Great article.....my Mom lived the era as well. She invented copper wire fighting over pennies I think !....:o)
We try to emulate and learn from them and what they went thru. It would be insane to ignore that it can happen again. Folks need to be prepared and get a new hobby called frugal living !
A elderly neighbor who is a very very good housekeeper is one heck of a pack rat ! She saves wire ties, paper and plastic sacks, coffee cans , makes all kinds of crafts and sells em at local flea markets for spending money .....she is a child of the depression and nothing went to waste unless it really was just waste !
Good generation that all can learn from and should ! With bar codes and computers etc there is about 18 hours of food on the shelves of a grocery store if a run was made on em due a simple truckers strike.
Be prepared folks.....if it never happens then so be it !
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