Comments made in the
year 1955 That's only 53 years
ago!
'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 .00.'
'Have you seen the
new cars coming
out next year? It won't be long before , 000.00 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
.00, 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 ,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 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
congress.'
'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 .00 a night to stay in
a
hotel.'
'No one can afford
to be sick anymore,
at .00 a day in the hospital it's too rich for my
blood.'
'If they think I'll
pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'
"I know, but I had a better year than (President Herbert) Hoover." - 1930 Babe Ruth response to his salary of ,000 being more than the President's ,000