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The Velveteen Ocelot

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6. There will be shortages of things we have become used to getting easily.
Wed Apr 22, 2020, 12:00 PM
Apr 2020

I remember my mother's stories of how they coped with shortages of common things during WWII - like sugar, which was rationed. They would draw a line up the backs up their legs so it looked like they were wearing unavailable nylon stockings (which had seams in those days). With meat-packing plants closing we might not be able to get some meat products. I wonder what other kinds of foods will become unavailable.

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