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 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 inTexas…”
“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 t han 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
My grandparents had my dad in 1955, I’ll have to pass this along to them.
My grandpa loves stuff like this.
Thanks Bill!
The funny thing is, $2,000.00 can still buy a used car.
I sent this to my pops.
He was livin large in '55.
15 years old and his favorite team won the World Series.
The BROOKLYN Dodgers
For the REVERSE of this here’s an article by Bill Simmons where he writes a letter to his 1982 self about how wonderful things are for sports fans these days, compared to just 25 years ago.
A. If you live on the West Coast and root for an East Coast team, you won’t be able to watch them on certain Sundays because Fox blacks out their East Coast telecasts on the West Coast. You might miss 8-10 games a year. Out of 162. You will complain about this.
Hilarious stuff…
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/0711130&sportCat=nfl
Stevo