"Only 55 years ago" - A good laugh, sort of ....

[Old Fart]

Remember.......EVERYTHING is relative, when kept in its proper perspective !!!

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 $10.00. ‘

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‘Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?
It won’t be long before $1, 000.00 will only buy a used one.’

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‘If cigarettes keep going up in price, I’m going to quit; 20 cents a pack is ridiculous. ‘

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‘Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging 7 cents just to mail a letter.’

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‘If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, 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 25 cents a gallon.
Guess we’d be better off leaving the car in the garage.’

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‘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.’

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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 $50,000 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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‘I’m afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole 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 government.’

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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 on short trips anymore for a weekend.
It costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay in a hotel.’

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‘No one can afford to be sick anymore.
At $15.00 a day in the hospital, it’s too rich for my blood.’

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‘If they think I’ll pay 30 cents for a haircut, forget it.’

 

[348]

Are these comments you personally made?

 

[kdlong]

Just think what they would say today about how things are going.

 

[Buddhaman]

Consider the cost of living, how most people only made $1 an hour or less, those can all be cost adjusted for today.

 

[Mos Eisley]

I'm not thinking that far back but I remember going to McDonalds in what had to be like 1970 and it was still just a hamburger stand in Kansas City with no indoor dining. They also had specials once a month or so where you could buy a sack full of hamburgers at 5 cents a piece and cheesebugers were 10 cents. Don't remember what the everyday price was but I do remember thinking it was crazy the first time they charged more than a dollar for one. I remember my Mom b*tching the first time a candy bar hit 25 cents as well.

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[reddog1]

That was a GREAT post.... good reading!!

 

[ronny]

In 1956, my first car was $50 and I had to work all summer to get enough to buy it. Of course, I spent a little having fun.

I made $.50 an hour and didn't get paid overtime.

"Minimum what"?

Gas as low as $.13 during gas wars. $.18 usually.

My Mother would have loved it if I had paid her $.30 for a haircut.

And the snow was at least 2 feet deep.

Oh, well. I'm sure I'm boring you by now. All things are relative.

 

[BadgeBunny]

I remember hearing my granddad (he owned a Chrysler dealership in Shawnee) cussing those Volkswagens ... he was really worried about them ... lol

 

[338Shooter]

Back in my day we had to hit the women in the head with a club to get them back to our caves.

 

[keensaber]

Those are pretty funny. I bet in 50 years people will look at our quotes and get a good laugh as well.