-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Graph Paper Printer- Lil
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:19 -0500
And do you remember shoes being in short supply. We had to decide who
needed shoes the worst.
Sandi
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From: "Roger" <rcleavitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PCTT" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:40 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Graph Paper Printer- Lil
> "I am wondering where you come from... you mention rations in WWII..."
>
> I grew up in a very small town in upper New England here in the U.S.
> The whole country was under rationing all during WWII. They used a book of
> stamps that were issued to each family and when buying rationed items you
> had to have the cash and sufficient ration stamps to cover the purchase. A
> weekly ration of gasoline was three gallons as I recall. Three gallons of
> gas got you into town for a load of groceries on Saturday and a ride to
> church on Sunday. Farmers could get more fuel for their farm equipment of
> course. Sugar and butter were rationed among other things.
> Many things were in short supply even though not rationed. Toothpaste was
> package in a lead tube in those days and plastic tubes were yet to be
> invented.
> If the drugstore received a shipment of toothpaste the word got around and
> everyone headed to the store with their empty tube to get a new one. If
> you
> didn't have an empty tube to exchange..... no toothpaste! Lead was scarce
> because large amounts were used in ammunition. Everything was scarce so
> even
> if you had the money to buy that didn't mean you necessarily got what you
> wanted. The storekeepers controlled many items and parcelled things out so
> that their regular customers got their fair share but nobody could buy
> enough of anything to sell it on the blackmarket. My dad always got a
> carton
> of Camel cigarettes along with our grocery order on Saturday night.
> Times have changed, that's fo sho!
>
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