Re: New member, setting off on a crazy adventure... PICS!!!
Posted by NeedsRestoration On 2017/12/12 20:26:09
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My mistake - you are right and I was wrong!
As you correctly point out, in todays use of language, ALL things are "classic" ! Please forgive me for being so far "behind the times".
I should know better - Wife & I just got back from the grocery store where we picked up (each product's labels were quite clear) amongst other things, some "CLASSIC" macaroni salad", some CLASSIC" shoe laces, Lay's CLASSIC Potato Chips, and Signature's CLASSIC Potato Salad.
Fewer and fewer products and services are NOT called "CLASSIC" - in fact, even dictionaries printed in recent years confirm the modern trend as to how correct you are and how mistaken I was to discuss this.
There WAS a time when the word "classic" was defined as something "unique, of first rank, representing the highest standards of quality and elegance". A design theory in which "form follows function", so that a headlight, a grill, a fender, a running board on a car - each part separate and defined by its function.
I have to "get with the program"
Bottom line - I need to wake up and get with the times.
DrMorbius wrote:
Whoa! When I said Classic Packards I meant all Packards
any classic car whether it be a Hudson, Plymouth, Buick, Cadillac or whatever,
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My mistake - you are right and I was wrong!
As you correctly point out, in todays use of language, ALL things are "classic" ! Please forgive me for being so far "behind the times".
I should know better - Wife & I just got back from the grocery store where we picked up (each product's labels were quite clear) amongst other things, some "CLASSIC" macaroni salad", some CLASSIC" shoe laces, Lay's CLASSIC Potato Chips, and Signature's CLASSIC Potato Salad.
Fewer and fewer products and services are NOT called "CLASSIC" - in fact, even dictionaries printed in recent years confirm the modern trend as to how correct you are and how mistaken I was to discuss this.
There WAS a time when the word "classic" was defined as something "unique, of first rank, representing the highest standards of quality and elegance". A design theory in which "form follows function", so that a headlight, a grill, a fender, a running board on a car - each part separate and defined by its function.
I have to "get with the program"
Bottom line - I need to wake up and get with the times.
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