Funny......yet sad...55 years ago....


Comments made in the year 1955!
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 $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 in Texas .

'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.'

Know any friends who would get a kick out of these, pass this on! Be sure and send it to your kids and grand kids too!

LOL!

The sad thing for me is I remember all of them!:)

So true.

I remember hearing these being said 55 years ago. OMG I am getting so old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yea ditter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

Ditter, I love the stuff you post....This hit close to home as I remember a lot of them. Keep them coming. Blessings

I remember when I first started driving and gas was $.97 a gallon. I hate going to the gas station now.

In 1955, my daddy was in a coal mine accident, my mom was Charlie McCoy's domestic help that year and I ran a nail slap through my foot! See, some things you just don't want to remember. others are a delight. That's what weaves our lives into the beautiful tapestry. Weren't you the one who posted something about that, Ditter? You are so much fun.

Blessing,
Ruth

'55 .... i was still recovering from polio, but i remember all that chit-chat. and finding out how much had changed when i started going out and about

When I went to college in 74, gas prices in SanDiego was .50/gal... I could fill my VW for $5.... now, I can't fill it for less than $30 same car...

My good gosh aint that the truth.

:D I was only 2 in 1955, but I do remember jars of baby food being on sale for a nickle a jar. Sometimes on sale 2 for a nickle. Amd there would be gas wars going on @ Service Stations and you could find gas for 19 cents a gallon! :shock: What a deal! I am honestly glad that my Granny is not here today to see how things are. Bless her little heart, she would have had a fit. She thought a woman wearing pants meant that she was trashy. :D I do miss her though. Boy the stories she could tell of how it was back in her day!

I was born in Sept 55 so no I don't remember these! LOL When my dad closed his gas station in 73 we had full service at 59.9 and mini service was 54.9 that was my first real job. Full service you pumped the gas and automatically checked the oil and the battery and added water and oil when needed and you cleaned the windows. Mini service I still pumped the gas but didn't check fluids or wipe the windows. This was the precursor of self service.

I was born on Sept 30 55 the same day Buddy Holly died.

The scary thing -- I remember SAYING some of those things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my parents weren't even born back then.... i kindof wish i had lived back then. i hate how everyone is in a hurry to get no where and people are so hung up on material things and upgrading this and that. i'd love to spend all day cooking from scratch and looking after the house/kids while hubby is off earning $$. a lot of the good things got replaced by new technology and i often wonder what it would have been like before that happened. sounds like there are a lot of people on here who have a lot of wisdom to share and experiences that my generation can never have.

Me too. I was married in 1955. By 1958 we had 2 children and my 'house' money for the week was bugeted for $20. I was so happy when there were 5 weeks in a month because I had $20 for extras. May in Jersey