Comments Made In The Year 1955:

[bozodog]

"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are,

it's going to be impossible to buy 2 weeks' groceries for $20."

"Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long

before $2000 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 75 cents, nobody will be able to

hire outside help at the store."

"When I first started driving, who would have thought gas would

someday cost 17 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 '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."

"Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more; those Hollywood stars seem

to be getting divorced at the drop of a hat."

"I'm just 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 $4 a night to stay in a hotel."

"No one can afford to be sick any more; $35 a day in the hospital

is too rich for my blood."

"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it."

[JDoors]

My Dad always instilled in me an appreciation for just how good things are NOW. He'd say, for example, "Sure I remember when bread was a nickel a loaf, but I only made eight dollars a week!" He was always in awe of advances in technology, and never got over being amazed when he saw an airplane lift off ("I know the science behind it, but it never ceases to amaze me that something THAT BIG and THAT HEAVY can fly").

That may be why the following has always been one of my favorite quotes:

He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

--Albert Einstein

[garmanma]

My dad was head of the guidence dept. for NASA/Lewis Research. He was around for the Tandy color computer. He was thrilled that he could program it and play hangman. I could only imagine what he'd think about today's computers. He'd probably never leave his office

Mark