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Randy D

Among your family members and your social circle, is there anyone who still refers to cars as “automobiles”? ~



It‘s 2020 already: time to let go. 


Posted - March 2, 2020
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  • 44659
    Me.
      March 2, 2020 8:47 PM MST
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  • 13395
    We call 'em a 'set of wheels'  "You need to get yourself a set of wheels'.
      March 2, 2020 9:09 PM MST
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  • 44659
    What if you only need one?

      March 3, 2020 10:37 AM MST
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  • 13395
    i'd like to see someone invent a wheel that could work like that one.
      March 3, 2020 10:49 AM MST
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  • 6988
    I have to pass the 'Grey Poopon' jar to my bro-in-law who has a restored '67  Corvette. He doesn't drive it, it just sits there looking good. 
      March 2, 2020 10:02 PM MST
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  • 10664
    Are you referring to my motor carriage or that jalopy out in the driveway? 
      March 2, 2020 11:04 PM MST
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  • 53531
    Cars in general. 
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      March 3, 2020 1:09 AM MST
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  • 10664
    Alas, it has finally happened.  I'm so old that my humor is lost on younger generations.  
      March 3, 2020 9:55 AM MST
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  • 4624
    Nope.
    Self in my 60's.
    Hubby in his 70's.
    No older relatives.
      March 2, 2020 11:44 PM MST
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  • No they all died ages ago. 
      March 3, 2020 6:42 AM MST
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  • 53531

     (Comma after the word “No”.)
      March 3, 2020 7:46 AM MST
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  • Okay thanks for letting me know. 
      March 3, 2020 7:55 AM MST
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  • 34479
    I do during tax season. That is how tax papers and most tax prep software refer to those expenses.
      March 3, 2020 10:20 AM MST
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  • I use the word automobile quite often.  I like the way it sounds and i like using non-conventional words because it keeps my vocabulary sharp.  I often use vintage words and phrases as well as foreign words or oddball regional colloquialisms.  I'm one of those people whom when everyone else is saying "couch"  I say "sofa"  if they say "lukewarm"  I say "tepid".  If they say Trump" I say "Azz-monkey".  I think you get the picture.
      March 3, 2020 10:33 AM MST
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  • 53531
    Davenport. 
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      March 4, 2020 6:04 AM MST
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