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Brilt
5 Nov 2003, 10:18pm
QUOTES FROM THE FIFTIES

1) "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they
are, it's going to be impossible to buy a weeks 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
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 40 cents a gallon. Guess we'd be better off
leaving the car in the garage."

7) "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."

8) "Do you suppose television will ever reach our part of the
country?"

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

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

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

12). "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."

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

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

15) "We won't be going out much anymore. Our sitter informed
us she wants 50 cents an hour. Kids think money grows on
trees."

MJO
6 Nov 2003, 01:16am
LOL they are all very funny.
And they show how much things have changed.

6) "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas
Well here in Denmark no one should be driving. :rolleyes:

The gas prices here are very high.

A gallon would cost $5.7
1 litre = approx. $1.5
EDIT:
Here are the corrected figures.
1 gallon unleaded 95 $4.75
1 litre unleaded 95 $1.25


We also pay more than double the price on the cars due to the tax on cars.

Brilt
6 Nov 2003, 01:20am
MJO had this to say
LOL they are all very funny.
And they show how much things have changed.

6) "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas
Well here in Denmark no one should be driving. :rolleyes:

The gas prices here are very high.

A gallon would cost $5.7
1 litre = approx. $1.5

We also pay more than double the price on the cars due to the tax on cars.

wow and i complain about prices being around $2

Rot Katze
6 Nov 2003, 01:32am
Brilt had this to say
MJO had this to say
LOL they are all very funny.
And they show how much things have changed.

6) "When I first started driving, who would have thought gas
Well here in Denmark no one should be driving. :rolleyes:

The gas prices here are very high.

A gallon would cost $5.7
1 litre = approx. $1.5

We also pay more than double the price on the cars due to the tax on cars.

wow and i complain about prices being around $2


seriously

MJO
6 Nov 2003, 01:45am
I am serious.
My initial estmates were a little to high though.
Here are the corrected figures.
1 gallon unleaded 95 $4.75
1 litre unleaded 95 $1.25

Seems the gas price has dropped a little.
The present exchange rate is also taken into consideration.

I do not think you guys want to know what cars cast in Denmark?
If you name a new car, sold in europe of course, I will search for the danish price.

VileDaRKNiGHT
6 Nov 2003, 04:02am
ford focus cosworth

MJO
6 Nov 2003, 12:49pm
Hmm no Cosworth for sale in DK.
But I found a Ford Focus RS priced at $88.000

Mt_Goat
6 Nov 2003, 01:14pm
You forgot about the bag of candy for a penny, which went up to a nickel. Also the movies were $ .50/ quarter for teens and you could actually afford to go to the concession stand where they used real butter!

Oh yeh, gasoline actually hit its lowest price ever in the '60's when you could buy it for $ .19/gal and was the same price as a McDonald's cheeseburger!

Shorty
6 Nov 2003, 01:39pm
MT speaks like a man who remembers :rarr: