[Sca-cooks] OT - Katrina aftermath

[Marcha]

I remember rationing of everything during WWII.  Visited England in 1951 and 
they still had rationing.    Bertha
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laura C. Minnick" <lcm at jeffnet.org>
To: <ysabeau at mail.ev1.net>; "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 12:41 PM
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] OT - Katrina aftermath


> At 06:14 AM 9/1/2005, you wrote:
>
>>Does anyone else remember the rationing back in the 70's?
>
> I do! We lived around the block from a Shell station, and the owner let my 
> dad park there overnight so he'd be in line first thing in the morning. 
> Considering the mileage the old Buick got... <gag>
>
>>We aren't to that point here in
>>Austin, yet. As I was driving in, prices ranged from $2.79 a
>>gallon to a low of $2.59. I filled up my tank on Monday @ $2.47
>>and still have over 3/4 of a tank but I was tempted to stop and
>>top it off. The place with $2.59 was really busy.
>
> I drive a diesel  Volvo wagon (Zippy the Wonder Volvo) and I filled up 
> Monday for $2.83. She gets 30mpg, but still, I'm planning a trip to 
> Ashland this weekend, and aghast at the thought of filling before coming 
> home...
>
> OFC- what are these prices going to do to our food costs? Is anyone 
> planning a feast and wondering if the price will go up?
>
> 'Lainie
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