Msg No: 120.  Sunday, 6-24-2000  12:13  (MAILED)
   From: Mike Powell
     To: All
Subject: predictions from 1950

Future as Seen in 1950

(1). "I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way
they are, its' 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
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
it impossible 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 kid 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 are 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). "Anymore 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 will
drive themselves."

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