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Across the Fence:  Comments made in 1955  |
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Laura Marie
True Blue Farmgirl
419 Posts
Laura
Rancho Cordova
California
USA
419 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 11:01:22 PM
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I saw this and thought is was very cute and amusing. I thought some one you might enjoy this one. Just makes you think...
Comments Made in the Year 1955!
That's only 53 years ago!
I'll tell you one thing, if things kee p going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20.00.'
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.'
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 $1.00, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.'
When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 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 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, thoseHollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat.'
I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.'
The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.'
There is no sense going for a weekend, it costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.'
No one can afford to be sick anymore, at $35.00 a day in the hospital it's too rich for my blood.'
If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'
Laura Marie #369
www.lauramariedesign.com
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 11:26:02 PM
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I was alive when these were the prices! In 1970 when I was first working gas was .35 a gallon. I filled my car up for $4.00 and drove all week to work on that. Of course I only made $2.12 an hour so it's all relative.
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Jan 11 2009 : 11:42:50 PM
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It was fun reading those. Just think that what WE say now about the prices, sometime in the future they will laugh at US!
It is funny though, I was not yet born in 1953 but I remember my mom and grandparents talking about the pre 50's prices.
A loaf of bread for 4 cents and when they had to pay 5 or 6 cents that was SO outrageous :)
Same with hairdressers etc. Well all prices ofcourse.
My grandparents went to Canada 4 times, all by ship. My granddaddy was a sea captain in his younger days and really wanted to travel by ship. So they did. But it took 12 days to get there from Rotterdam to Vancouver, and then a few days by car to get to their destination. And now it takes some 8 hrs by plane and your there :)
And I remember granddaddy telling me about what he received in "support" during the crisis time here, pre-war. 50 cents a week, he had to pay 20 cents to somebody to take care of my grandmommy's dad in Amstardam! So they were left with 30 cents, for a week with 3 kids and 2 adults! My granddaddy did everything he could to earn just a few cents extra ( on the , what we call : black: not official, no taxes payed, nobody was to know about it) He was selling everything from flowers to bread, from fish to bunny hides! Oh the stories he told!! :)
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
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ClaireSky
True Blue Farmgirl
1792 Posts
Julie
Arcadia
WI
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 04:10:12 AM
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Laura... Those statements are oh so true!
Dutchy... I love hearing about you and the stories you tell. How did your Granddaddy ever do it? Wow!
Julie
Farmgirl Sister #399
West-Central WI Farmgirls
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2009 : 06:49:57 AM
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Wow! How true they were and the people saying them probably had no idea!
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Jessie
Farmgirl Sister #235
For I am persuaded , that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present , nor things to come ,
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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dkelewae
True Blue Farmgirl
1310 Posts
Diana
Saint Peters
MO
USA
1310 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 09:08:03 AM
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1955 is the year I was born :)
I remember penny candy actually cost a penny,a hershey bar was a nickel. I got paid 50 cents an hour to babysit, and my first 'real' job was as a busgirl at a local italian restaurant, and I got a dollar an hour.
My mom and dad said that you could spend $25 on groceries and that would fill up lots of grocery sacks. Dad said that when he was young(he's 73 now) that you could buy a whole bologna, bread, and milk for a quarter!
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #272
St. Peters MO
Country Girl trapped in the city!
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harmonyfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
785 Posts
Debbie
Southeastern
Ohio
USA
785 Posts |
Posted - Jan 13 2009 : 1:59:00 PM
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I remember my mom saying one day, when I was a kid, that the landlord was raising out rent to $37.50 a month. It made mom a little anxious. Milk used to be delivered to our door and the milkman always had time to chat. My brother and I actually walked a mile and a half to school. Every day! The most hideous crime that could be committed to us at school was someone stealing our lunch money.....wish we could go back....
Debbie
"If you can't find the time to do it right...how will you find the time to do it over" |
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