Fw: Comments Made In 1957! (fwd)

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> > Comments that were made in the year 1957:

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> > " 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 $5000 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 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. "

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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. "

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> > " 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

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> > man on the moon by the end of the 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. "

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> > " 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

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> > lot of foreign business. "

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> > " 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

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> > 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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