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Bucwheat
08-16-2012, 9:41am
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 $10.00.
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; 20 cents a pack is ridiculous.
Did you hear the post office is
thinking about charging 7 cents 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 25 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving
the car in the garage.
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 $50,000 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're 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.
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 government.
The fast food restaurant is
convenient for a quick meal, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.
There is no sense going on short
trips anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay in a hotel.
No one can afford to be sick
anymore. At $15.00 a day in the hospital, it's too rich for my blood.
If they think I'll pay 30 cents
for a haircut, forget it.

Bucwheat
08-16-2012, 10:00am
To lazy,you get the idea.

Yerf Dog
08-16-2012, 10:02am
Things said in 2012 - Can't people fix the line breaks in the crap they copy and paste from an email?

:rofl:

Kevin_73
08-16-2012, 10:02am
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 .

:nono:
Johson Space Center wasn't established until 1961. Before that I'm pretty sure the austronauts did most of their training in Florida.

erickpl
08-16-2012, 10:06am
Fixed it for ya....

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 $10.00.

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; 20 cents a pack is ridiculous.

Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging 7 cents 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 25 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.

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 $50,000 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're 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.

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 government.

The fast food restaurant is convenient for a quick meal, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.

There is no sense going on short trips anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $2.00 a night to stay in a hotel.

No one can afford to be sick anymore. At $15.00 a day in the hospital, it's too rich for my blood.

If they think I'll pay 30 cents for a haircut, forget it.

island14
08-16-2012, 10:26am
Things said in 2012 - Can't people fix the line breaks in the crap they copy and paste from an email?

:lol:

Story is still good though :thumbs:

C5Nate
08-16-2012, 5:48pm
Great year to be born in BTW :yesnod:

MrPeabody
08-16-2012, 7:34pm
I remember when the first 7-11 store opened near us in the 60s. They were called 7-11 because that was their hours. Everyone said "Who would go grocery shopping at 11:00?" Then the first time you needed something late at night you were thankful they were there. Until you went in and saw the prices and you said, "Oh, now I get it."

Rotorhead
08-16-2012, 7:43pm
I remember when the first 7-11 store opened near us in the 60s. They were called 7-11 because that was their hours. Everyone said "Who would go grocery shopping at 11:00?" Then the first time you needed something late at night you were thankful they were there. Until you went in and saw the prices and you said, "Oh, now I get it."

Are there any 7-11 stores still open? I haven't seen one in a long time.

MrPeabody
08-16-2012, 7:44pm
Are there any 7-11 stores still open? I haven't seen one in a long time.

Yeah they (and many imitators) are still around.

lspencer534
08-16-2012, 7:54pm
Are there any 7-11 stores still open? I haven't seen one in a long time.

Yep, there are several here.

Montehall
08-16-2012, 8:26pm
For Perspective:

Prices for 1955

House: $22,000
Average income: $4,137
Ford car: $1606-$2944
Milk: $.92
Gas: $.23
Bread $.18
Postage stamp: $.03 raised to $.04 in 1958
Sirloin chops: $ .69 lb.
Pot Roast: $.43 lb.
Eggs, doz.: $.61
Coffee: $.93 lb.
Milk, ½ gal. $.43
Potatoes, 10 lb. bag: $.53
Starkist Tuna, 6 ½ oz. can: $.25 lb.
Oreo cookies, 11¾ .oz pkg: $.39
Potato Salad, pint: $.29
Cracker Jack, 24 pac: $1.49
Apple cider,½ gal.: $.49
Gum Drops, 1½ lb. pkg: $.29
Ivory Soap, 2 bars: $.29
Mickey Mouse lunchbox: $.88
Slinky: $.88
Nylons, pair: $1.00
Home permanent: $1.50
Baseball Glove: $9.95

MrPeabody
08-16-2012, 8:29pm
For Perspective:

Prices for 1955

House: $22,000
Average income: $4,137
Ford car: $1606-$2944
Milk: $.92
Gas: $.23
Bread $.18
Postage stamp: $.03 raised to $.04 in 1958
Sirloin chops: $ .69 lb.
Pot Roast: $.43 lb.
Eggs, doz.: $.61
Coffee: $.93 lb.
Milk, ½ gal. $.43
Potatoes, 10 lb. bag: $.53
Starkist Tuna, 6 ½ oz. can: $.25 lb.
Oreo cookies, 11¾ .oz pkg: $.39
Potato Salad, pint: $.29
Cracker Jack, 24 pac: $1.49
Apple cider,½ gal.: $.49
Gum Drops, 1½ lb. pkg: $.29
Ivory Soap, 2 bars: $.29
Mickey Mouse lunchbox: $.88
Slinky: $.88
Nylons, pair: $1.00
Home permanent: $1.50
Baseball Glove: $9.95

Add 50% at 7-11.:lol: