Comments Made in the Year 1955

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Comments Made in the Year 1955! That's 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

> $2,000.00 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 $1.00, 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 of 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 hair cut,

> forget it.'

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Ah the good old days, I remember them well!!!!

[Jasman0717 9]

> 'If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going

> to quit. A quarter a pack

> is ridiculous.

I know this isn't correct. I used to go to the store as a six year old and buy cigarettes for my brother and they cost ten cents for non-filters (Camels) and eleven cents for filters (Winstons)

[Danno 1,228]

Ah the good old days, I remember them well!!!!

I'm not old enough to say I remember them (I wasn't born yet) but it does seem like if you look at stats (and personal experience) things are going down hill (as a whole) with each decade.

For many, denial is sweet though.

[Peikko 1,575]

Ah the good old days, I remember them well!!!!

I'm not old enough to say I remember them (I wasn't born yet) but it does seem like if you look at stats (and personal experience) things are going down hill (as a whole) with each decade.

For many, denial is sweet though.

As you pointed out correctly.

What 'things' would these be then? I am still waiting to hear about the 'golden age' from which this steady decline can be recorded.

Societies change. Most change over the last 100 years has been driven by capitalism.