Comments made in 1955.

[TitanFan59]

Comments made in the year 1955:
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>"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."
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>"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long
before
>$2000 will only buy a used one."
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>"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a
pack
>is ridiculous."
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>"Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to

>mail a letter?"
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>"If they raise the minimum wage to $1, 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
>29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the
garage."
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>"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."
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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
$75,000
>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 are 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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>"Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem to
be
>getting divorced at the drop of a hat."
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>"I'm just 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 congress."
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>"The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously

>doubt they will ever catch on."
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>"There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It
>costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."
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>"No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is
too
>rich for my blood."
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>"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."

[37L1]

My Dad said the last one, bought a pair of clippers and I had a "buzz cut" until my Mom put her foot down! LMFAO now!

Man, those were some bad haircuts back then, hurt too. Don't think the money he "saved" even paid for the cost of the clippers.

[budhound]

What's funny is now we are like:

It's going to be cool when cars can fly.

I can't beleive they paid that guy $225 mil to play Baseball.

The big 3 are going broke and the foreigners are taking over.

If the all the Chinese had canoes and attacked the US, what would we do?
- That's a theory a friend of mine has.
- Think about it. There are some many of them, what would we do?

I ran out of sayings. Dammit. That's what work will do for you.

[Gladius]

Originally Posted by budhound

What's funny is now we are like:

If the all the Chinese had canoes and attacked the US, what would we do?
- That's a theory a friend of mine has.
- Think about it. There are some many of them, what would we do?

I don't know, but at least California goes first.

[BullseyeBob]

Hello,
I remember hearing just about all of those from my family growing up. Thanks for the memories.

[92TripleBlack]

Gas was 12 cents in 1955.
A Chevy Bel Aire was $1888, Ford Fairlane was $2150 and did 0-60 in 13 seconds.
Even after the Bush Tax cuts, the average American still pays more in taxes as a % of income than they did during the height of World War 2. Under Clinton, it was at an all time high. Federal Income tax first started at the turn of the century.

[37L1]

Originally Posted by 92TripleBlack

. Federal Income tax first started at the turn of the century.

1913 . . . .

Pagerdaddy remembers it well.

[browndude3649]

Originally Posted by Gladius

I don't know, but at least California goes first.

Chinese might own cali
But you know Mexican pride will own Texas

[Blackbeauty]

And on it goes....

When I was little (in the '70's) I had a paper route, bought my own clothes for school, bikes, etc. I built model cars. I remember paying a dime for those little bottles of paint. I complained when it went to 15 cents. At 19 cents, I started fading out. When it went to 25 cents a bottle, I said, "I can't afford this hobby anymore!" and hung it up. Now, I see they're $2.19 each @ Wal*Mart!

Ahhhh.... progress.

[P's Titan]

Originally Posted by Gladius

I don't know, but at least California goes first.

That's a scary thought.. Im 2 miles from the ocean.

[Blackbeauty]

Originally Posted by P's Titan

That's a scary thought.. Im 2 miles from the ocean.

I thought I read somewhere once that everything EAST of the San Andreas fault will eventually fall into the Atlantic Ocean....

[grunge311]

Originally Posted by Blackbeauty

I thought I read somewhere once that everything EAST of the San Andreas fault will eventually fall into the Atlantic Ocean....

tool Aenima

Here in this hopeless ****ing hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any ****ing time. Any ****ing day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

[TitanFan59]

Moms gonna fix it all soon
Moms coming round to put it back the way it ought to be

[budhound]

Moma said, "Life is like a box of sh@#" it smells funny and people laugh at you when you carry it around. HA

Oh yeah, the Chinese are very sneakey people.