[stylist] Fw: 55' Chevrolet & The Conversations That Went With It....

[Judith Bron]

This might be considered off topic, but it is fun.  Enjoy, JB
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Subject: 55' Chevrolet & The Conversations That Went With It....


> 1955 CHEVROLET and The Conversations That Went With It!
>
>
> Comments made in the year
> 1955!
> (That's 55 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 help at the store. '
>
> 'When I first started driving,
> Who would have thought gas would someday cost 29cents a gallon..
> Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage.
>
> '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 or 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 are 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.
>
> 'I'm afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the
> door to a whole lot of foreign business.
>
>
> 'The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather,
> But I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.
>
> 'There is no sense going to Lincoln
> or Omaha anymore for a weekend,
> It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel.
>
> 'No one can afford to be sick anymore,
> At $35.00 a day in the hospital it's too rich for
> my blood.'
>
> 'If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.'
>
> Know any friends who would get a kick out of these, pass this on!
> Be sure and send it to your kids and grandkids too!
>