Cars and Buzz Words | DearDiary.Net

In 1920, cars were in their infancy. Okay, toddlerhood. . . Oh all right, they had been around a while, but one look at them, and you could tell, aerodynamics was NOT an issue.

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Here they are exploring the wilderness...

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Hey if your top speed was... I don't know what it was...47 miles an hour? then you didn't really need to fuss about wind drag TOO much. They all looked like rolling cracker boxes.

Hmmm....

Wait a minute....

There's something familiar about that mental image...

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I knew it. Only ours has all those rounded edges.

But still, there is an eerie resemblance eh?

In other observations,

In 1920, although I don't think the term had been coined yet, there was a ubiquitous buzz word. I mean it was applied to almost everything. It got to be comical after a while...

The word?

'Dainty'.

It was everywhere....

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I was GOING to go through all 225 pages and count them, but that sort of sounded a little... obsessive/compulsive, so you will have to take my word for it.

It is very much like our modern buzz word.... 'green', or it's obnoxious cousin, 'eco-friendly'. Words that are applied to some really goofy products sometimes. It's sort of like when advertisers brag about something like strawberry jam being ... "FAT FREE!".

Lordy.

I think advertisers haven't changed one iota in 90 years.

Except for their choice of words.

This diary entry created with eco-friendly pixilation.

(You need some dainty psychiatric help.

I know just the quack.)

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