A timely thought

[sid]

As the days of analog timepieces fade into history, will the directions "Turn clockwise to tighten" soon lose all meaning?

Will the expression persist, complete with scholarly footnotes and diagrams?

What could possibly replace it?

Any youngsters out there who can give a current status report?

And, just for fun, what other words or phrases can you think of that belong to the past but live on in the present? (It's late, and all I can think of right now is "Hold your horses!")

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[lurkingcat]

I think CC is still the standard because the terminology made its way into email programs but one of the apprentices (they're all in the 16-19 age group) asked what it actually meant a few weeks ago and their tutor turned up in my server room to grumble that this made him feel old, which is why I remembered it when I saw the link to your post :)

And hello and thank you for asking the question! It's really interesting seeing what everyone else has thought of.

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[sid]

I was hoping that people would have a lot to say! :-)

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[lurkingcat]

I'm wondering about 'I wouldn't touch X with a barge pole' now. Not everyone seems to get what that one means any more.

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[sid]

Your average person doesn't run across too many barges, true!