cpnegrad said:You really ARE a codger!!
Hey! Some of us resemble that remark.
cpnegrad said:You really ARE a codger!!
codgerbill said:The navy term for a place that served ice cream or sweets on the ship was called a "ge-dunk..I wonder where that came from?
Molaker said:Gedunk - A bit more "official" source.
4ducksrus said:Margi,
California used to have a lot of Prune Orchards and so that's where the Prune Picker came from. I'm sure a lot of us "older" Californians will remember cutting cots. That's something I remember doing as a small child while visiting relatives in Delano, CA. As for Language and meanings...My grandma always said, "lord willing and the crick don't rise" Whatever that meant, was her way of saying she'd get to it if she could!!
falconhunter said:Not really a north or south phrase but my father told me the term ?the whole nine yards? was actually an air force term. The length of a belt of ammo on a spitfire 50 cal. machine gun was nine yards long so when you gave someone the whole nine yards you emptied your machine gun on them.
Warning lights? What warning lights? Our dash did have some dim lights that came on when you turned on the headlights, but no warning lights. Guess my folks of generation weren't idiots, huh? But, automobiles did bring along some new words to munch on such as "Fire-Dome V8", "Hydrostatic transmission", "Rocket 88", "rumble seat"...Oh dear. This maybe should be a whole new thread.Terier said:When I was growing up the warning lights on the car's dashboard were called "idiot lights".