Comments made in the year 1953
That's
only 55 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."