>Comments made in the year 1955:
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>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.'
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>'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 will only buy a used one.'
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>'If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous.'
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>'Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?'
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>'If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.'
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'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'
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>'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.'
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>'I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying 'd_mn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either 'h_ll' or 'd_mn' in it.
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>'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 .'
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'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.'
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>'I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now.'
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>'It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.'
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>'It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work.'
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>'Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat.'
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>'I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.'
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>'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.'
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>'The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.'
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>'There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel.'
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>'No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood.'
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>'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'


ROFL