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« on: August 15, 2002, 11:24:20 pm » |
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Thought you might like to see these!!! 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 $5000 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."
"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 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."
DDiva
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ozbound
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« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2002, 11:30:49 pm » |
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Very interesting! I think I'm going to hold onto these comments for birthday funnies--just got word one of our principals is turning 60 soon!  |
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hightechea
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2002, 12:25:06 am » |
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I was born in 1957! Boy does this make me feel old............
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Jackie G
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2002, 10:58:28 am » |
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I was too Hightechea! I've just responded in another forum to catsmeat's question about 'ancient historical artefacts' and then thought I must sound like I'm about 70 to know these things! How times have changed, even in our short lifetimes!  Jackie www.iqps.org
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2002, 01:47:09 pm » |
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ditto on the 1957, y'all. Don't feel old--remember all the neat things you've learned over the years. Just remember, old age and treachery overcomes youth and enthusiasm every single time!!! Besides, change is ALWAYS interesting. (please notice I did NOT say it was always GOOD). It keeps your brain and your bod hustling, which, in turn, will keep you young.... Happy Friday!  |
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radaro
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2002, 02:00:12 pm » |
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LOL  Reminds me of a reading program we did in grade 5 (1975 for me) called SRA. You had to read a story and answer comprehension questions. The first story I had to read was about the fantastic, automated cars - you know, the kind that would drive for you while you slept and looked like they came straight out of the Jetsons. These cars would be available in 1975!! |
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hightechea
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« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2002, 04:46:17 pm » |
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I remember the SRA cards, but I first got to use them when I was in junior high (1967/68). I loved them, I was always ahead of the class on completing each unit. It was a fun way to learn. Oh the simple things in life.........  Robin  |
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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2002, 11:41:46 pm » |
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This is soooo funny.
Raindance
PS I'm a '57 baby too!
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