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  • 1957...Remember?

    The following were some comments made in the year 1957:

    (1) "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, its going to be impossible to buy a weeks groceries for $20.00."

    (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 a 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 29 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in the garage."

    (7) "Kids today are impossible. Those ducktail hair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Next thing you know, boys will be wearing their hair as long as the girls."

    (8) "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."

    (9) "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."

    (10) "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 that they will be making more than the President."

    (11) "I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now."

    (12) "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to make ends meet."

    (13) "It won't be long before young couples are going to have to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work."

    (14) "No one can afford to be sick any more, $35.00 a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

    (15) "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."

    (16) "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."

    (17) "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

    (18) "I guess taking a vacation is out of the question now days. It costs nearly $15.00 a night to stay in a hotel."

    Still collecting Frank Thomas in any uni and HoFer G/U & Auto's.

    I do not trade nor buy at "eBay values", unless a card is so rare that it is unlisted.

  • #2
    Too bad those statements cant be true today.

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    • #3
      Wow...what a reality check!!
      Currently looking for:
      Football: The Gronk!
      Basketball: Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pippen, & Michael Jordan, 90's refractors or #rd stuff, Damon Stoudamire, Penny, etc.
      Baseball: Paul Goldschmidt & Mike Trout
      + HOFer slab bed or raw.

      Collecting University of Arizona current and Alum players!!!
      Go Cats!!!

      Trade page:
      http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn29/deannal_2008/

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      • #4
        For what people made ($) back then, it makes sense for those comments in regard to costs. In January of 1970 I bought my first car, a 1965 Chevy Chevele, for $700. Today, for a five year old car, the cost would probably be at least $7,000. My first job, after graduating high school, paid $1.65 an hour. Today, minimum wage is $7.25. So, since 1957, costs have changed GREATLY.

        Thanks for sharing these 1957 "comments of the future". Unfortunately, many have become TRUE.

        The main items Im looking to trade for are
        Baseball HOFers Autos I need
        Orioles Autos I need
        Baseball HOFers GU I need
        Orioles GU I need
        Vintage Orioles I need 1950s through 1970
        However other offers will be considered

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        • #5
          Wonder if the same will be said in 2057?

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