rico Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 (edited) Don't how my Dad got to talking about this...but once he left I looked it up. The old man had his years confused but he was spot on concerning the ban on sliced bread... During 1943, U.S. officials imposed a short-lived ban on sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure.[6][7] The ban was ordered by Claude R. Wickard who held the position of Food Administrator, and took effect on January 18, 1943. According to The New York Times, officials explained that "the ready-sliced loaf must have a heavier wrapping than an unsliced one if it is not to dry out." It was also intended to counteract a rise in the price of bread, caused by the Office of Price Administration's authorization of a ten percent increase in flour prices.[8] In a Sunday radio address on January 24, New York City Mayor LaGuardia suggested that bakeries that had their own bread-slicing machines should be allowed to continue to use them, and on January 26, 1943, a letter appeared in The New York Times from a distraught housewife: I should like to let you know how important sliced bread is to the morale and saneness of a household. My husband and four children are all in a rush during and after breakfast. Without ready-sliced bread I must do the slicing for toast—two pieces for each one—that's ten. For their lunches I must cut by hand at least twenty slices, for two sandwiches apiece. Afterward I make my own toast. Twenty-two slices of bread to be cut in a hurry![9] On January 26, however, John F. Conaboy, the New York Area Supervisor of the Food Distribution Administration, warned bakeries, delicatessens, and other stores that were continuing to slice bread to stop, saying that "to protect the cooperating bakeries against the unfair competition of those who continue to slice their own bread... we are prepared to take stern measures if necessary."[10] On March 8, 1943, the ban was rescinded. While public outcry is generally credited for the reversal, Wickard stated that "Our experience with the order, however, leads us to believe that the savings are not as much as we expected, and the War Production Board tells us that sufficient wax paper to wrap sliced bread for four months is in the hands of paper processor and the baking industry."[8] Edited November 12, 2021 by rico Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 It would have been cool if the distraught housewife would have said, "if you would rescind this ban, it'd be the greatest thing since, well, I don't know what, but it would be great!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 (edited) My wifes dad has a 1932 Ford Model A. He demonstrated cooking on the exhaust manifold once. I guess it was a thing on road trips back then. Edited May 29, 2021 by mrflynn03 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Horses recognize humans faces. Almonds are part of the peach family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 The "doggy door" invention is attributed to Isaac Newton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 Alaska is the most Northern, Western, and EASTERN state in the U.S. How is that possible? The dividing line between the Eastern and Western hemispheres goes through the Aleutian Islands, which are part of Alaska. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 1 minute ago, 5fouls said: Alaska is the most Northern, Western, and EASTERN state in the U.S. How is that possible? The dividing line between the Eastern and Western hemispheres goes through the Aleutian Islands, which are part of Alaska. So your saying that driving to the highest point in Acadia National Park is not where you can watch the first sunrise in America? What propagandists they are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 KFC slogan "finger lickin good" translates to "we'll eat your fingers off" in Chinese. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 5 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: KFC slogan "finger lickin good" translates to "we'll eat your fingers off" in Chinese. True or not, that's damned funny! All sorts of bad translations cause marketing nighmares: Chevy couldn't sell the Nova in Mexico (Literal translation of "no va" in Spanish: It doesn't go). Coca Cola used Chinese Mandarin so that when the Chinese read the label on a Coke, they would literally say "Coca-Cola". The only problem was, the literal translation was "bite the wax tadpole". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 McDonald's is the largest distributor of toys in the world 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted November 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2021 Anybody want smacked in the head? https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/sudden-genius-syndrome-robbery-victim-uses-math-to-find-new-home-in-indiana/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKIM01 Posted November 13, 2021 Report Share Posted November 13, 2021 That's amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBQ Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 11/12/2021 at 6:24 PM, rico said: Anybody want smacked in the head? https://www.wane.com/news/indiana/sudden-genius-syndrome-robbery-victim-uses-math-to-find-new-home-in-indiana/ Reminds me of the Benjaman Kyle story except some type of trauma impacted their brains differently. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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