A group of men would arrive at the
Buggy Whip early Sunday morning and air out and sweep the hall and set up chairs, a portable altar and organ, in preparation of the three Masses that were celebrated there.
Rothschild had a vision of his own, and it convinced him that furniture retailing was heading the way of the
buggy whip. So he started Applied Interactive to help companies use the Internet to improve their revenues.
"They're part of America's past, like
buggy whip makers and the middle class." Then, Colbert unveiled the story behind the blockbuster Ga.
Composing has gone the way of the
buggy whip, and the presses are miles away in Millbury.
Last season's king and queen were Sheila and Cliff Granger of Grafton; entertainment was provided by the Wayside In-Steppers, and the event was catered by the
Buggy Whip.
Clearly, society has lost a vital link in public communication when the live telling of a joke mano-a-mano goes the way of the
buggy whip and Major Bowes' Amateur Hour.
She came to Grafton with her husband in 1953 and together they founded
Buggy Whip Caterers which they passed on to their son Joe who continues to operate the business.
Even if its original purpose has gone with the
buggy whip, it is a familiar sight to generations of Worcesterites and a quaint comment on an era that has vanished.
If you believe new data from the National Association of Realtors' Buyer/Seller Survey, for-sale-by-owner transactions -- popularly known as FSBOs ("Fizzbos") -- appear to be on the same trendline as
buggy whips: They've just hit their all-time low of 7 percent as a share of total home-sale transactions.
I realize that limericks may have gone the way of
buggy whips, but I am always hopeful some day they may make a comeback.
The United States, on the other hand, by stepping back from its previous drive toward more renewable energy, is like the guy who invested in
buggy whips just as the automobile was coming on the scene.