>>>>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 $20.'
>>>>
>>>>'Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2000 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 'd_mn' in 'Gone With The Wind,' it seems every new movie has either 'h_ll' or 'd_mn' 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 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 government.'
>>>>
>>>>'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.'
>>>
>>>
>>>ROFL
>>
>>Why laugh? The above is still true in Bulgaria, isn't it? {gd&r}
>>
>>Mind you, wait a year or 2 after joining the EU and you'll see things go up, esp. if you join the Euro :-)
>
>You better believe it ...
>Is that why Brits refuse Euro ? <g>

For several years we've travelled to Brittany via ferry for summer vacation. Usually we came back via the St Malo morning ferry and always stayed the previous night in a particular hotel within the city walls. Always the hotel bill, from Francs, cost c. £68 a night. The year of conversion to Euros the price converted to more than £90. I asked the proprietor why the price had gone up. He just gave the usual Gallic shrug and said "L'Euro".

I've since seen that a lot in France. :-)