Only 52 years ago

[frogtog]

That's only 52 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 $20."

"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one."

$3200 for a brand new Toyota in ' 72

"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack  is ridiculous."

They were 35 cents in a vending machine in 1968.

"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, nobody will be able to hire outside  help at the store."

$1.25 hr. in '69.

"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29 c ents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.

Actually, I remember paying 23 cents a gallon in 1972 .

"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 'd**n' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems  every new  movie has either "hell" or "d**n" 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 just 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 a night to stay in a hotel."

"No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."

Know friends who would get a kick out of these? Pass it on!

"what about those of us who " remember " these days well ?" ms

 

[Troutfisher]

Wow, what concerns people had then  ;D

How I wish hotel rooms were $15 a night and haircuts were 50 cents.  I just spent $9.00 for a haircut yesterday.  Maybe someday milk will go down too.

[Triton21]

I remember Gas selling for $0.13 a Gal in Wichita, Kansas in 1964.

Kelley

[RiskKid.]

"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."

And thus the "Hippie Movement" began  

I remember those days  

[burleytog]

Wow, what concerns people had then ;D

How I wish hotel rooms were $15 a night and haircuts were 50 cents. I just spent $9.00 for a haircut yesterday. Maybe someday milk will go down too.

Cut it yourself.  Haven't been to a barber in 5 years.  I do miss going to the barber shop though...

[Catt]

Wow, what concerns people had then ;D

How I wish hotel rooms were $15 a night and haircuts were 50 cents. I just spent $9.00 for a haircut yesterday. Maybe someday milk will go down too.

Cut it yourself. Haven't been to a barber in 5 years. I do miss going to the barber shop though...

Yea we've noticed  

[justfishin]

So true Catt. Thanks for the reality check,lol. I remember the gas lines in the 70's when I was using Sunoco High Octane for my go fast Model K Harley I had in High School and gas was 23.9 and it went up to 29.9 I raised he**,lol. Hmmm, the good old days, my Harley, gorgous girlfriend, the hot summers of freedom from it all, and Boones Farm Wine for 1.25 a bottle. Boy, did I have fun,lol.

[dbass]

frogtog, being 61 I remember them all.8-)

My parents were spouting most of them to me as a kid.

The only thing that hasn't happened yet are the Hovercrafts..

[mattm]

Boones Farm Wine for 1.25 a bottle

At least some things never change ;D ;D

[Guest the_muddy_man]

Matues Wine was 3.99 an was upscale came with a cork

[justfishin]

3.99 and it even had a cork? Man, you were upscale Muddy. I am glad you were not around my girlfriend in the 70's. Wait, I remember how she was now, you probably were. Everyone else in the Northeast was,lol. ;D

[Mainlybass]

I remember all those as well.  And don't you all remember when gas was that cheap, that it seemed to stay the same price for months and months, only varying a few cents?  I remember my parents telling me they paid $28,000 to build a brand new ranch home with 3 acres of land in 1959.  That house now is worth a quarter million dollars.    Sigh...

MB

[Bean Counter]

I remember these as well. I can recall gas wars when gas was 19.9 cents a gallon.

We have gas wars now, they just don't put up much of a fight.