you will lose these things in the next great depression

[bigpaul]

"The Depression" was a bit before my time (even if some of you DO think i'm ancient), it was then that my 2 uncles moved off the farm and emmigrated to Canada. the 20s and 30s were bad here too and in Europe, after all that is what gave rise to hitler and the Nazis. i can only imagine what WW2 was like-i wasnt born until a few years after it, but everything was still rationed (even sweets) until 1953. i can only imagine what it would be like if rationing was brought back in, but i dont think a lot of people would stand for it these days, we've got a lot of people who have the attitude "whats in it for me" & "i want it and i want it NOW", how many people have you seen elbowing themselves to the front of a queue in a shop? so i dont think rationing would work.