THOSE IMPOSSIBLE "FABULOUS" 50's !!??





Yes Sireee !!Who would have ever thought that the ever day talk of those
"FABULOUS" 50's would be the quotes of today that we hear.....
I was a 50's kid and I remember well how the
older generation thought we were "just wild,
Why !! Just look at the way they dance these days........"
'Cuse me but wasn't this the group that did
the ""Jitterbug" and heavens to betsy the "Buck Dance"?
"Tenyway", Join me in some of the very popular things heard
said during those days.........Mostly quotes from Men of the 50's !~!
Ladies were not quite as verbal in those days as I am today.....
At least not in public . LOL !!





I can almost see these guys on streets corners, meeting at
the "trolley" for a cup of coffee or standing outside
between Sundy School and Church and this is what you would hear if you walked past !!
Sooooo, Let's see how much of these quotes you remember......
READY????






"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 when $5000 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 is wanting 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, nobody will be able
to hire outside help at the store."

"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."

"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."

"Also, their music drives me wild. This 'Rock Around The
Clock' thing is nothing but racket."

"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."

"Also, it won't be long until couples are sleeping in the same
bed in the movies. What is this world coming to?"

"Pretty soon you won't be able to buy a good 10 cent cigar."

"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"

"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."

"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. Why, They are even making electric typewriters now."

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

"It won't be long before young couples are going to have
to hire someone to watch their kids so they can both work.

"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."

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

"Next thing you know is, the government will start paying
us not to grow crops."

"I'm just afraid the Volkswagen car is going to open
the door to a whole lot of foreign business."

"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."

"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."

"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."

The drive-in restaurant is convenient in nice weather, but I
seriously doubt they will ever catch on."

"There is no sense going to Memphis or Nashville anymore
for a weekend. It costs nearly $15 a night to stay in a hotel."

"Anyway no one can afford to be sick, $35 a day in the
hospital is too rich for my blood."

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

"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."

"If they think I'll pay 50 cents for a hair cut, forget it.
I'll have my wife learn to cut hair."

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

"Cars which dim their lights by sensors, automatic transmissions,
and who knows what else? Pretty soon they will have electric
windows.





NANA'S MEMORIES.......

Heaven to Betsy !! Did you see that Presley boy the way he
shook his leg, Why !! I ain't lettin' my daughter go to see him !!

Boy !! Could this "gal" tell you about Elvis....He grew up
thirty-six miles from my house......uh huh !! Oh !! Yeah !!
My Dad and Uncle drove a taxi at that time and transported him
around, even piggy backed him as a child. Yep !! When I told Dad
Elvis bought us girls cokes one Saturday night after he sang
at the Von Threatre, Dad said,"Why Cricket !! That boy's not
ever going to amount to anything, running around
here in that ole pink caddy, pickin' and singing'......

WHOA !! and I sat at Jim's cafe with Elvis drinking coke,
Laughing, and having a good time !! Hey !! Daddy, think that
prediction was wrong. Yep !! He was a good guy, just a
boy that like to sing.....and between you and me, BOY !!
could he ever shake it when he was on stage......shhhhhh !! Be Quiet !!
Dont' tell my Dad I said that !!
WELL !! GUESS THAT'S ENOUGH GOOD OLE MEMORIES......SURE MISSED
THE BOAT ON THAT ONE. Guess it's a good thing we don't
have foresight.....we'd break our pea-picking necks trying
to stay in the race !




Hey ! Y'll !! Do you remember when Elvis was on Ed Sullivan's
show.......haaaaa !! Thought everybody was going to have a STROKE !!
I thought he looked "gooood" that night and then
they cut the shot of him to the waist.....lol. Daddy nearly
passed out and I think Mom enjoyed it as much as I did.
YOU know I accidently run by MTV the other night and Lordy !!
They didn't have a "rag" on their upper body !! Now That
is weird !! Under developed and trying to play Tarzan.
At least all Elvis did was "Shake a leg. !!" Or close to it !!






My MIND JUST KEEPS ROLLIN' ON, WON'T STOP THINKING .....

Then there was the "KILLER" !! He's still running around here
thinking he can still bolt out "Whole lot of Shakin'" & "Great Balls of Fire" like he
did back in the fifties. In case you don't know who
the killer is, it's Jerry Lee Lewis.....YES SIR ! How he
ever got got that leg up on the piano to beat the fool out
of the piano I will never know !! I have noticed he doesn't do that now....
Guess age has take care of hikin' that leg....ha. By the way, Did I
tell you He has just purchased a house in that little ole Lazy North
Mississippi town I was raised it. Someone told me he had put up
a tall gate across the drive to keep people out......LOL !!
Like anyone in that town would want in......'cuse me !!
Boy !! Is he in for a culture shock !






Ahhhh !! Didn't ya' just love FATS DOMINO tickling those
keys and singing "BLUEBERRY HILL".....Yes Sireee !!
Not many of us could stay in our seats when we heard that song...
just gotta' get up and move to the music, don't you know !
Course, truth is we had a perference for something we could
really move to a bit faster.
Nowwwww !! Little Richard could really bring everyone out
on "Tutti Fruitti"! You know I saw
that guy on TV not long ago and he really is looking strange
these days ! Could that be what the older generation saw then?
Looked perfectly normal back then!!






Gracious !! What about "The Platters"? Just absolutely put you
in heaven to listen to that beautiful harmony they had.
Loved "You've Got The Magic Touch" or "Twilight Time", Not any
music like that out there any more!! For some reason
I find most of the music "grates" my nerves these days if it
is not Easy listening or "Kenny G".






THEN....there was Bobby Joe, don't remember him, huh?? Well ! He
wasn't a singer !! He was a boy in our class and the favorite
phrase from Mothers was...."You better NOT be in the
car with Bobby Joe, he drives like a Manic and he's going
to get killed and all y'll with him!!" (heheheh !!!) Every
class had a Bobby Joe and we were all afraid to ride with
him, we didn't have to be told.
Last count of him, he had a family of three
and still breathing !!






How many you gals out there remember our petticoats???? NO
real 50's teenage girl would have been caught dead without at
least three of those "Net & crinolin" slips that our Mama's
starched so stiff our skirts stood out like a whirlwind
had gone up our skirt tails!! Hey !! Our Moms worked
hard to stiffen those things !! I, actually, had
to take mine off to get in the Concession stand I worked
at the threatre !! The dear lady who owned that threatre
laughed and told that on me after I had kids...truth was I felt
I had been stripped naked without my petticoats that night !!





Dad always traded cars every year for a new "Studabaker"! You
Got it !! Boy !! Talk about a car that you could drive forever
on a quarter's worth of gasoline !! All us gals would
pool our nickel, dimes, pennies and put a quarter's worth of gas
in on Friday night and drive until our parents said
be in home,
usually 10:30 to 11:00 curfews on weekend and still have gas
left for dad the next day.

Talking about the curfews, Ten-thirty was a late hour......
plus, week days you weren't allowed to date. Stop
and think that the movies started at 6:00 p.m., We
had two and half hours to drop by the Drive-in, ride up
and down the strip, or make a drive
through, for lack of better phrasing, "Lover's Lane".
Hey !! Did any of you Characters ever kill
your car motor and let it roll to a stop, get out of
the car and slip up on someone you knew parked???? haaaaaa !!
Worked pretty good until one really nervous guy we knew
tried doing it and someone pulled a toy gun and squirted him !!
Dickie thought sure he was dead !!
Scarred him Stiff !!
NO !! I didn't do it.....Now Why would you "THINK"
I would do such a thing!!
Then there was the time that........

Just an thought.....If anyone has a memory they want to share,
a what happen to ???, or if you want to share your
favorite candy, drink, or whatever,
Email me !! I will put it on......Let's share our memories of the 50's !
My Favorite Candy was the "Mars" Bar and my Favorite cold
drink was a "Pepsi !!
What was yours and is it still made?

Here is a link for all you 50's gang that would love to take
a trip by to see Elvis.....
Let me know how you "Make Out" !

Elvis




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