Some quotes from people in the U.S. during the 1950\u2019s. Do they sound familiar?<\/p>\n
1. \u201cI\u2019ll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it\u2019s going to be impossible to buy a week\u2019s groceries for $20.\u201d<\/p>\n
2. \u201cHave you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won\u2019t be long when $5,000 will only buy a used one.\u201d<\/p>\n
3. \u201cIf cigarettes keep going up in price, I\u2019m going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n
4. \u201cDid you hear the post office is thinking about charging dime just to mail a letter?\u201d<\/p>\n
5. \u201cIf they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.\u201d<\/p>\n
6. \u201cWhen I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 50 cents a gallon.\u201d<\/p>\n
7. \u201cKids 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
8. \u201cAlso, their music drives me wild. This \u2018Rock Around The Clock\u2019 thing is nothing but racket.\u201d<\/p>\n
9. \u201cI\u2019m afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying \u2018damn\u2019 in \u2018Gone With The Wind,\u2019 it seems every movie has a \u2018hell\u2019 or \u2018damn\u2019 in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
10. \u201cMarilyn Monroe is now showing her bra and panties, so apparently there are no standards anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
11. \u201cDid you see where some baseball player just signed a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball? It wouldn\u2019t surprise me if someday they\u2018ll be making more than the president.\u201d<\/p>\n
12. \u201cI never thought I\u2019d see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now.\u201d<\/p>\n
13. \u201cIt\u2019s too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.\u201d<\/p>\n
14. \u201cI\u2019ll tell you one thing. If my kid ever talks back to me, they won\u2019t be able to sit down for a week.\u201d<\/p>\n
15. \u201cDid you know the new church in town is allowing women to wear slacks to their service?\u201d<\/p>\n
16. \u201cI\u2019m just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.\u201d<\/p>\n
17. \u201cThank goodness I won\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
18. \u201cWhy in the world would you want to send your daughter to college? Isn\u2019t she going to get married? It would be different if she could be a doctor or a lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n
19. \u201cI just hate to see the young people smoking. As I tell my kids, \u201cDon\u2019t take a cigarette from ANYONE. You never know what might be in it.<\/p>\n
20. \u201cThe drive-in restaurant is convenient tin nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.\u201d<\/p>\n
21. \u201cNo one can afford to be sick, $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood.\u201d<\/p>\n
22. \u201cIf a few idiots want to risk their necks flying across the country that’s fine, but nothing will ever replace trains.\u201d<\/p>\n
23. \u201cI 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.”<\/p>\n
24. \u201cIf they think I\u2019ll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it. I\u2019ll have my wife learn to cut hair.\u201d<\/p>\n
25. \u201cWe won’t be going out much anymore. Our baby sitter informed us she wants 50 cents an hour. Kids think money grows on trees.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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