So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[F. J.]

Ford in colour . . .

We all know Henry was long dead when they produced the Mustang---that and it came in colors other than black.

There is some doubt about the veracity of the ‘only black’ quote, especially considering that prior to 1914, Ford cars were not produced in black at all, but were blue, green, grey, or red. Some body styles only came in certain colours, et vice versa; exempli gratia, red could only be had in touring cars. The 1913 cars were midnight blue but it can sometimes be difficult to tell the difference between it and black in period photographs. The reason that black was adopted was the simplicity and economy of producing them all the same colour, as Ford had perfected the assembly-line process about this time. Due to dropping sales figures, the ‘improved Model [T],’ produced in 1926 and 1927, resumed the colours, along with many other changes, to compete with other, newer designs, such as Chevrolet. Unfortunately, it was not as successful as hoped and was replaced by the Model A in 1928.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Due to dropping sales figures, the ‘improved Model [T],’ produced in 1926 and 1927, resumed the colours, along with many other changes, to compete with other, newer designs, such as Chevrolet. Unfortunately, it was not as successful as hoped and was replaced by the Model A in 1928.

A big part of sales dropping for Ford in the mid-twenties, of course, was a nationwide boycott of Ford products by Jewish-Americans and those Gentiles who sympathized with their cause. It wasn't the color of the cars that was the problem as much as it was Old Henry's incessant hatemongering in the pages of the Dearborn Independent. It's likely not coincidental that his "apology" for his remarks in 1927 came shortly before the marketing barrage announcing the introduction of the Model A.

 

[vitanola]

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A big part of sales dropping for Ford in the mid-twenties, of course, was a nationwide boycott of Ford products by Jewish-Americans and those Gentiles who sympathized with their cause. It wasn't the color of the cars that was the problem as much as it was Old Henry's incessant hatemongering in the pages of the Dearborn Independent. It's likely not coincidental that his "apology" for his remarks in 1927 came shortly before the marketing barrage announcing the introduction of the Model A.

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[MisterCairo]

I have run across another one of my pet peeves here on the lounge. It is the improper, incorrect, inexcusable and poorly used word, "like." The improper use of this word absolutely annoys me and I find myself biting my lip or tongue very often. "Like... you know..." "Nobody has used that word since like the 80's." "Like have you seen...."

If one is unsure of the definition or proper use of the word, "like", please visit the following link. The link will help shed some light on the word and when it is appropriate. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like

Thank you for allowing me to express my displeasure with the majority of people I encounter.

:eusa_clap

 

[sheeplady]

A big part of sales dropping for Ford in the mid-twenties, of course, was a nationwide boycott of Ford products by Jewish-Americans and those Gentiles who sympathized with their cause. It wasn't the color of the cars that was the problem as much as it was Old Henry's incessant hatemongering in the pages of the Dearborn Independent. It's likely not coincidental that his "apology" for his remarks in 1927 came shortly before the marketing barrage announcing the introduction of the Model A.

Dear old Henry must have finally realized their money was just as green.

 

[LuvMyMan]

Yeah, that drives me nuts too. Even more common are the people who wait for their order to be completely rung up BEFORE they slide their loyalty card and payment card. It's particularly galling on a busy day (the Friday afternoon before a three-day weekend, say) when every check stand has a line of half a dozen people waiting to check out. Oh, and THEN, after everything is bagged up and back in her shopping cart, she decides she'll write a check, so she digs through the long-spent lipstick tubes and snot rags in her purse to locate her checkbook and, oh, darn it, do you happen to have a pen? And when the clerk asks for ID, well, that's another procedure. And now there are nine people waiting in line behind her.

I've been behind THAT person a few times...and they will also want a LOTTO ticket to further garner more time with the cashier!

 

[Zombie_61]

I have run across another one of my pet peeves here on the lounge. It is the improper, incorrect, inexcusable and poorly used word, "like." The improper use of this word absolutely annoys me and I find myself biting my lip or tongue very often. "Like... you know..." "Nobody has used that word since like the 80's." "Like have you seen...."

If one is unsure of the definition or proper use of the word, "like", please visit the following link. The link will help shed some light on the word and when it is appropriate. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/like

Thank you for allowing me to express my displeasure with the majority of people I encounter.

 

[vitanola]

Leave it to an immigrant who speaks Yinglish to use "like" correctly. Now if he only knew the difference between "She" and "Her"!

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[tonyb]

I have my own usage and grammar pet peeves, but I try to keep in mind that popular usage eventually trumps, no matter my view on the matter. There was a time, for instance, when calling a woman "pretty" might have been taken as an insult.

I have come to accept, reluctantly, that "sketchy," which I define as "cursory, preliminary, not complete," means something quite different to a certain segment of the population, most of whom are at least a couple of decades younger than myself. For those people, it means something akin to "sleazy" or "disreputable."

 

[LizzieMaine]

I will never relent in my battle against overuse of the word "awesome." The correct phrase is "wicked decent."

 

[tonyb]

And I shall never relent in my battle against "literally" being used in a manner exactly contrary to its meaning, ("I literally died when I saw him with that skank," for instance, which, if literally true, would be the first known instance of a person literally speaking from the grave).

 

[tonyb]

I'm sure we can all think of examples while driving. For me, it's people who stop in the middle of multi-lane roads to try to let someone turn left in front of them. I try to be courteous, and I'm all for letting peple turn in front of me when I'm stopped. But don't stop moving traffic in one lane when it's obvious the person cannot turn until the traffic is stopped in all lanes. It just screws up the whole system.

Yup. And it creates a real hazard, too, because the vehicles traveling in the right lane (in the same direction as the "courteous" driver stopped in the left lane) may very well collide with that left-turning vehicle traveling in the opposite direction. That left-turning driver may well NOT even see the cars in the right lane because that stopped vehicle is blocking the view.

 

[Fading Fast]

Something is or is not unique; it can't be more, very or somewhat unique.

 

[tonyb]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but "vintage" would describe any piece actually manufactured in the period, and "retro" would apply to a new creation desinged to look period? At least that's how I've seen the term used. Of course, if something is old and used I just call it "old and used".

That's my take on it.

 

[tonyb]

How about unimaginative radio traffic reporters telling us the freeway is gridlocked?

It's a limited access highway. It has no intersections, no grid. Hence, there is no grid to lock.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I really hate the word "vintage," the way it gets used around here, with its connotations of super-reverent snobbishness. It's an old coat with holes in the pocket, probably slapped together by some poor immigrant woman in a Lower East Side sweatshop. It's not a finely-crafted relic woven from the carefully-selected hairs of sacred cashmere goats by a misty-eyed artisanal craftsman. The whole "vintage" thing is the most irritating kind of marketing hype, designed to sell stuff found in the moldy basement of Moe's Moth Mart or exhumed from dead people's attics for extortionate prices.

There, I got that out of my system.

 

[GHT]

Yeah, that drives me nuts too. Even more common are the people who wait for their order to be completely rung up BEFORE they slide their loyalty card and payment card.

That, the world revolves around me attitude, drives me nuts too. Strangely though, I have been viewed with suspicion because I pay cash. No cheque, no credit card, no loyalty card. They leave a footprint, I don't do direct debit either and those internet sales where they asterisk every field to be filled in, I don't give them anything more than they need. If the questions are just prying into my details I give a false piece of information.

A manageress of a supermarket told me that I probably had a poor credit rating, simply for not using credit cards. Like I should worry, no mortgage, no credit card debt, money in the bank, a credit rating? Like I said, I should worry.

I really hate the word "vintage," the way it gets used around here, with its connotations of super-reverent snobbishness. It's an old coat with holes in the pocket, probably slapped together by some poor immigrant woman in a Lower East Side sweatshop. It's not a finely-crafted relic woven from the carefully-selected hairs of sacred cashmere goats by a misty-eyed artisanal craftsman. The whole "vintage" thing is the most irritating kind of marketing hype, designed to sell stuff found in the moldy basement of Moe's Moth Mart or exhumed from dead people's attics for extortionate prices.

There, I got that out of my system.

Tell you what Lizzie, I feel exactly the same about the word classic when it's used to describe cars. It seems that classic is simply an age default. At some shows I've been to, there have been cars there that have dodged the crusher, clapped out rust buckets, that most people would have scrapped long ago. I have stopped going to "classic car shows" I prefer events that depict an era, where the fashions and gadgets of the day are the main topic, cars just being another gadget. I know everyone has their own definition of classic, but some of the cars that I have seen make the word classic, a euphemism: Rust ridden death traps, more like.

 

[sheeplady]

Yesterday I had the most trival experience in a hotel but it made me mad.

My husband and daughter were seated for breakfast and I was bringing food to the table for the three of us. This older woman walks up to me, points at a table and says, "I'm going to take this table. You're going to go get a rag and clean it off."

I just stared at her.

Obviously, she thought I worked there. But "you're going to go get a rag"? Really? If she had been nice, I would have corrected her and pointed her in the direction of a staff member. But "you're going to go get a rag"?

I kept staring at her until she said, "oh you don't work here" and walked away.

To make matters worse, she came up to me later and apologized for "embarrassing me for thinking" i "worked there." I've never been embarrassed about being asked if I worked someplace. Normally I see it as a compliment.

I am kicking myself for not saying more than "why would I ever be embarrassed for working in a fine hotel like this one?"

Total lack of class.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That's the kind of patron who'll end up getting something extra in her coffee.

 

[sheeplady]

That's the kind of patron who'll end up getting something extra in her coffee.

I hope so. I wasn't offended that she was rude to me, but that she would be rude to someone who worked there like *that.*

Apparently she then looked me over and decided I was above the unwashed masses of hotel employees. I can guarantee that unless she is an heiress (and if she's an heiress she wouldn't be staying in a hampton inn) there's plenty of people who make as much or more than she does working for that hotel chain.