On The Homefront

[AppleSouffle]

Wow, definitely keep that! It's probably not worth much but it has great historical value.

I'm in Minneapolis. During the summer, there's a World War 2 weekend at Historic Fort Snelling. Rooms full of memorabilia!

Well, about supporting our soldiers, I'm asking people to stop buying those - Support our troops - magnetic ribbons.

Why? Because they're made in China! That is not supporting the brave American men and women who are stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[cooksterz]

Love the share on this. A Ration book, was prolly very well kept and safeguarded in those times! I love old books and mementos like that!

[PappyStu]

I wonder how many will care for these things when I go...

[phekwig]

Different war, different times, different people... In a way we are getting rationed, but instead of getting us with limited quantities we keep having to pay more for the plentiful stuff that there is...

[PappyStu]

Good analogee... Price today is the great rationer....

[KurtGnu]

In general people were far healthier during the war, as they could not eat all the bad stuff that people eat now! At least that was the case in the UK and Sweden, where they had rations too, even though officially Sweden did not take part in the war, claiming 'neutrality'..;) I don't recommend war and rations as a way of slimming down though.. :)

[PappyStu]

Burger King isn't good fur us? he he he

[IXGertXI]

What a treasure! I don't think our greedy society who's so used to so many luxuries would do well with ration books. Thanks for the sharin' Pappy!

[PappyStu]

They may learn...

[IXGertXI]

They may have no choice!

[seniorsite]

Nice vid thanks for sharing some history with us:)

[PappyStu]

Just a lttle piece of my family history...

Thanks

[woodenshoesjeroen]

Good vid Stu, makes us remind of us living in luxury compared to past days. (sorry about the crooked sentence). btw How are you?

cheers, Jeroen

[PappyStu]

I am good considering the troubles of the world... I have not seen much of you in recent weeks... Hope that you have been well...

[kalacaw]

5***** PappyStu! Since I've been retired, I've learned how to do more with less, but I'm still able to do many things our parents couldn't do during the war. Food rationing? I know nothing of that life, but I've heard so much about it. I'm glad for the opportunity to see the inside of a rationing book. Thanks PappyStu. :)

[PappyStu]

I think its hard to adjust to a fixed income such as in retirement... I wonder with the economic trend how much more challenging it will get...

[21stCenturyCat]

is there a certain cruelty about advertising food on the cover of a ration book which pretty much limits what you can buy?

[PappyStu]

LOL I never thought about that... Interesting perspective my good friend...

[MotherReiver]

today they call those rations - nutrisystem -- NOT! On the serious side, how awesome to have these mementos from the past :)

[PappyStu]

Yes for me more valuable than gold or jewels...

[MotherReiver]

... and here I made silly; but they are treasures from our collective past - these museum pieces tells quite a story :)

[PappyStu]

I live for your "silly"! he he he

but you can have those "nutrisystems" They look yucky to me on the TV... They must be on the TV constantly cause I rarely watch and yet see them everytime I do..

[MotherReiver]

I don't wann'em either! My husband went on it and I gagged for the month he wanted me to be on that system with him - I have well developed taste buds - can't handle food like that - it can sit on the shelf for years with no refrigeration - absolutely awful stuff. It always reminded me of k-rations :)

[PappyStu]

Oh wow.. I made my judgement from the pictures... Never spoke with anyone who actually ate any of it.... It just made airplane food look good... bleaaaaag

I would rather be over weight than eat crap that looks like that...

[MotherReiver]

Me too - life's waaaaay to short :)

[suuzzee5]

Very cool video! Have seen the ration books before... those were amazing times and everybody gladly did their part. Americans would not be able to do that now...we're too spoiled, I think...

[PappyStu]

Perhaps we are only distracted by the media or by one political fraction or the other... I think we are better than this....

[Carballoca]

Great video....we take so much for granted thses days....I remember my mother talking about the ration books...Also remember her telling stories something about not having lights on at night after pearl harbor being bombed so the japenese could not see where to drop bombs if they were to get to the united states....I live on the west coast near san francisco...

[PappyStu]

It was a different time and trail for our people... Unfortunately not our last... We can learn from their solidarity...

[prosepp]

Think its good to remember the ration times.

Maybe they return faster than we are imagining.

Thank you very much

[PappyStu]

Though possibly forged by our tribulations, We are above them in spirit...

[kenrg]

Repost? Or maybe somebody else was talking about this recently? Deja vu either way.

Do you think the American public would put up with ration books now? When the "leadership" our president gave us after 9/11 was "go to the mall and spend or the terrorists win"?

Now they tell us that saving is unpatriotic because selfishly hording our money in the bank is slowing down the economy. It's not our government anymore; it's the corporation's.

[PappyStu]

Its up to us to find the right path without looking for our moral compass in Washington...

Yes a re-post addition to the miniseries tittled "Empire or Republic?"

[MGABBYB]

What a great piece of history.

Very interesting...

[PappyStu]

Thank you...

[PappyStu]

LOL that's sort of meaningless now in a way... I have made a bit over 1100 vids now most deleted from the old channel and some here... Into my archive... Still wondering why yours changed...

[PappyStu]

Roger that... never have considered the monetary value of such things as they are handme downs and its a moot point... Even if many of them are valuable quote unquote it doesn't really matter... Except maybe to someone else when I am gone... Probably sooner than later....

[IXGertXI]

I have an arrowhead dating back 500 years BC... well, it's housed in the state museum... but my great grandpa found it on the farm and it was passed down and down... well, you get the point. It's cool. ;)

[PappyStu]

That is really kewl... I have quite a few fossils but no human artifacts that old to my knowledge but I have never had a so called expert look at my arrowhead collection....

[randomwritings]

Maybe I ought to repost some old vids I had about my (now deceased) nieghbour and her war stories if I can find them - I still have some of her treasures though

[PappyStu]

Anything topical you wish to attach to the lead video is most welcome!!

[PappyStu]

Thanks Compadre... Actually I have quite a few seriously rare keep sakes both family and historically significant...

I even have an autographed picture of Lou and The Babe together around here some where....