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The Future as Seen From the 1950's

nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,078 ******
edited March 2002 in General Discussion
1). "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." (2) "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long when $2000 will only buy a used one." (3). "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous." (4). "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just to mail a letter?" (5). "The Government is wanting to get its hands on everything. Pretty soon it's going to be impossible to run a family business or farm." (6). "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store." (7). "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 50 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage." (8). "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." (9). "Also, their music drives me wild. This `Rock Around The Clock` thing is nothing but racket." (10). "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 movie has a 'hell' or 'damn' in it." (11). "Also, it won't be long until couples are sleeping in the same bed in the movies. What is this world coming to?" (12)."Marilyn Monroe is now showing her bra and panties, so apparently there are no standards anymore." (13). "Pretty soon you won't be able to buy a good 10 cent cigar." (14). "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." (15). "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." (16). "Do you suppose television will ever reach our part of the country?" (17). "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now." (18). "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet." (19). "It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work." (20). "Marriage doesn't mean a thing anymore. Those Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat." (21). "I'll tell you one thing. If my kid ever talks back to me, they won't be able to sit down for a week." (22). "Did you know the new church in town is allowing women to wear slacks to their service?" (23). "Next thing you know, the government will start paying us not to grow crops." (24). "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business." (25). "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 congress." (26). "Why in the world would you want to send your daughter to college? Isn't she going to get married? It would be different if she could be a doctor or a lawyer." (27). "I just hate to see the young people smoking. As I tell my kids, "Don't take a cigarette from ANYONE. You never know what might be in it." (28). "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on." (29). "There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha anymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel." (30). "Anymore no one can afford to be sick, $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood." (31). "If a few idiots want to risk their necks flying across the country that's fine, but nothing will ever replace trains." (32). "I don't know about you but if they raise the price of coffee to 15 cents, I'll just have to drink mine at home." (33). "If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it. I'll have my wife learn to cut hair." (34). "We won't be going out much anymore. Our baby sitter informed us she wants 50 cents an hour. Kids think money grows on trees." (35). "Cars which dim their lights by sensors, automatic transmissions, and who knows what else? Pretty soon they will drive themselves."
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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    #36 I hear they have one of those new television sets in the window of the furniture store and you can watch it from the street!#37 $5.00 for a pair of tennis shoes! Where is it going to end?#38 Why buy the cheap mustard for 10 cents a jar when the good stuff is only 11?#39 I'm not going to that movie, they are only showing one feature and no serial or news reels or cartoon.
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  • YankeeClipperYankeeClipper Member Posts: 669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I was on my way home on leave in 1964 we drove away from a gas pump because the price was $.45 a gallon.I don't know what we would have done if we had needed gas.
  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    When I first started driving in 1964 I bought Chevron regular for 19.9 cents per gallon. Back in the good ol' days when regular was 95 octane. Most stations had three grades of gas. Chevron had the red pump regular at 95 octane, the blue pump Supreme at about 98 or 99 octane and the white pump Custom Supreme at 102 or 103 octane. Made your high-compression V-8 run like a rocket.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    David, clearly this was not written by someone who lived in that era, although I do appreciate the irony. Egregious errors: gas was still under $0.30 a gallon circa 1970, postage was $0.03 throughout the 1950s (& still under $0.10 in the mid 1970s) and my babysitters were being paid $0.25 an hour in the 1950s (shoulda been hazardous duty pay, but we'll leave that for another thread!).
  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    David, clearly this was not written by someone who lived in that era, although I do appreciate the irony. Egregious errors: gas was still under $0.30 a gallon circa 1970, postage was $0.03 throughout the 1950s (& still under $0.10 in the mid 1970s) and my babysitters were being paid $0.25 an hour in the 1950s (shoulda been hazardous duty pay, but we'll leave that for another thread!).
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