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 $20."
"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It
won't be long before $2000 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, 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 just 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 a night to stay in a hotel."
"No one can
afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my
blood."
"If they
think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."