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  • RodKirby
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 3136
    • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
    • Mao Shan TSC-10RAS

    #1

    Remember these?

    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 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'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since they let Clark Gable get by with saying **** in GONE WITH THE WIND, it seems every new movie has either **** of **** 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."
    "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 congress."
    "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."
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  • Uncle Cracker
    The Full Monte
    • May 2007
    • 7091
    • Sunshine State
    • BT3000

    #2
    I don't know whether to be entertained or severely depressed...

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    • stormdog74
      Established Member
      • Mar 2007
      • 426
      • Sacramento, CA
      • Ridgid TS3650

      #3
      Yeah, but the AVERAGE income in 1955 was around $4100...

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      • Ed62
        The Full Monte
        • Oct 2006
        • 6021
        • NW Indiana
        • BT3K

        #4
        The first real full time job I had was working at a shipping company, where they shipped steel goods. I made $1.25 per hour. That job lasted until I got something better, working at a steel mill. I made $1.63 1/2 per hour when I hired in. That was pretty good wages at the time. And the $1.63 1/2 per hour was actual wages. The money was pretty good, and the work was not that bad, so I stayed there for a little over 30 years.

        Ed
        Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

        For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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        • BrazosJake
          Veteran Member
          • Nov 2003
          • 1148
          • Benbrook, TX.
          • Emerson-built Craftsman

          #5
          Originally posted by RodKirby
          Comments made in the year 1955


          That's only 53 years ago!


          "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now."
          "She's got an electric blender, electric toaster,electric bread maker, electric mixer, electric waffle iron, she said there were so many gadgets there was no place to sit, so I got her an electric chair."

          Red Skelton

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          • Woodwerker
            Established Member
            • Nov 2005
            • 490
            • .

            #6
            Many of those born in the 50-60's have done some damage to this country...
            Every tool you own is broken, you just don't know it yet :-)

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            • BobSch
              Veteran Member
              • Aug 2004
              • 4385
              • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
              • BT3100

              #7
              Snopes has an interesting take on this: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/1955comments.asp
              Bob

              Bad decisions make good stories.

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              • Black wallnut
                cycling to health
                • Jan 2003
                • 4715
                • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
                • BT3k 1999

                #8
                Originally posted by Woodwerker
                Many of those born in the 50-60's have done some damage to this country...
                Many of those born in the 50's and 60's have done more damage to them selves! Which decade were you born in?

                Originally posted by BobSch
                Snopes has an interesting take on this: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/1955comments.asp
                As it did the last time this list was posted. Last time it was mentioned that we were not even thinking of putting a man in space in '55 let alone the moon.
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                • rcp612
                  Established Member
                  • May 2005
                  • 358
                  • Mount Vernon, OH, USA.
                  • Bosch 4100-09

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Black wallnut
                  As it did the last time this list was posted. Last time it was mentioned that we were not even thinking of putting a man in space in '55 let alone the moon.
                  Ya know,,,, the last time I read this I told myself not to bother with the follow-up posts since some people are more about being "correct" than just looking at something nostalgic.
                  But,,,,, I did it again!!!
                  Do like you always do,,,,,,Get what you always get!!

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                  • Rand
                    Established Member
                    • May 2005
                    • 492
                    • Vancouver, WA, USA.

                    #10
                    Yeah, but remember what a computer cost in 1955!
                    Rand
                    "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like your thumb."

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                    • Black wallnut
                      cycling to health
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 4715
                      • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
                      • BT3k 1999

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Rand
                      Yeah, but remember what a computer cost in 1955!
                      Remember how big they once were?
                      Donate to my Tour de Cure


                      marK in WA and Ryobi Fanatic Association State President ©

                      Head servant of the forum

                      ©

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                      • cwithboat
                        Senior Member
                        • Jan 2008
                        • 614
                        • 47deg54.3'N 122deg34.7'W
                        • Craftsman Pro 21829

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Rand
                        Yeah, but remember what a computer cost in 1955!
                        It wasn't the computer that cost, it was the vacuum tubes. (Gillette anyone?)
                        regards,
                        Charlie
                        A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
                        Rudyard Kipling

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