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You forgot about the electrics
Posted on 02/29/2016 8:25:56 AM PST by Kartographer
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You forgot about the electrics
During the war both of my grandfathers could get gas and tires-—it depended on your job. One was an oil company executive and one worked for an electric utility.
The eastern US had worse fuel shortages in 1942, especially the first half of the year due to U-boats sinking so many tankers. Dumbass bastard Ernest King refused to institute a decent convoy system because the Atlantic Fleet “did not have enough destroyers”. At the time of Pearl Harbor the AF had 71 in commision.
The British were pulling their hair out trying to get convoying started by King. The Kriegsmarine enjoyed the Happy Time though, in six months they bagged over 400 ships.
One result of the sinkings was the construction of the Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines across the Mississippi carrying oil to the East instead of having to rely only on tankers and railcars.
On a different note, the 1805 farmhouse my dad rented in the 1960s in Suffolk, England had running water, a kitchen and a bedroom converted into a bathroom. The bathroom and electricity were put in during the 1920s.
No heat though, except for coal fireplaces and kerosene units.
Not having a washing machine is just stupid.
Cool. So she’s a prepper, sort of.
I’m doing something similar. Not discarding all modern conveniences just yet, but preparing for a possible grid-down situation by acquiring/installing old-timey accoutrements as backups.
The outhouse is quite convenient when I’m doing yardwork and would rather not trek all the way back to the house, and I keep a bottle of alcohol out there for hand washing.
But I still appreciate, and use, my modern indoor plumbing, and for now, my future chamber pot holds a lovely houseplant.
You know, not many people knew it, but the Führer was a terrific dancer. That is because you were taken in by that verdammte Allied propaganda! Such filthy lies! They told lies! But nobody ever said a bad word about Winston Churchill, did they? No! "Win with Winnie!" Churchill! With his cigars, with his brandy. And his ROTTEN painting! Rotten! Hitler, THERE was a painter! He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon! TWO COATS! Churchill. He couldn't even say "Nazi". He would say "Nooooozeeehz, Nooooozeeehz!" It wasn't NOSES, it was NAZIS! Churchill! Let me tell you THIS! And you're hearing this straight from the horse - Hitler was better looking than Churchill. He was a better dresser than Churchill. He had more hair! He told funnier jokes! And he could dance the PANTS off of Churchill!
I think one of the ladies from the TV show “1940s House” continued on with some of the practices from that time. Heaven knows none of the “Frontier House” ladies had any interest in hanging onto much from the daily realities of THAT lifestyle!
Thanks for that link.
Yes she has a garden.
Yes she has a garden.
Try living in 1939 Poland.
I saw that film on TV just last night. Dick Shawn played Hitler. The guy was an absolute riot!
‘The little-told story of the massive WWII pet cull’
I never knew that. What a needless tragedy for so many. I would never have considered preemptively killing my four-footed family members.
The spin was to protect your pets from the poison gas of the Huns.
The real reason was that there wasn’t enough food for the pets to get a ration.
If she lives according to the mores of the day, then she is relatively chaste and disease-free compared to the promiscuous sluts that infest our society.
I find that very attractive.
Somebody told me England had rationing/austerity (due to the war) on certain items until 1959. They were poorer than us, by far.
Their 1970 would be closer to our 1955, economically.
Candy rationing ended in 1953; sugar rationing later that year; tea rationing in 1952; meat and bacon July 4, 1954.
I can’t think of what was rationed later than that.
I’m not sure your views of morality in 1940s is supported by the historical record. Anecdotally, remember Ike and Kay.
Or, if you prefer hard numbers, check out Paragraph 13 here:
http://www.nisra.gov.uk/archive/demography/publications/annual_reports/historical/1944.pdf
from 1944. “The number of illegitimate births and the proportion to the total births are the highest on record”
Those Americans waiting for D-Day had to do something with their time, and the English guys had been off at war almost 5 years by then.
Is she busy Friday night?
Interesting
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