In 1955: What did people say about new cars?
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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 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.’
NOTE FROM JACKIE*(When I started in the business in 1985- haircuts were 6.00). Today is 2011 and they are at least 10.00 and up.
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Very original and fun post!
Hi Jackie,
I enjoyed this post. It made me laugh, as well as some of the comments! I had not been born at that time, but I do remember when riding public transportation in my area, was only $.35, one way.
To tell you the truth, I remember most all of these quotes when they were actually said by the grown-ups of my day…. Those were good days in so many ways.
LOL That’s too funny!
You wanna laugh? Where we live, haircuts *start* at $40 unless you go to a Supercuts chain!
I loved reading those quotes. It is amazing how much things have changed.. and the prices!?!
Unbelievable.
Good job Jackie!
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Wow…amazing how the prices have changed soooo much? I would LOVE to see prices that cheap!
Soon you will need a 6th grade education to get a decent job.
Aren’t 12 different cars models enough?
Color TV? Not in our life time.
Wow Jackie thanks for the trip down memory lane…the words are the same today just the amounts gave changed. A teacher told back then that some day every one would have a computer in their homes but I could not figure out how every one would be able to build a room on to house those Monsters!