Serendipity. The word 'charabanc' can't be that long obsolete - I've just heard it used in an episode of 'Dalziel and Pascoe': "Glory Days" (first broadcast on 13 March 2006).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=eRgT8uytLtE at approximately 4:45 minutes into the clip. Chris Bruce, thinking of Dylan Thomas while listening for 'aerodrome', in Kiel, Germany -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html