[OldDave]

Yes, Rob and Laura did live in New Rochelle. Rob's hometown was Danville, Illinois, (Dick Van Dyck's actual home town)

Old sayings:

I'll swan.
Laudy mercy.
Missed it by a country mile.
You were standing behind the barn door when the brains were passed out.
Turtle (meaning a car's truck) from my poor old step father from Arkansas.

[Cisco Kid]

Fine as frogs hair

[Cisco Kid]

I'll get after you like thunder after lightnin.

[Cisco Kid]

Bleedin' like a stuck hog

[Cisco Kid]

One lie brings the next one with it

[Cisco Kid]

Oil don’t wear out, just gits dirty.

[Cisco Kid]

They have a carburetor that gits 100 miles to a gallon, but the big oil companies bought it.

[Cisco Kid]

You could hear the chevy's rust"

[Cisco Kid]

Ford
Found on the road dead

[Cisco Kid]

"It's a doozy"

[Cisco Kid]

If you'd like to surprise her, get her a Kaiser.
If you'd like to amaze her, get her a Frazer.
Or... Just get her a Tucker.

[Cisco Kid]

"Red at Night, Sailor's Delight

[Cisco Kid]

"Red in the Morning, Sailors Take Warning"

[2BNTV]

It's just down the road apiece.

[LynnDeb]

Originally Posted by Pturner

I remember an old expression that is gratefully dead and gone:

"Children should be seen and not heard."

Thankfully, my parents never said that-- or saw it that way!

Oh yes my grandmother always said that