Re: Comments made in the year 1955

[Guest guest]

Kind of makes me feel guilty about all thos old-fashioned

early fifties VWs that our family (Hans and I) owned. My

parents even owned one Bentley (British; very 'foreign'!),

Thank you for the life, ,

love,

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> That's only 52 years ago!

> 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.'

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> 'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before

> $2000 will only buy a used one.'

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> 'If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack

> is ridiculous.'

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> 'Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to

> mail a letter?'

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> 'If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside

> help at the store.'

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> 'When I 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.'

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> '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

> Gable get by with saying 'damn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems

> every new movie has either 'hell' or 'damn' in it.

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> '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 '

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> '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.'

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> '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.'

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> 'It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to

> watch their kids so they can both work.'

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> 'Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem to be

> getting divorced at the drop of a hat.'

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> '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 congress.'

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> 'The drive- in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously

> doubt they will ever catch on.'

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> 'There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs

> nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel.'

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> 'No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too

> rich for my blood.'

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> 'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'

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> Know friends who would get a kick out of these? Pass it on!

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> Dr Spock, The man who single handedly began the destruction of our society.

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> Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

[Guest guest]

LOL! I loved these! Thanks for sharing!

hugz,cassy

Comments made in the year 1955

That's only 52 years ago!

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 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

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

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 $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.'

Know

friends who would get a kick out of these? Pass it

on!

Dr Spock, The

man who single handedly began the destruction of our

society.

Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

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