Taking a trip down memory lane is always fun and gets your mind
thinking about the good old times. It's hard to believe the
following quotes were things we were saying not too long
ago.
- 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.
- Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be
long before $5,000 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?
- The government wants to get its hands on everything. Pretty
soon it's going to be impossible to run a family business or
farm.
- If they raise the minimum wage to $1.00, nobody will be able
to hire outside help at the store.
- If gas is raised to more than 50 cents a gallon, we'd be
better off leaving the car in the garage.
- Kids music today drives me wild. This 'Rock Around
The Clock' song is nothing but racket.
- I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies any more. Ever since
they let Clark Gable get away with saying 'damn' in Gone
with the Wind, it seems every movie has a 'hell' or 'damn' in
it.
- It won't be long until couples are sleeping in the same bed in
the movies. What is this world coming to?
- Marilyn Monroe is now showing her bra and panties, apparently
there are no standards anymore.
- Soon you won't be able to buy a good 10-cent cigar.
- I read the other day that some scientists think 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
somewhere in Texas.
- Did you see a 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.
- Do you suppose television will ever reach our part of the
country?
- I never thought I'd see the day all our kitchen appliances
would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters
now.
It never ceases to amaze me how some of the simplest things in
everyday life have changed so much over the last 50 years. Some for
the better and some, well, it's all a matter of opinion. I can only
imagine what the next 50 years will bring, but here's to looking
back and remembering the good old days.
Carrie Robertson
Research & Community Education
Chicago Skilled Nursing
Chicago Senior
Living