Re: WORDS WE NO LONGER USE -
78s, 45s, 33s -- try explaining a record player and speeds to a kid today.
Coke in the machines with the lids you opened and slid your soda out -- in a glass bottle.
Wringer (washing machine).
Dude before it became duuuuude.
Woodie to describe a car as opposed to a male state of mind.
Our grandkids are not going to believe what we did at drive-ins. They'll all be flea markets.
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Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)
"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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