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