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The FReeper Foxhole Reviews Food Rationing on the Homefront during WWII - October 23rd, 2004
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Posted on 10/22/2004 11:46:24 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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To: Professional Engineer
Time for my first bifocals. Uh oh, the B word. I usually give up and look over the top of my glasses (like a school marm). Hobbit Lass gets all worked up and tells me "That's creepy!"
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posted on
10/24/2004 5:33:18 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(If you want to understand the differences between the two parties, study the nature of their enemies)
To: snippy_about_it
Hey Snippy. Thanks for the post. I did not know what was going on with the food rationing. My parents had died and I was in an orphanage. [We did not attribute any food problems to the war!].
Gas rationing was another biggie. One of the 'prefects' at the orphanage had his own 'system'. He would go into some bar and buy drinks and he had one of the kids siphon some gas out of cars outside. Those without such a 'system' scraped by. My future father-in-law put his 37 Chevy up on jacks for the duration. He was then unable to visit his wife's grave. Clothing was also a problem. My future wife used to go to NYC and stand in quite a line to buy 'nylons' or whatever.
Thanks for reminding people that war really made a difference in people's lives. People would say 'Don't you know there's a war on'. Rubber tires went to war as did the green color of Lucky Strike cigarettes. "Lucky Strike green has gone to war" was how they introduced white.
People don't want to hear this today but with the draft, war bonds and the nation's cooperation all our well-armed enemies were completely defeated less than 4 years after Pearl Harbor.
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posted on
10/24/2004 9:56:37 AM PDT
by
ex-snook
(Vote for someone who res your views or your views will be ignored.)
To: SAMWolf
Most of my lot has bedrock 20 -24 inches down. To put the city sidewalkj in, the contractor had to jackhammer a 15' strech to get down far enough. Bedrock there was exposed until the lawn was put down.
To: snippy_about_it
No jackhammers around huh?Didn't I tell you my name is Jack?
To: PhilDragoo
LOL! Daffy Duck can kick Kerry's ass anyday.
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posted on
10/24/2004 11:32:16 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: ex-snook
Thanks for sharing your memories, ex-snook.
One of the 'prefects' at the orphanage had his own 'system'. He would go into some bar and buy drinks and he had one of the kids siphon some gas out of cars outside.
I'd call that "scrounging" ;-)
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posted on
10/24/2004 11:34:00 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: Samwise
I've been doing the librarian trickfor reading, lokking at hymnals, etc. for a year. It's gotten vey old.
To: Professional Engineer
Most of my lot has bedrock 20 -24 inches down.As long as you don't want to dig deeper than 20 inches you're good to go. ;-)
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posted on
10/24/2004 11:34:58 AM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: PhilDragoo
I love the look Daffy is giving the doofus.
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posted on
10/24/2004 3:38:36 PM PDT
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Samwise
Hobbit Lass gets all worked up and tells me "That's creepy!"LOL. Next time you do that add a little sinister laugh.
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posted on
10/24/2004 3:40:40 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: ex-snook
Thanks for sharing your personal story with us ex-snook.
In 1940, they changed the word Cigarettes to small white letters. Then, due to the demand for green pigment for the war effort, and pressure from consumers that disliked the green pack, changed the color of the pack to white in 1942. Hence the phrase, "Lucky Strike green has gone to war". An ad campaign, which was very successful for the American Tobacco Company.
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posted on
10/24/2004 3:47:45 PM PDT
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snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: SAMWolf; All
welcome!
i had an aunt who was a "Tessie" during WW2.
ALSO, believe it or not, i was a "COPTER" in the 1970s. (those of you who were "Tessies" KNOW what that means.)
free dixie,sw
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posted on
10/25/2004 8:41:42 AM PDT
by
stand watie
( being a damnyankee is no better than being a racist. it is a LEARNED prejudice against dixie.)
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