AMAZING!  Here are some quotes from people 
in the US during the 1950s.

(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 $5000 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). "The Government is wanting to get its hands on 
       everything.  Pretty soon it's going to be impossible 
       to run a family business or farm."

(6). "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobody will 
       be able to hire outside help at the store."

(7). "When I first started driving, who would have thought 
       gas would someday cost 50 cents a gallon?  Guess we'd 
       be better off leaving the car in the garage."

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

(9). "Also, their music drives me wild.  This `Rock Around 
       The Clock` thing is nothing but racket."

(10). "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."

(11). "Also, it won't be long until couples are sleeping in 
        the same bed in the movies.  What is this world coming to?"

(12)."Marilyn Monroe is now showing her bra and panties, 
        so apparently there are no standards anymore."

(13). "Pretty soon you won't be able to buy 
        a good 10 cent cigar."

(14). "I read the other day where some scientist thinks 
        it's possible to put a man on the moon by the end 
        of the of the century.  They even have  some fellows
        they call astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."

(15). "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."

(16). "Do you suppose television will ever reach our part
         of the country?"

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

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

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

(20). "Marriage doesn't mean a thing anymore; those 
        Hollywood stars seem to be getting divorced at the 
        drop of a hat."

(21). " I'll tell you one thing.  If my kids ever talks back 
         to me, they won't be able to sit down for a week."

(22). "Did you know the new church in town is allowing 
        women to wear slacks to their service?"

(23). "Next thing you know is, the government will start 
         paying us not to grow crops."

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

(25). "Thank goodness I won't live to see the day when 
        the Government takes half our income in taxes. 
        I sometimes wonder if we're electing the 
        best people to Congress."

(26). "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."

(27). "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."

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

(29). "There is no sense going to Lincoln or Omaha 
         anymore for a weekend.
         It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."

(30). "Any more no one can afford to be sick.  $35 a day 
         in the hospital is too rich for my blood."

(31). "If a few idiots want to risk their necks flying 
        across the country that's fine, but nothing will 
        ever replace trains."

(32). "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."

(33). "If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, 
        forget it.  I'll have my wife learn to cut hair."

(34). "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."

(35). "Cars which dim their lights by sensors, automatic 
         transmissions, and who knows what else? 
         Pretty soon they'll drive themselves."