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MEMORIES OF YEARS GONE BY
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Heard 50 years ago
Funny......yet
sad...55 years
ago....
Comments made in the year
1955!
That's only 55 years ago!
'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 $1, 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 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.
'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 drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather,
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 hair cut, forget it.'
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More
nostalgia:
Whether you are a Billy Joel fan or not, you probably remember
his great song, 'We Didn't Start the Fire.'
Here it is, set to pictures... very, very cool. Had to share
this one. It's a neat flashback through the past half century. I
never did know the words.
Turn up volume,
sit back and enjoy a review of 50 years of history in less than
3 minutes! Thanks to Billy Joel and some guy from
the University of Chicago with a lot of spare time and Google.
Top left gives you full screen.....top
right lets you pause. Bottom left shows the year. The older
you are, the more pictures you will recognize. Anyone over age
60 should remember over 90% of what they see. But it's great at
any age.
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