kgf3076

Which actually makes a great deal of sense. Once upon a time (how's that for a start?), payphones were a nickel (and it wasn't that long ago). If you dialed Zero for the operator, your nickel was returned.

buckeyesue

Well, it makes sense to me, but let's see if it makes sense to Maury.

I'm not really sure if it sounds like "Save five cents" or not since we can't hear Maury say it.

I do remember this type of phone call, though, a phone call placed through the operator--"person to person" call, rather than a "station to station" call. If the person you asked to speak to wasn't there, you did not have to pay for the phone call.

I imagine a number of families used this kind of "coded" phone call so that they didn't have to pay for the call.

Here is a humorous look at the situation:

http://www.poeticamagazine.com/helenbarlevstory.htm

Jumpy Guy

Confirmed with the "queen" my 92 yr old mom and she says it's definatly a Yiddush word. Thanks for the help guys it was worth a trip down memory lane.

kgf3076

Okay, some more vanishing words.

Sony Betamax
VCR
CRT (cathode ray tube)
Kodak Brownie
Flashbulbs
Polaroid (but may be making a comeback)
Gangster white-walls
White walls in general
Baby Moon hubcaps
440-Six Pack

Jumpy Guy

You won't let this die, so how about
The little plastic thingy's used on 45 records so they would fit the spindle.
"Butch Stick" a wax used on the front of your crew cut to keep it straight.
SRA readers in elementary school
Being in charge of cleaning the chalk off of the erasers

ralper

I thought that the kids who cleaned the blackboards were called blackboard monitors and the kids who took the erasers to the vacuum machine were called eraser monitors. I don't think they do any of this anymore because of the concerns about the chalk dust. In keeping with this idea another word I hope our grand children won't ever hear is asbestos.

Based on recent trends they might not hear the word marriage either. Or two parent family. Rather sad development I think.

kgf3076

videotape
spindle adapters (10 for a buck, to name the plastic thingies )
78 RPM records
Vinyl records (but they're coming back)
vacuum tubes (ditto)
incandescent light-bulbs
Vitalis
Dick and Jane
McGuffey Readers
Dunce caps (make enough for every house member please)
Ink wells in school desks
Fountain pens with ink cartridges
Sock Hops
Sadie Hawkins Day Dances

ralper

How about

Record shop
Milinary shop
Hat shop
Men's store
Custom tailor
Sole practitioner
Habadashery
Newspaper
Trade union
Needle trades
Linotype operator
Type setter
Printer (the occupation, not the device)
Repair (instead of replace)

S1997

Pedoscope

Jumpy Guy

Wow, hi-tech schools in New York! We went outside and beat the erasers against the wall to clean them. That way we could directly inhale the dust. And Rob, you're so right about marriage, don't even want to go there.