What they were saying 54 Years Ago!

That's only 54 years ago!  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  $10.00. 'Have you seen the new cars  coming out next year? It won't  be long before $1,000.00 will  only buy a used one. 'If cigarettes keep going up in  price, I'm going to quit. 20 cents  a pack is ridiculous. 'Did you hear the post office is  thinking about charging 7 cents  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 25 cents a gallon.  Guess we'd be better off leaving  the car in the garage. '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  $50,000 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. '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  government. 'The drive-in restaurant is  convenient in nice weather,  but I seriously doubt they  will ever catch on. 'There is no sense going on short  trips anymore for a weekend. It  costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay  in a hotel. 'No one can afford to be sick  anymore. At $15.00 a day in  the hospital, it's too rich for  my blood.' 'If they think I'll pay 30 cents  for a hair cut, forget it.'