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Provisions For A Battle Ship

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Michael Trew

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Jul 31, 2023, 2:21:15 PM7/31/23
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Here is a photo that was circulating on FB a few days ago. Provisions
for a WWII era battle ship. No wonder Sheldon only cooked in huge steam
kettles, and used the one qt saucepan as a pet food scoop. ;)

Battle ship provisions pic: https://postimg.cc/QVmXv879

"60 Tons Potatoes..." ...Yet only 1/2 ton onions. The picture sizes up
to read the words on the carts. I assume that "bloaters" are fish?

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OT: RIP Pee-Wee Herman

GM

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Jul 31, 2023, 2:27:30 PM7/31/23
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"1000 boxss cigarettes"

Yeah, sad about Pee-Wee, he apparently had cancer the last 6 years...

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Bruce

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Jul 31, 2023, 11:20:57 PM7/31/23
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I guess the P stood for Pedo.

Gary

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Aug 1, 2023, 8:31:05 AM8/1/23
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Don't go there. >:-/

Paul Reubens will be missed by many. A creative entertainment genius.
The "Today" show on NBC did a nice memorial/overview of his career.



Dave Smith

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Aug 1, 2023, 10:01:49 AM8/1/23
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For me he ranks up there with Andy Kaufman. It seems there were some
people who appreciated their humour. I was not one of them.



Sqwertz

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Aug 1, 2023, 10:10:41 AM8/1/23
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:21:09 -0400, Michael Trew wrote:

> Here is a photo that was circulating on FB a few days ago. Provisions
> for a WWII era battle ship. No wonder Sheldon only cooked in huge steam
> kettles, and used the one qt saucepan as a pet food scoop. ;)
>
> Battle ship provisions pic: https://postimg.cc/QVmXv879

If it was on Facebook, you know it's probably fake. As evidenced
by all the horse-drawn carts and canned pineapple.

Sure, they could be loading in Hawaii, but the pineapple would be
as fresh as the potatoes, onions, and tomatoes (which would have
been tinned). Bloaters say East coast, europe, or North Atlantic.
There's no SPAM, but instead whole cooked hams on the hoof
*unrefrigerated* (NOPE!). Less than 9,000 eggs, no oatmeal, yet
120,000 pounds of beef? (eggs last much longer than beef - no
cryovac). And no coffee?

Also: The Margarine. Why were we severely rationing butter on the
mainland if all the butter was going to the war effort?

Post-wartime Facebook propaganda.

-sw

Michael Trew

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Aug 1, 2023, 12:59:49 PM8/1/23
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Probably so, but I posted it because I thought of Sheldon, and it made
me chuckle.

GM

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Aug 1, 2023, 1:03:30 PM8/1/23
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Yeah, I liked it... WW II rationing has always been one of my "interests"...

Wonder how our Old Sailor is doing, hope he is comfortable...

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dsi1

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Aug 1, 2023, 1:43:20 PM8/1/23
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My guess is that this would be for a British battleship.

Bruce

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Aug 1, 2023, 3:21:49 PM8/1/23
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2023 08:30:56 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:

>On 7/31/2023 11:20 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:27:26 -0700 (PDT), GM
>> <gregorymorr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> OT: RIP Pee-Wee Herman
>>>
>>> "1000 boxss cigarettes"
>>>
>>> Yeah, sad about Pee-Wee, he apparently had cancer the last 6 years...
>>
>> I guess the P stood for Pedo.
>
>Don't go there. >:-/

I didn't know the guy but it's one of the first things I read.

>Paul Reubens will be missed by many. A creative entertainment genius.
>The "Today" show on NBC did a nice memorial/overview of his career.

Oh well, Kirk Douglas and Frank Sinatra are also still American
heroes.
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