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FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT AROUND IN 1957, SEE WHAT YOU MISSEDThe following were some comments made in the year 1957:(1) "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep goingthe way they are, its going to be impossible to buya week's groceries for $20.00."(2) "Have you seen the new cars coming out nextyear? It won't be long when $5000 will only buy a used one."(3) "If cigarettes keep going up in price, I'm goingto quit. A quarter a pack is ridiculous."(4) "Did you hear the post office is thinking aboutcharging a dime just to mail a letter?"(5) "If they raise the minimum wage to $1, nobodywill be able to hire outside help at the store."(6) "When I first started driving, who would havethought gas would someday cost 29 cents a gallon.Guess we'd be better off leaving the car in thegarage,"(7) "Kids today are impossible. Those ducktailhair cuts make it impossible to stay groomed. Nextthing you know, boys will be wearing theirhair as long as the girls,"(8) "I'm afraid to send my kids to the movies anymore. Ever since they let Gable get by withsaying damn in "Gone With The Wind", it seems everynew movie has either Hell or damn in it."(9) "I read the other day where some scientistthinks it's possible to put a man on the moon bythe end of the century. They even have some fellows theycall astronauts preparing for it down in Texas."(10) "Did you see where some baseball player justsigned a contract for $75,000 a year just to play ball?It wouldn't >surprise me if someday that theywill be making more than the President."(11) "I never thought I'd see the day all ourkitchen appliances would be electric. They areeven making electric typewriters now."(12) "It's too bad things are so tough nowadays. Isee where a few married women are having to work tomake ends meet."(13) "It won't be long before young couples aregoing to have to hire someone to watch their kidsso they can both work."(14) "Marriage doesn't mean a thing any more, those Hollywood starsseem to be getting divorces at the drop of a hat."(15) "I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is goingto open the door to a whole lot of foreign business."(16) "Thank goodness I won't live to see the daywhen the Government takes half our income in taxes.I sometimes wonder if we are electing the best peopleto Congress."(17) "The drive-in restaurant is convenient in niceweather, but I seriously doubt they will ever catch on."(18)There is no sense going to K.C. or St. Louisanymore for a weekend. It costs nearly $15.00 anight to stay in a hotel."(19) "No one can afford to be sick any more, $35.00a day in the hospital is too rich for my blood."