Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) Beheading words p. 172
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
OP Dear Bingley: I have heard of "lead-footed" drivers, but not the expression you mentioned. When I was small, the expression for someone driving too fast was "forty miles an hour". For purposes of exaggeration "going like sixty".
You didn't expect anyone to believe that.
My father had a six cylinder Peerless, with one of the first broad bore, short stroking engines.I remember his going 96 mph on a long straight stretch, when I was perhaps ten years old. Some of the Stanley Steamers at that time could go faster, but I never had a ride in one. Allegedly the builder offered a cash reward to anyone who dared floor and hold the accelerator on one of those. No internal combustion engine of the time could match it. But it took several hours to get the steam pressure up, and you had to be sure you could get pure water for the boiler before you had gone very far.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ![]()
p. 172
wwh 07/28/03 04:08 PM ![]()
Re: tons
Wordwind 07/28/03 04:15 PM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 07/28/03 05:45 PM ![]()
Re: tons
Faldage 07/28/03 06:02 PM ![]()
Re: tons
Wordwind 07/29/03 10:39 PM ![]()
Re: tons
maverick 07/29/03 11:24 PM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 07/30/03 02:20 AM ![]()
Re: tons
Bingley 07/30/03 07:13 AM ![]()
Re: tons
Buffalo Shrdlu 07/30/03 11:01 AM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 07/30/03 01:05 PM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 07/30/03 01:40 PM ![]()
Re: tons
Wordwind 07/31/03 12:31 AM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 07/31/03 01:56 AM ![]()
Re: tons
Faldage 07/31/03 12:04 PM ![]()
Re: tons
of troy 07/31/03 12:12 PM ![]()
Re: tons
Wordwind 07/31/03 12:27 PM ![]()
Re: tons
of troy 07/31/03 12:33 PM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 07/31/03 01:19 PM ![]()
Re: tons
Wordwind 07/31/03 01:41 PM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 07/31/03 02:24 PM ![]()
Re: tons
Wordwind 08/01/03 08:57 PM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 08/01/03 10:50 PM ![]()
Re: tons
Wordwind 08/02/03 10:50 AM ![]()
Re: tons
wwh 08/02/03 01:14 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,432Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 410 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 18
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,600tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,922Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org