Thought everyone would enjoy this.
Comments made in the
year 1955
"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep
going the way they are, it's going to be
impossible to buy a week's groceries for
$20."
"Have you seen the new cars coming
out next year? It won't be long before
$2000 will only buy a used one."
"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm
going to quit. A quarter a pack is
ridiculous."
"Did you hear the post office is thinking
about charging a dime just to mail a
letter?"
"If they raise the minimum wage to $1,
nobody will be able to hire outside help
at the store."
"When I first started driving, who would
have thought gas would someday cost
29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better
off leaving the car in the garage."
"Kids today are impossible. Those duck
tail hair cuts make it impossible to stay
groomed. Next thing you know, boys
will be wearing their hair as long as the
girls."
"I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies
any more. Ever since they let Clark
Gable get by with saying 'damn' in
'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every
new movie has either "hell" or "damn" in
it.
"I read the other day where some
scientist thinks it's possible to put a
man on the moon by the end of the
century They even have some fellows
they call astronauts preparing for it
down in Texas."
"Did you see where some baseball
player just signed a contract for
$75,000 a year just to play ball? It
wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll
be making more than the president."
"I never thought I'd see the day all our
kitchen appliances would be electric.
They are even making electric
typewriters now."
"It's too bad things are so tough
nowadays. I see where a few married
women are having to work to make
ends meet."
"It won't be long before young couples
are going to have to hire someone to
watch their kids so they can both work."
"Marriage doesn't mean a thing any
more; those Hollywood stars seem to be
getting divorced at the drop of a hat."
"I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is
going to open the door to a whole lot of
foreign business."
"Thank goodness I won't live to see the
day when the Government takes half
our income in taxes. I sometimes
wonder if we are electing the best
people to government.
"The drive-in restaurant is convenient in
nice weather, but I seriously doubt they
will ever catch on."
"There is no sense going to Lincoln or
Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs
nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."
"No one can afford to be sick any more;
$35 a day in the hospital is too rich for
my blood."
"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair
cut, forget it."
Deane
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