Comments made in the year 1955--Only 53 years ago!

Comments made in the year 1955--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 $20.00."


"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year?  It won't be long before you can't get one for $2,000.00.

 
"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 nickel just to mail a letter?"


"If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, 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 $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 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 $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel."


"No one can afford to be sick anymore; at $35.00 a day in the hospital it's too rich for my blood."


"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a haircut, forget it."
 
 
Pretty scary what the future will hold when you look at the last 53 years.
 
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10 Comments on Comments made in the year 1955--Only 53 years ago!

Great post... I am still shaking my head, yikes, think of what our kids will think of our era.

05/01/2008 08:52 AM by Kim Kelley (Coldwell Banker Sky Ridge Realty)


That IS a great post. I remember all those things.   I remember paying 25 cents for gas. 

05/01/2008 08:58 AM by Kay Perry (Classic Realty/GMAC)


LOL Ron....think of 50 years from now when they are paying $50 gal for gas....LOL

05/02/2008 04:27 AM by BLRGUY(Beach & Luxury Realty Inc)


Pretty Amazing...lets you know what another 50 years will be.WOW

05/03/2008 08:39 AM by Aundrea Damrell (Pennington Realty Company)


I remember Dad paying 18 cents for gas and then getting a dinner plate or a glass as a bonus!

05/03/2008 08:56 AM by William Feela Whispering Pines Realty (Whispering Pines Realty)


Those are some great quotes. Wew've still got a set of those Texaco Santa Claus glasses. Maybe I'll ebay 'em.

05/03/2008 06:31 PM by Gene Wunderlich - Selling Southwest California Homes / Temecula & Murrieta (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage)


Thank you everyone for your comments; seeing the changes in our country in the last 53 years brings a new perspective on what the future holds for our children and grand children. Lets hope for the best and play it by ear for now...LOL

05/05/2008 09:03 AM by Ronald Miller (MPoint Mortgage Services)


I can picture my dad saying some of these.  Thanks for that!

05/06/2008 07:28 AM by Sandra Workman ABR, CNHS, QSC, RCC (Speckman Realty Inc., GMAC)


Ronald, I like the electric typewriters comment - most kids today don't even know what a typewritter is.

05/06/2008 07:07 PM by Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates)


Ahhh, the good old days!  I remember my grandmother asking why do grown men get paid so much just for hitting and catching a ball?  I think we are all starting to sound like our grandparents.  LOL

05/10/2008 08:27 AM by Brigita McKelvie - Lehigh Valley, PA, Residential & Horse Properties (Vision Realty Group)


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