Focus on Education Ah, The Good Old Days

Some quotes from people in the U.S. during the 1950’s. Do they sound familiar?

1. “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.”

2. “Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won’t be long when $5,000 will only buy a used one.”

3. “If cigarettes keep going up in price, I’m going to quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous.”

4. “Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging dime just to mail a letter?”

5. “If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will be able to hire outside help at the store.”

6. “When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would someday cost 50 cents a gallon.”

7. “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.”

8. “Also, their music drives me wild. This ‘Rock Around The Clock’ thing is nothing but racket.”

9. “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 movie has a ‘hell’ or ‘damn’ in it.”

10. “Marilyn Monroe is now showing her bra and panties, so apparently there are no standards anymore.”

11. “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.”

12. “I never thought I’d see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now.”

13. “It’s too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet.”

14. “I’ll tell you one thing. If my kid ever talks back to me, they won’t be able to sit down for a week.”

15. “Did you know the new church in town is allowing women to wear slacks to their service?”

16. “I’m just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business.”

17. “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.”

18. “Why in the world would you want to send your daughter to college? Isn’t she going to get married? It would be different if she could be a doctor or a lawyer.”

19. “I just hate to see the young people smoking. As I tell my kids, “Don’t take a cigarette from ANYONE. You never know what might be in it.

20. “The drive-in restaurant is convenient tin nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on.”

21. “No one can afford to be sick, $35 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood.”

22. “If a few idiots want to risk their necks flying across the country that’s fine, but nothing will ever replace trains.”

23. “I 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.”

24. “If they think I’ll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it. I’ll have my wife learn to cut hair.”

25. “We won’t be going out much anymore. Our baby sitter informed us she wants 50 cents an hour. Kids think money grows on trees.”