Ouch! Old timer?? hahahaha yeah I guess sooooo count me in on that one!! Yes indeed on sea hunt they did call them flippers!! I grow up watching every show without a miss and I have the entire set on DVD now...... and Mike Nelson called them his flippers...... but I still call them fins!! I like the idea about feeding the students small fish...... You know terminology does change..... I remember a few words we used to use as a kid that mean something totally different now..... Gay and thongs come to mind right off!!! :) use both of those in a sentence in a public area and you will get some odd looks!!