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By (user no longer on site) OP   
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over a year ago

With rationing in this day and age of I want it now and shall have it now regardless of if I can afford it or not

Was reading something about the war and thought to myself that I would need a lot of new skills to be able to cope if everything was rationed again

we're not exactly a make do and mend society now are we?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Funny that i was just watching upstairs and downstairs and they are on about rationing

Could we do it now mmmmmm think we all would adapt really it would be hard though xx

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By *leasureDomeMan
over a year ago

all over the place

funny thing is everyone was so much healthier in terms of diet in the war years and you look at the old pics and the women looked so great ...

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

I think the problem with make do and mend nowdays is that lots of the stuff people buy isn't built to be mended. DVD player turns up its toes - throw it away and replace it. Shoes getting down at heel - buy new shoes.

I even tried to get a duvet laundered recently and the wifie insisted I should just buy a new one 'cos it'd only be a few quid more than having it laundered.

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess


"funny thing is everyone was so much healthier in terms of diet in the war years and you look at the old pics and the women looked so great ...

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You're right. I have wartime pics of my mother in uniform. She looks fabulous and so do all her comrades. Mind you, the pics are in black and white

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

are you joking ... if I didna have my Evian spray.. I would feel like a savage .....

viva la disposable world ...

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

You know what it reads backwards, don't you?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"You know what it reads backwards, don't you?"

yup...... thats me lol

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess


"You know what it reads backwards, don't you?

yup...... thats me lol"

I seriously doubt that. Nobody stays naive after 6 months round these parts.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I tried this experiment where you bought only what was available with your rations etc, ration cookbook full of recipes that are supposed to have things in them but havent....

mock hare soup

eggless mayonnaise

etc

It saved me a packet and they were really nice meals. Some of them I use still, and its handy when the cupboards are getting bare as ive a head full of forgotten recipes.

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By *im53Man
over a year ago

Boldon

never lost the make do and ment thing,

always been a fixer and mender

hate to get rid of any thing with out trying to fix it first

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Isnt it funny though, when you think of wartime 9 times out of 10 it is the romanctic image you think of, rather than the horrors.

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

I think that's part of our inbuilt coping mechanism. My mother didn't see the horrors first hand but saw many casualties and never spoke about it, prefering stories of comradeship and humour amongst her ATS chums, many of whom kept in touch until they died.

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