51 Years Ago They Were Saying...

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That's only 51 years ago!

Comments made in the year 1955:

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"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."

"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, 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."

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"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 $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."

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"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."

Joke Image "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."

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TexarkanaBaby

Uploaded by: TexarkanaBaby

Category: Other & Random

Date: 10/12/06

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by barbikins Thu Oct 12 22:19:18 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

I wonder what lies ahead in the next 51 years? 8-| :-) :-) :-( ;-) :-O :-| :-( :-* :-D :-@ 8-| :-D

by mwvixen Thu Oct 12 22:26:53 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

:-O Be afraid - be VERY afraid!!!!!

by Smelter Fri Oct 13 03:38:59 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

And the world had need for only 3 or 4 computers!!!???-- And reference to Lincoln & Omaha!! Thanx T !! See your 'Horns next week!! :-D :-D :-D :-D ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

by ZATTAZ Fri Oct 13 04:48:56 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

:-* :-* :-* :-* NOTHING EVER CHANGES EVEN I HAVE DIFFICULTY EXISTING ON STATE BENIFIT :-| :-| :-| :-| :-| :-|

by icuclarence Fri Oct 13 05:26:00 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

Hey thanks for the material! I gotta use this. :-D

by mgaberseck Fri Oct 13 06:18:52 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

:-O The ones about the price of things going up is understandable, but the one about the foul language in movies is all too true (and sad). Bring back Red Skelton! Thanks for the momories Texarkana! :-* :-*

by mgaberseck Fri Oct 13 06:20:02 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

Memories* ;-)

by kathicip Fri Oct 13 09:29:11 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

God help us in the next 51 years !! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

by megsterrr Fri Oct 13 12:56:38 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

8-| 8-| 8-| Wow ... amazing how different the world looked then. Another thing they were saying 51 years ago to my parents: "It's another girl!!" ;-) Thanks for letting me know what was going on waaaaaay back then!! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

by tnsilverlady Fri Oct 13 15:42:21 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)

:-O :-O :-O yeah....how the world has changed...i won't be here another 51 years from now....i don't know if that would make me GLAD or SAD.... :-D :-D :-D :-D

by terry Fri Oct 13 16:52:48 PDT 2006 (2 years ago)