Contributed by Dave Jensen

 

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 $2,000.00 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're 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 fast food restaurant is 
                  convenient for a quick meal, 
                  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.