Photo prompt for Friday Fictioneers:
PHOTO PROMPT © Al Forbes
It’s so humiliating to be towed along behind these young whippersnapper machines that call themselves cars. Nothing but boxes, and they all look the same.
We had elegance, style, and pride in our appearance. We could go twelve miles per hour! We were amazing. People along the roadside would point and wave as we flew by.
Our owners were gorgeous, too! Large, shady hats that the ladies tied just under their ears, and dusters to cover their delicate summer gowns. The gentlemen wore dusters, too.
Those were the good old days!
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Loved the car reminiscing,
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Nice call back to an earlier (better?) time.
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Perhaps better in some ways. I’m not sorry that I don’t have to wear those big fancy hats and long dresses, though 🙂
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I dunno… having just watched the whole Downton Abbey series, I kinda wish hats would make a comeback!
Lovely story!!
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They really were quite beautiful, sometimes, and certainly gave one an air of distinction. But they sure mess up a hairdo 🙂
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Ahhh… but the hair was done in accordance to the hat, methinks. Mind you, they didn’t even remove them to eat lunch!
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True. It was certainly an ensemble, from head to toe 🙂 Did they remove gloves to eat lunch?
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Nope!
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Oy. They must have gone through LOTS of gloves!
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Oh yes! Gloves that went up past their elbows… then again those ones were part of the evening look. I have to recheck an episode to see what’s what!
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I have to say, I thought the blue gloves on Melania Trump on Inauguration Day were pretty cool. Maybe gloves will make a comeback
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Maybe!!
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That’s why hats went out — first for ladies and then for men when they started styling their hair.
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Neat. neat, NEAT! You captured the time period perfectly.
Five out of five Tin Lizzies.
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I love the point of view from the car.
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Thank you!
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Very similar to another story I just read. On the other hand, vintage cars are often transported to and from car shows on trailers to save wear and tear.
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Mike wrote a story much like mine. I reassured him that I wrote mine BEFORE I read his:)
We have car shows here all during the spring and through the fall. Lots of classics on the road as well as being towed. It’s amazing what folks have done to restore these cars.
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An expensive and time consuming activity to be sure. It’s cheaper for me to just blog.
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I liked the car’s POV, too.
I don’t know how others find it, but when I look up your blog (home page) both on my computer now and on my cell phone, I’m getting the Jan 3rd post (“Gone”). I’m none too tech-savvy, but this is odd.
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I don’t know either, Christine. I’ve fiddled and fiddled with settings, but they keep reverting back to an old post, always the same on. Not “Gone” though. Odd.
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Christine, the only thing I can think to tell you is to subscribe via email so you always get notification of the most recent post.
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Somehow it’s recording that as your Home page.
You and I have had our woes — is it that I’m too old for computers? I have been subscribed all along, but your posts stopped coming last week and now I see I wasn’t subscribed at all anymore. So i resubscribed and clinked on your link — and got the Jan 3rd post on Glen Campbell. Good thing you have the Recent Posts widget.
And somehow in all the messing now, I wiped out the top (ruler) bars of my browser where I have all my “Go to” buttons. Grrr!
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Last week I though I had installed a app on my computer; turns out I never did. Not a big deal, no loss, but aggravating just the same. I’m actually pretty comfortable with the computer, but every now and then something happens that leaves me sitting here saying, “What? What??”
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Enjoyed the piece 🙂
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Dear Linda,
Cute story. I’m sure that old car, if it could, would have some great stories to tell.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle, I got so caught up in my story that I had written 250 words before I remembered it was supposed to be only 100 🙂
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On the other hand – I have watched the London to Brighton run in the rain, and those open cars don’t look nearly so glamorous then!
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I’ll bet more than one fancy hat was ruined 🙂
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An elegant tribute to a more elegant time.
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Great voice, they were the good old days. (Although I like the convenience of my modern car)
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A beautifully told story of wonderful memories. Nicely done …
Isadora 😎
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Thank you 🙂
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Sweet memories of an old car. There are benefits to having a roof over your head, though. I used to hate wearing a hat to church every Sunday when many churches didn’t make it mandatory. Now I kind of wish hats would come back. It seems England’s queen and the Royals never gave up on them. They can be expensive, though. It was so classy when Jackie Kennedy, finding herself without a hat fastened a glove to the top of her head. Good writing, Gran. 😀 — Suzanne
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I didn’t know that little tidbit about Jackie. She certainly was elegant.
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