tiza126 Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Real 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. 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 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. ....oh how things have changed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 Actually, some of those are from later than 1955. I remember gas being cheaper than that, and postage also. And I was born in 1955, and no, I don't remember anything from that year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiza126 Posted December 27, 2011 Author Share Posted December 27, 2011 Actually, some of those are from later than 1955. I remember gas being cheaper than that, and postage also. And I was born in 1955, and no, I don't remember anything from that year! This was an email I received at work today. And obviously I was born much much later than 1984, so I can't verify these facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughnde Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 lol!!!!! One thing for sure...a LOT of things have changed, but it is indeed possible to feed a family of 4 for a week on groceries! Just use coupons and watch the sales LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Arell Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Things sure have changed since then - I was just a kid then so I don't really remember most of them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I love this. I remember my Dh saying, "if only I could earn R1,00 per hour, we would manage fine". That was in 1967. One Rand was about $0,50 then. When we got the R1, it still wasn't enough. I had to go out to work to earn enough to buy our first house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenrou Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Unfortunately for me, I was around in those days, 1955. I can remember as a teen around 1960, putting .50 worth of gas in the car to cruise our tiny town. Jean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaughingSun Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 ya, I"m not quite that old... but I do remember filling my car from bone dry for $10 Now it's closer to $50 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bride Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 My, my ... how things HAVE changed! Wonder what statements we make today people in the future will chuckle about?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SodScrap Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Too funny!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Arell Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 I do remember putting $.50 worth of gas in Mama's car so she wouldn't kow we had driven all over town when we were just supposed to go to a girlfriend's house and back. Not even sure one can put just 50 cents worth of gas in a car now. Oh, and the movie was super cheap too - I think I remember paying $.25 to get in - and we always sat in the balcony so we could smooch.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Arell Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Too funny!! You are way too young to remember any of these things, Conda! I wonder what stories you;ll be telling your little grands one of these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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