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9. Or the rationing that went on.

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 08:21 PM

Jun 2020

People had to do without ...

Rationed Items Rationing Duration

Tires: January 1942 to December 1945
Cars: February 1942 to October 1945
Bicycles: July 1942 to September 1945
Gasoline: May 1942 to August 1945
Fuel Oil & Kerosene: October 1942 to August 1945
Solid Fuels: September 1943 to August 1945
Stoves: December 1942 to August 1945
Rubber Footwear: October 1942 to September 1945
Shoes: February 1943 to October 1945
Sugar: May 1942 to 1947
Coffee: November 1942 to July 1943
Processed Foods: March 1943 to August 1945
Meats, canned fish: March 1943 to November 1945
Cheese, canned milk, fats: March 1943 to November 1945
Typewriters: March 1942 to April 1944

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Imagine hiw these antimaskers would have acted during WWII blackouts! [View all] bobbieinok Jun 2020 OP

Or rationing for the troops fighting Japan and Germany SouthernCal_Dem Jun 2020 #1

They wouldn't last 2 hours. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2020 #2

Even the Taliban insist their women wear masks....... still_one Jun 2020 #3

Exactly. And most of the anti-maskers consider themselves patriots and Christians. Hoyt Jun 2020 #4

Different generation. cwydro Jun 2020 #5

If those who faced WWII had the same attitudes many of us have now DBoon Jun 2020 #6

Or at conveniance stores with "No shoes, no shirt, no service!" signs on their doors. marble falls Jun 2020 #7

The tonnage sunk by Uboats would have tripled. kairos12 Jun 2020 #8

Or the rationing that went on. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #9