll
Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesn’t have acceptable HC according yo Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income
Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)
Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans financial/personal records
PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that
Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected
Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesn’t matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same
PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr's time, professional judgment, etc. Literally value of humans.
PG 265 Sec 1131 Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries
PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs
PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals for what Govt deems preventable readmissions.
Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a readmiss - Govt will penalize you.
Pg 317 L 13-20 PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Drs. what/how much they can own.
Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand
pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can you say ACORN?!!
Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing
Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in two Govt plan
Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs ppl!
Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Committee. Can you say HC by phone?
PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life
Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!
PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death
PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has a say in how your life ends
Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An "adv. care planning consult" will br used frequently as patients health deteriorates
PG 429 Lines 10-12 "adv. care consultation" may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOV
Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.
PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life
Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?
Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment to a community-based org. Like ACORN?
PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt into your marriage
Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs including defining, creating, rationing those svcs
Meme - ‘Words to Meditate on’
 My friend Preston at Me and Blue Skies, Challenged me to write about (meditate about, whatever that means) how they relate to 5 words that he provides. The person who writes the post has been provided 5 words that somehow relate to them from a blogger who had previously written a words meme post. Once you get the 5 words, write your own ‘Words to Meditate on’ post. Come on, go for it. So following are my 5 memes:
(A meme (pronounced /miːm/) consists of any idea or behavior that can pass from one person to another by learning or imitation. Examples include thoughts, ideas, theories, gestures, practices, fashions...)
Family
I would think most people would think of either mom and dad and siblings or their spouse and kids. To me family is what grounds me. My parents and my sibling have passed on and I am divorced but I have two children and 5 grandchildren who live right here in the same town. I am luckier than most, having my family here.
Equality
Equality is what may never really become a reality. It is trying, America is trying but until many generations have passed on there will still be a few who have that little bit of discrimination of the races and the refusal to believe that women should be treated the same as men.
Photography
There are people who have a special knack for photography. They can take a picture of a paper sack and make it look interesting. Digital cameras have made photographers of a lot of us who probably wouldn't have been able to take good pictures without point and click. I am a roving photographer for our hometown website and love to shoot out of the car window, through the windshield and flipping around in the middle of the street to get a good shot. I may never be a pro but I have a lot of fun.
Water
Where I grew up, the Texas panhandle, we didn't have a swimming pool until I was 11 and that year all the kids in town learned to swim. I loved swimming for many a year and was even a life guard for a time or two. I am a fresh water person and don't care to swim in salt water.
Thrift Shopping
Now this is my R & R and hobby of sorts. I have been garage saleing many a year, probably for 40 years or so. My mom and I went, now my daughter and I go and even half my grandkids like it. It is the thrill of the hunt for that certain item you need but don't want to spend much to get a new one. You almost always find what you are looking for. Or there is the fun of finding something you could live without but you get it anyway. It is the true "one persons trash is anothers treasure."
Sue me
That would be like getting blood out of a turnip. Nuf said.
Fixing Old Trunks
Do It Yourself Day
I had grabbed up several old trunks at garage sales for next to
nothing (before people started buying them and charging a mint for them in their
antique stores). They were really yucky looking and smelled old and musty inside.
I painted them (different colors) and put some smears of black to give them some character.
Then if you can see past the quilt I have in this one, I decoupaged the
insides with cut up pieces of wall paper from old wallpaper books I got for free
from some paint stores. These old trunks, especially the hump back ones
are wonderful for storage and kids can even sit on them.
P.S. I even have an old steamer trunk in my basement that I paid $2 for
and it has the drawers, hangers and all inside. It is black leather outside
and even has someones initials on it. Makes you feel like you
just got off the Titanic. I just don't have room for it as it is really big.
Roll Your Clothes for Travel
 I have rolled my clothes many times when I traveled and they take up less space and have fewer wrinkles. Here is how you do it.
Blouse or shirt:
1. Lay them flat, then bring the ends of the sleeves together and fold the shirt in half down the back.
2. Lay them on one side, place the arms onto the body of the folded shirt, keeping them together, and then roll down from the collar.
Slacks or pants
1. Bring the legs together and fold down the middle seam at the hips (with the back pockets together and the front facing out).
2. Bring the ends of the legs up, and fold the pants so that the ends of the legs and the top of the pants are even.
3. Roll them, starting at the open end and smoothing as you go.
After you roll your clothes, place them in the suitcase with the opening in the roll against the bottom; otherwise, they will come unrolled and get wrinkled. Placing them against each other puts slight pressure on the bundle and has the same effect.
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From My Soap Box:
“Tell your representatives not to sign till they read it!”
http://www.letfreedomringusa.com/pledge-to-read
Today's Thrifty Treasures
Seventeenth Day of the Seventh Month -Noahs Ark
 Genesis 8:4, which states, “and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat,” in The New International Version of the Bible. This summer archaeologist Randall Price, 57, plans to continue on a journey to prove just that as he joins an expedition to Mount Ararat. His team believes that it is there, in Eastern Turkey, where Noah’s Ark remains preserved underneath layers of rubble and ice. This is what the Bible says about the Ark that God commanded Noah to build: “Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper. The cubic volume would have been 1,518,000 cubic feet [462,686.4 cubic meters] -- equal to the capacity of 569 modern railroad cars.
ChristianAnswers.net explains that as many as 50,000 animals (including creatures that may now be extinct) could have fit on board the ark. These would not have needed to be the largest or even adult specimens. They point out that there are really only a few very large animals, such as the dinosaur or the elephant, and these could be represented by young ones. "Assuming the average animal to be about the size of a sheep and using a railroad car for comparison, we note that the average double-deck stock car can accommodate 240 sheep. Thus, three trains hauling 69 cars each would have ample space to carry the 50,000 animals, filling only 37percent of the ark. This would leave an additional 361 cars or enough to make 5 trains of 72 cars each to carry all of the food and baggage plus Noah's family of eight people."
Following are some more links if you are interested in this subject:
http://www.arkdiscovery.com/noah%27s_ark.htm
http://endsofearth.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/noahs-window-or-was-it-a-roof/
http://jsmaw.wordpress.com/
http://www2.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/lynchburg_man_looking_for_noahs_ark/13000/
House Members Say NO
It was announced this morning that "O" Democratic members of the House of Representatives would sign themselves or their families up for the Government Health Care Plan. Does it make you wonder, if it is so great? For more stats go to fleming.house.gov.
Deployed Parent?
For more tips of all kinds click on the logo above.
 I have a Squidoo Lens that is information for families who are military or for people who have military members in their family and who might be going to be deployed. I would like to share this information with you.
When a parent is deployed with the military it can be very traumatic for the children left behind. Having things for them to do, that makes them feel a part of the family and helping the parent who is gone, is really important. There is a list of things you can plan that should help ease the pain of having mom or dad gone.
Please stop by and check out this information.
Photo from Wikipedia by Cecilio_M._Ricardo_Jr
Weekend Finds in 105 Temp Heat......
How about going Green?
 I don't know how many of you like to "go green" when you can. I do and I found this neat Squidoo Lens that has the most interesting links to sites that give you great "green" ideas.
Be distinctively green with unique eco chic products from Chartreuse! From organic spa quality products to earth friendly biodegradable trash bags, Chartreuse provides products that you can trust and believe in.
Be sure and check out sites like "50 things you can recycle" and "50 things you can reuse". She actually has 100 sites to help everyone go green!
Works For Me Wednesday Tips
Political Correctness
 There is an annual contest at Texas A&M University calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term.
This year's term was: "Political Correctness."
The winner wrote: "Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."
This guy has nailed it.
Weekend Treasures
 There weren't but about three garage sales on Saturday and besides that it poured rain
in the morning. So I got this cute trunk at a Thrift Shop for $7.
 Finally when the rain stopped I got three heavy bird houses for $1 each.
Now if someone will move in. I did find this cute frame for $1.50. Not much for a weekend
but after all it was a holiday.
"The Killer Inside Me" Movie
Turkish Salad Recipe
 More Works-For-Me Wednesday tips * 1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes * 1 cup diced peeled cucumber * 1/2 cup minced fresh parsley * 1/3 cup green onion * 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice * 2 tablespoons water * 1 tablespoon olive oil * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper Season to taste. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and chill for at least 1 hour before serving.
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