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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: snippy_about_it
Sir is a term of respect.Yeah that's why my dad is Sir, not me. :-)
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:46:14 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: snippy_about_it
I haerd about the rationing from the other side.
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:46:46 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: Professional Engineer
YAY! It came and you got it started. :-)
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:47:22 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: jtill
I have War Ration Books one, two, three and four for my mother, dad, grandmother and myself. They have interesting little notes and shopping lists on them. Some still have coupons and some are only the covers, but when I take them out to look at them they sure bring back the memories.Nice souvenirs to have. Thanks for sharing some of your memories.
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:49:30 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: jtill
I have War Ration Books one, two, three and four for my mother, dad, grandmother and myself. They have interesting little notes and shopping lists on them. Some still have coupons and some are only the covers, but when I take them out to look at them they sure bring back the memories.Nice souvenirs to have. Thanks for sharing some of your memories.
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:49:31 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: Victoria Delsoul
Hi Victoria. Nice graphic today. You getting a new collection started?
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:50:03 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
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To: Matthew Paul
Afternoon Matt.
The entire Communist system is based on rationing (Unless you're a Party bigwig), sorta like the Liberals here.
LOL on the jokes. Glad you provided a translation. The toilet sign is good. :-)
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:52:31 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: Matthew Paul
LOL! That last one is great, we need to put those up in the school zones around here.
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posted on
10/23/2004 4:53:44 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: snippy_about_it
Shopping! A thread I can relate to.
I can't describe the look Hubby gave me when the President told us to go out and shop after 9/11. Believe me, just as these ladies rationed for their country, I did my bit to keep our economy pumping. :^)
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posted on
10/23/2004 7:31:12 PM PDT
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Samwise
(If you want to understand the differences between the two parties, study the nature of their enemies)
To: SAMWolf
My family hails from the hills of Kentucky. Mom and my cousins, who were children during the war, sit around and talk about picking beans until their fingers bled. People today have no idea what poverty and hardship are.
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posted on
10/23/2004 7:39:30 PM PDT
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Samwise
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To: SAMWolf
All these personal accounts are really interesting to me since I had no family here in the 40's who went through all this. I'll take you to my family reunion next spring. You'll learn to be grateful for that lapse in your heritage.
/end chuckle
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posted on
10/23/2004 7:44:49 PM PDT
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Samwise
(If you want to understand the differences between the two parties, study the nature of their enemies)
To: Professional Engineer
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posted on
10/23/2004 7:45:35 PM PDT
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Samwise
(If you want to understand the differences between the two parties, study the nature of their enemies)
To: Matthew Paul
Regarding that last sign, is that in Chappaqua? :^)
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posted on
10/23/2004 7:47:44 PM PDT
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Samwise
(If you want to understand the differences between the two parties, study the nature of their enemies)
To: snippy_about_it
Food was rationed and meat—aside from SPAM—was scarce.My dad was an infant in 1942. He also had an allergy to cow's milk, which meant the family meat ration stamps ended up dedicated to buying goats milk. My gradfather is said to have never gone anywhere without a deer rifle in the back seat.
To: bentfeather
To: Professional Engineer
To: snippy_about_it; bentfeather; SAMWolf
LOL! It finally arrived. This is going to be fun to watch.You said a mouthful Snippy! I hit my hand with a 4lb hammer breaking rocks. OUCH!
The scene of impending destruction, er, construction.
The Old Glory hole. The hole is about 20 inches deep. The lst six inches cut into solid limestone, using said hammer and a chisel. Muh arms, and shoulders ache.
The larger debris from the hole. I tossed the smaller shards in with the "dirt".
To: Samwise
I need new glasses.Me too. Time for my first bifocals.
To: Samwise
I did my bit to keep our economy pumping.:-) Just one of those people who make America such a great country.
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posted on
10/23/2004 9:36:01 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
To: Samwise
People today have no idea what poverty and hardship are.There are people in the world that would kill to be "poor" in America.
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posted on
10/23/2004 9:37:02 PM PDT
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SAMWolf
(Vegetables are not food. Vegetables are what food eats)
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