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    "Remember 1957?"

    The following were some comments made in
    the year 1957:

    (1) "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the
    way they are, its going to be impossible to buy
    a weeks groceries for $20.00."

    (2) "Have you seen the new cars coming out
    next year? It won't be long when $5,000 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) "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody
    will be able to hire outside help at the store."

    (6) "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."

    (7) "Kids today are impossible. Those ducktail 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 '****' or 'damn' in it."

    (9) "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."

    (10) "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 that they will be
    making more than the President."

    (11) "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen
    appliances would be electric. They are even making
    electric typewriters now."

    (12) "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I
    see where a few married women are having to work
    to make ends meet."

    (13) "It won't be long before young couples are going
    to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they
    can both work."

    (14) "No one can afford to be sick any more, $35.00
    a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

    (15) "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to
    open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."

    (16) "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."

    (17) "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice
    weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

    (1 "I guess taking a vacation is out of the question
    now days. It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in
    a hotel."
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  • #2
    Re: "Remember 1957?"

    WOW! Times they are changing!
    BadToTheBone

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    • #3
      Re: "Remember 1957?"

      This was a good one!
      ~Kat
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      • #4
        Re: "Remember 1957?"

        LOL... yeah.. it's changed.... I was 2 in 57

        My Daddy built a house in 61 .... 4 bd 2 bath full basement... HUGE brick fire place.. the grading EVERYTHING ... total package was less than $10K..... today it's insured for almost $300K

        it's all the same.. the numbers are just bigger now.. lol
        2-15-10 194.8 - highest ever!
        2-20-10 190.4 - new scale
        3-20-10 177.8 - 1 month
        5-10-10 169.8 - 25 pounds gone!

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        • #5
          Re: "Remember 1957?"

          oh my, coop...
          i am feeling very old right now.
          first the hair color thread and now 1957.

          i was 4
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          • #6
            Re: "Remember 1957?"

            Me too Jimmie - I was 4 in 1957. Wish we had those prices now!
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            • #7
              Re: "Remember 1957?"

              I was born in 1976, but looking at that and seeing the way society is going now,

              boy did they have it good!
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              • #8
                Re: "Remember 1957?"

                Originally posted by Analog6
                Wish we had those prices now!


                With today’s salaries!!

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                • #9
                  Re: "Remember 1957?"

                  Hey--account for inflation! Things are generally cheaper for us to buy nowadays since production methods have improved over that time; as have transportation methods. The numbers have just gotten relatively bigger. We still don't have it too bad =)

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                  • #10
                    Re: "Remember 1957?"

                    I was born in 1957, it was a very good year





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                    • #11
                      Re: "Remember 1957?"

                      Originally posted by killerbombshell
                      Hey--account for inflation! Things are generally cheaper for us to buy nowadays since production methods have improved over that time; as have transportation methods. The numbers have just gotten relatively bigger. We still don't have it too bad =)

                      [/ economics nerd]
                      I don't to start an economics debate, but the drop in real wages and buying power is staggering!

                      Just because Western Countries import everything from countries like china, doesn't make them cheaper!

                      I always think using labour in China and India is just another way that the rich can confuse the populace that their real wage hasn't stayed stagnant.

                      "Oh it's okay I'm not getting much money but look at all the cheap crud I can buy!"

                      LOL - That's just my opinion anyway.
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                      • #12
                        Re: "Remember 1957?"

                        Originally posted by jimmie 48
                        oh my, coop...
                        i am feeling very old right now.
                        first the hair color thread and now 1957.

                        i was 4
                        For what it's worth, I was 3!!
                        LINDA - Female

                        Our Baby - "Girl"


                        Our New Baby - "Baby Girl"

                        Original Bad Girl
                        :NewDay "Everyday Is An Adventure" :NewDay

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