Fourth of July - A Day to Celebrate!

[nigelb]

The Fourth of July is indeed a day to celebrate. It is on this day in 1954 that Britain finally ended all rationing imposed as a result of WWII with the lifting of rationing of meat and bacon.


I also just discovered that as a little nipper, I made some crucial sacrifices during the first three years of my life. Sweets and chocolate were rationed until May, 1950

Bet y'all thought I was going to say something about that minor insurrection that occured on the same day in 1776. Oh, and 5 July is riddance day, in case you didn't know.

Nigel²

[FlyTexas]

Oh, and 5 July is riddance day, in case you didn't know.

Nigel²

On which side of the pond?

Brian

[Garry Russell]

Good to know Nigel........and there's me thinking bacon was meat

[airboatr]

closet yank !

[Garry Russell]

Are you guys holding a Tea Party??

[airboatr]

tea partys?. We have keggers.




DIsclaimer:
although these are unwritten laws of the forum ( my perception anyway)

If you can take it. don't dish it out
if your being picked on , it probably because they like ya.... but then again maybe not


at least thats how I've seen it go on for the last five years I've been around .... never mind the date under my user name to the right.

like Major Errol Phipps - I have not managed to escape*

You see Nigel we have something in common.

[nigelb]

Good to know Nigel........and there's me thinking bacon was meat

Yea, me too but the article from the BBC specifically mentioned meat and bacon. The only explanation I can offer is the restriction on pork was lifted in February of 1954 (yea, Pork is meat) but apparently that did not include bacon. Perhaps it has something to do with bacon, sugar and butter being the first items to be rationed on 8th January 1940. Anyway, write to the Minister of Food (if one still exists) and demand an explanation for this apparent beauracratic confusion.

Nigel²

[Garry Russell]

That would be the samw body that includes eggs with dairy produce.

Can't beat a good free range cow's egg

[DelP]

DIsclaimer:
although these are unwritten laws of the forum ( my perception anyway)

If you can take it. don't dish it out
if your being picked on , it probably because they like ya.... but then again maybe not

Well Joe, let me see if I can explain this......

Many years ago my mates and I found ourselves on a large US airbase somewhere in Europe. We had a few days RnR and were invited to visit
It was a big base...shopping mall, bowling alley, cinema and burger bars...where mum and the kids eat their burgers whilst dad sits in full combats, carrying an M16 and wearing a respirator because the tannoy had announced a gas attack...the tannoy also regularly announced that 'steel rims must be worn at all times'......to us this was surreal

I should mention at this point that back then (it might still be true) the US military in Europe were strongly discouraged from fraternising with British service personnel and under no circumstances were they to go drinking with them (us) We'd heard this from a few sources, so assumed it was true

So anyway, we found the bar and decided to go through the cocktail list starting at the top...the cocktail shaker man was not well pleased..I don't know why, we were only ordering eight of each

We took a corner table, kept to ourselves and spent a pleasant evening doing what British squaddies do....although I'm not sure the 'dance of the flaming ars***les went down too well...must have been a cultural thing

Sorry Joe, to get back to your point...later in the evening we were approached by US Military Policemen. The first thing they asked was 'Why is your buddy under the table and why are you kicking him...?' Our response was 'He's our mate and it's his birthday.....'

So there you have it

As a postscript I should add that the next day the US Military got back at us. Apparently eight F4s needed instrument checks and we were kitted out and sat in the back seat. 30 minutes of bone-shaking terror with the jock saying 'Don't puke in that mask boy....'

The day after that we were invited for a chat with our CO......

ATB,

Derek

[airboatr]

I just take the way it comes , chew on the meat and spit out the bones I say.

An interesting story Derek , I'll take a stab as to what the moral of the story is.

A free ride in an F4 just for kicking your buddy on his birthday?