Tommy
Well-known member
Comments made in the year 1957
>
> "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 gi rls."
>
> "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."
>
>
> "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."
>
> "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 gi rls."
>
> "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."
>
>
> "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."
