March, 25, 2025

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SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
19 hours ago

A multipurpose pet… You can pet it, cuddle it, use it instead of a hot water bottle, or dust the furniture with it.

Tigressy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
2 hours ago

Or use it as a wig.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

Tommy Atkins got a bird!

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
19 hours ago

Did he get her, or is she trying to get away from his advances?

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

Wow, she’s lightning fast! Roger Mayweather himself wouldn’t stand a chance.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

No free prize inside???

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  JP Steve
19 hours ago

Just the sugar. Plenty of it.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
19 hours ago

Nowadays you’ll never see the word “sugar” connected with a product, unless it’s “sugar-free.”

Or sometimes “low sugar”, occasionally “natural fruit sugar” or “date sugar”, but people are getting wise to those.

This cereal is still around, and just as sugary… but now it’s just Corn Pops

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
2 hours ago

Yep…. I did say it was just as sugary!

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
21 hours ago

Missed THAT landing. Hope he survived to fly again.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
16 hours ago

Okay…. so who knew this was even from

a movie?
It’s from Breaking Away, 1979

And these are
the stars….
Robyn Douglass and Dennis Christopher

The things we learn here!

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  SusanSunshine
57 minutes ago

I had guessed the movie.

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

When that sort of rationing was still going on in 1953, my parents decided to emigrate!

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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16 hours ago

One of my uncles on my father’s side did too.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
15 hours ago

Looks very strict on some things, less so on others.

2 oz of tea is more than you’d think… Supposedly an ounce makes about a dozen cups…
But that’s still barely more than 3 cups a day…. hardly enough for a British tea drinker!

I’m not sure why the meat prices say p instead of d, but I’d think it means pence anyway… So 1/1 would get you about 2 pounds, plus any canned meats you had points for. Not bad for 7 days.

But one egg a fortnight?

I love the cheese drawing, since the sign was probably copied by hand from a small printed version.

1 oz of cheese is about a 1″ cube…
but this sign might be so much bigger that the cube shows a whole pound of cheese.

There was rationing in the US too, of course. In fact the US sending food to Britain and other allies was supposed to be part of the reason.

But I think most individual items were not measured as precisely.

You got a ration book for perishables like bread, meat and cheese, and another for packaged and canned items, and could distribute them yourself, as long as the total wasn’t exceeded.

A few things like sugar and coffee were individually limited.

Fresh vegetables, fruit, cigarettes and liquor were not rationed!
But rubber and metal were, though they’re not food.

Last edited 15 hours ago by SusanSunshine
JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

At least puppy didn’t push!

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

They have both done this previously. And are having fun doing it again.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
18 hours ago

I can hear Mama dog…. “Just because your friend jumps into the water, does that mean….”

Marge
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Reply to  nighthawks
10 hours ago

They have really fun!

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Reply to  nighthawks
6 hours ago

10

Arfside
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Reply to  nighthawks
21 hours ago

It looks just fine there. What was all the fuss about?

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

Photo?

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  JP Steve
18 hours ago

It says aerial photo but it sure doesn’t look like one… especially with such saturated color from a distance, and edge to edge.

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

I doubt it. Though Bismarck, SD would be a good place to make such an attempt.

mr_sherman
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
20 hours ago

I would think that it would be in Bismarck, ND.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  mr_sherman
18 hours ago

Especially considering that there is no Bismark, South Dakota…

And Bismark ND is the state capitol.

Alexikakos
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Reply to  nighthawks
21 hours ago

 

The official answer as posted in the ‘Daily Mail’ (date unknown).

 
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happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  Alexikakos
19 hours ago

Got it!
Woo Hoo!

JP Steve
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

Aren’t they all?

Liverlips McCracken
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Reply to  nighthawks
20 hours ago

Beg pardon? What are all those things if not penguins?

mr_sherman
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
19 hours ago

I’m guessing the rest are Toucans.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  Liverlips McCracken
18 hours ago

I’m wondering the same thing.

happyhappyhappy
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Reply to  nighthawks
19 hours ago

Kinda looks like they all have candy corn noses.

SusanSunshine
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Reply to  nighthawks
18 hours ago

Easy enough to find the one the artist apparently thinks is a penguin…

I’ve resisted looking at Alexi’s post…. But I’m sure

it would be….
the one with no white above his beak and around his eyes.

But surprise! There are penguins

that have …
white faces, too!

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happyhappyhappy
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19 hours ago

Love ya Liza.

More_Cats_Than_Sense
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15 hours ago

I’m thinking that you should all get the actors and the film, but when it was made might be the hard bit.

They are:
Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton

Behind the Scenes of
Batman (1989)

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Tigressy
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Reply to  More_Cats_Than_Sense
3 hours ago

That happens if you say
“Beetlejuice!” three times in a row.

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