Re: Where is everyone



Juno wrote:
ITYM "Ration Stamps"? And yes, I remember (faintly I
was 5 at the end of WWII) rationing.



Yes, Rationing Stamps! Dad was able to get more gas than
many people because he was in essential industry and had
to get back and forth. He worked in Ship Yards, building
war ships.

Henry Kaiser built a shipyard in Portland, and it turned out
"Liberty Ships".
http://www.answers.com/topic/kaiser-shipyards My father, in
addition to trying hard to keep a few of his stations going
for at least a few hours each day, worked nights at the
shipyard, supervising steam fitters. I hardly have any
memories of my Dad until much later, he was never home when
I was awake. But his business did survive, and I worked
with him later on.

<Sarcasm> I wonder what memories today's kids will have of
all the civilian sacrifices for the war (on terror) effort.

Beverly


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