Conversations In the 1950"s

'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 $20.00.'

'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 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 $1.00, nobody will

be able to hire outside help at the store.'

'When I first started driving, who would have thought

gas would someday cost 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.'

'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 of 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 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 town 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 too rich for my blood.'

'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut,

forget it.'

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