Comments made in 1955

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. ‘
>
> ‘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.’

> ‘If cigarettes keep going up in
> price, I’m going to quit; 20 cents
> a pack is ridiculous. ‘
>
> ‘Did you hear the post office is
> thinking about charging 7 cents
> 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 25 cents a gallon.
> Guess we’d be better off leaving
> the car in the garage.’
>
> ‘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
> $50,000 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.’
>
> ‘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
> government.’

>
> ‘The drive-in restaurant is
> convenient in nice weather,
> but I seriously doubt they
> will ever catch on.’

>
> ‘There is no sense going on short
> trips anymore for a weekend. It
> costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay
> in a hotel.’
>
> ‘No one can afford to be sick
> anymore. At $15.00 a day in
> the hospital, it’s too rich for
> my blood.’
>
>
>
> ‘If they think I’ll pay 30 cents
> for a hair cut, forget it.’
>