goldenboy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> THINGS THEY SAID IN 1959...

<snip>

> (4) "Did you hear the post office is thinking about charging a dime just
to
> mail a letter?"

I seriously doubt that.  Postage rates in the US have the following history:

July 6, 1932  3 cents
August 1, 1958 4 cents
January 7, 1963  5 cents

<snip>

> (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."

I don't know about when you first started to drive, but when I worked at a
gas station back in the early 70's gas was selling to $.25 to $.30 per
gallon.


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