Comments Made In The Year 1955

[Gina]

Someone sent me this email so I am sharing it, looking back in time they thought things were bad back then.




We take so much for granted these days that we forget the tough times in our earlier years.

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.'

If you know any friends who would get a kick out of these,
pass this on!
Be sure and send it to your kids and grandkids!

[DianaB]

I'd give almost anything to be able to go back to those days!!!! I'm sure that it seemed hard but I think that the 50's were one of the best times to live in.

[judy]

Very cool Gina!