ebinmaine 67,462 #1 Posted February 17, 2023 An anachronism is an error in which something in a movie, story, etc., is placed in a time where it does not belong. Anachronism can also refer to a person or a thing that seems to belong to the past and to not fit in the present. There have been many occasions when I've felt I was an anachronism and should have been in an earlier simpler time. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,552 #2 Posted February 17, 2023 A Haiku... Pond Wheel Horse tractors Day week month year going strong Anachronism 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,212 #3 Posted February 17, 2023 For those of us who are old enough to remember the Roy Rogers show on TV the appearance of his sidekick Pat Rodgers driving "NellyBelle" in a wild west show would qualify as an anachronism. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,846 #4 Posted February 17, 2023 “Hey kid. What’s with the life preserver?” 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peter lena 8,622 #5 Posted February 17, 2023 @953 nut not only remember ROY ROGERS , saw GENE AUTRY , at madison square garden , when he was the MAN , remember all lights out . then a single spot light on him and horse , biggest star of the times , totally different era . must have been 8-9 years old , pete 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenneth R Cluley 515 #6 Posted February 17, 2023 Remember being at PA. State Fair with my Grandpa and getting a genuine "plastic" silver bullet from "The Lone Ranger". Must have been 7 or 8. What a thrill for me! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 15,448 #7 Posted February 17, 2023 Back to anachronism... I recently read a fictional book by one of my favorite authors. The setting was 1965 Biloxi Mississippi, and a category 5 hurricane had just destroyed the coast. The anachronism that I discovered was that the writer stated that the National Guard handed out cases of bottled water. Unless they were handing out Perrier, cases of plain bottled water was still about a decade into the future. I know, it's just fiction... 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,462 #8 Posted February 17, 2023 1 minute ago, rmaynard said: know, it's just fiction Fiction or not, if it's trying to be accurate. It should be.... One of the things I like the most about the author Louis L'Amour is that he tried his best to create a story in a geographical environment that was real. If he said there was a rock, tree, creek, town, mountain etc... Odds are about 99% it was really there during the timing of the story. He wasn't entirely without anachronisms, but he did his best. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sergeant 291 #9 Posted February 17, 2023 28 minutes ago, rmaynard said: Back to anachronism... I recently read a fictional book by one of my favorite authors. The setting was 1965 Biloxi Mississippi, and a category 5 hurricane had just destroyed the coast. The anachronism that I discovered was that the writer stated that the National Guard handed out cases of bottled water. Unless they were handing out Perrier, cases of plain bottled water was still about a decade into the future. I know, it's just fiction... England had the first water Bottling plant in 1622 1st Plastic water Bottles available commercially was 1947. But More than Likely it would have been Canned water in 1965 being handed out by the National Guard But Might Have been glass Bottles though as Saratoga Springs water company had been Bottling water since the 1870s did the author specifically say Plastic water Bottles Because it could have been cases of Glass Bottled water Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 15,448 #10 Posted February 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, sergeant said: Did the author specifically say Plastic water Bottles Because it could have been cases of Glass Bottled water Having been awhile since reading, I don't remember the specifics. He also referred to blue plastic tarps and bags of ice. All things that I don't remember having in 1965. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sergeant 291 #11 Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, rmaynard said: Having been awhile since reading, I don't remember the specifics. He also referred to blue plastic tarps and bags of ice. All things that I don't remember having in 1965. I was Only a Year old myself Then, But I remember 1968 Pretty well, Hoping Mom and Dad would Make it Back from Vietnam! Dad was a 1st Lieutenant in an SF Unit 2nd Tour and 1st as an Officer, Mom was an Air force Nurse at an E-vac Hospital Edited February 18, 2023 by sergeant 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
