In my day...

[Henri Defense]

Came across this while reading the Daily Mail!

In my day, all we got for Easter was carrot on a stickWar rationing was a way of life during World War Two, creating a national culture of austerity, but it also sparked ingenuity, such as swapping an ice-cream for a carrot on a stick.
It was the official wartime substitute for ice-cream, and some British children born just before the war didn’t discover what ice-cream actually was until the fighting had finished and rationing stopped.
The carrot on a stick was offered as the alternative when supplies ran low, because sugar needed to make ice-cream was one of the first luxuries to be hit on rationing, along with bacon and butter.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1qvgH6Rnw
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/02/article-0-127007AF000005DC-560_634x448.jpg

Times do change, don't they?



Henri

[n11pilot]

Well, at least they were getting their vitamin A. Sometimes I think we have had it so good for so long in this country that we are forgetting to be a little grateful.

[MacFett]

Yes, well in wars of today, the military goes to war and the rest of society goes to the mall.
Indeed, times have changed.

[Doug Palumbo]

Mmmm, good points all, gents.

[Blackthorn]

Wow...

[Henri Defense]

Part of me almost wishes our "recession" was more like the depression so people could learn gratitude and resourcefulness.

[n11pilot]

Part of me almost wishes our "recession" was more like the depression so people could learn gratitude and resourcefulness.

Henri I couldn't agree more, but I don't think it is a function of depression v/s recession. I think it has more to do with the death of individual imitative and the birth of the entitlement generations.

[Major Eaton]

The economics behind war have changed. A good discussion would be if that is a cause, or an effect...

[claire]

Wow, all of your point are so stressful, great! I have to say, I have learn a lot from your words.