Made in the Year 1955 (Makes You wonder about 50 Years in the Future) email ^ | 1/24/2008 | unknown
Posted on 01/24/2008 2:03:41 PM PST by o_zarkman44
Makes you wonder about 50 years from now.
Comments made in the year 1955! That's only 53 years ago!
"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to beimpossible to buy a week's groceries for $20.00."
"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2, 000.00 will only buy a used one."
"If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack isridiculous.
"Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?"
"If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store."
"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 29cents 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."
"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 newmovie 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 yearjust 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. Theyare 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 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 theywill ever catch on."
"There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend, it costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel."
"No one can afford to be sick anymore, at $35.00 a day in the hospital it's toorich for my blood."
"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."
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3 posted on 01/24/2008 2:06:52 PM PST by JamesP81 ("I am against "zero tolerance" policies. It is a crutch for idiots." --FReeper Tenacious 1) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
To: o_zarkman44 "Did you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a yearjust to play ball? It wouldn't surprise me if someday they'll be making more than the President." The year was 1929, and a reporter remarked, "Babe, you make more money than the president."
"I had a better year.", quipped the Babe.
4 posted on 01/24/2008 2:06:57 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Being an idealist excuses nothing. Hitler was an idealist.)
Post Number: 7583 Registered: Jun-06 Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 08:48 pm:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I only approved it because the grammar was reasonably good. ...............................
"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."
NASA was founded on July 29, 1958. No astronauts in 1955. Me thinks your quote was written well after 55
I read the other day where some scientists think 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 Florida. -original
What scientists discussed in 1955 was President Eisenhower's announcement of a program intended to put the first artificial satellite into space within two years. There was no news about the U.S. training astronauts for a possible moon landing that early on (the first manned space flight was still six years away), and in fact news accounts of 1955 generally used the word "astronaut" to refer to scientists and hobbyists enthusiastic about the possibilities of space exploration, not the men who might eventually fly aboard space vehicles.
You need to watch some British TV to understand the British sense of humour - watch "Faultry Towers" and similar on PBS.
I found over many years in Canada that people seeped in Maple Leaf Syrup have a level of crudity that precludes the understanding of the subtle British humour and I often just had to refrain from even trying. I am pleasantly surprised that Tiger Woods and KingTapeman and you understood my "British" response. Will try some more later. Sensitivities got blunted with the armour I had to have in the recent "Bad Ole days"
