miss_thenorth
Frugal Homesteader
My mom sent me this email--kinda cute and fitting....
>>
>>
>>Comments made in the year 1955........That's only 53 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
>>$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 helpat 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 of 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're 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, those Hollywood 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.'
>>
>>* '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 run the country.'
>>
>>* 'The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I
>>seriously doubt they will ever catch on.'
>>
>>* 'There is no sense going to Toronto or Ottawa for a weekend
>>anymore. It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.'
>>
>>* 'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'
>>
>>
>>Comments made in the year 1955........That's only 53 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
>>$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 helpat 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 of 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're 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, those Hollywood 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.'
>>
>>* '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 run the country.'
>>
>>* 'The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I
>>seriously doubt they will ever catch on.'
>>
>>* 'There is no sense going to Toronto or Ottawa for a weekend
>>anymore. It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.'
>>
>>* 'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'
