Depression

[California]

My mIL told me they ate lard mixed with a salty yellow poweder during WW2

soundguy

She may have been describing margarine. Due to dairy industry lobbying you couldn't buy margarine with a yellow color. It came with a little packet of coloring (and maybe salt?) that you had to blend in when you wanted the margarine to look like butter. I remember this as a little kid, just prior to 1950. Man, am I that old???

 

[Soundguy]

Could be!

soundguy

 

[Bird]

She may have been describing margarine. Due to dairy industry lobbying you couldn't buy margarine with a yellow color. It came with a little packet of coloring (and maybe salt?) that you had to blend in when you wanted the margarine to look like butter. I remember this as a little kid, just prior to 1950. Man, am I that old???

Yep, we were making our own butter, but I remember when margarine came on the market my grandparents had moved to town and were buying their butter so they wanted to try the margarine. It was in a flexible plastic wrapper, white, so it looked just like lard and there was a small red capsule or pellet in the package. You squeezed that capsule to break it and release the dye inside the package, then you massaged the whole package to mix the dye in so it looked yellow like butter before you opened the plastic bag.

I think the general concensus in the late 40s was that it didn't taste bad but probably wasn't as healthy as real butter.

 

[N80]

I went to a Bill Cosby concert once. He comes out on a stage with nothing but a folding chair to sit on and was hilarious for an hour and a half. During part of the show he was talking about his childhood. He commented about how his parents would beat the fire out of him if he did something wrong and he talks about his aunts and uncles eating biscuits with lard on them. He finished that segment by say, "When I was growing up there was no such thing as cholesterol or child abuse."

 

[SnowRidge]

.........He finished that segment by say, "When I was growing up there was no such thing as cholesterol or child abuse."

Now, that is funny. Thanks for sharing.

 

[excelagator]

They have protested wind already. Its ugly, noisy and kills birds. Most greenies simply need a physics lesson.....no....just a simple life lesson

Birds run into buildings, barns, cars. If not we should stop driving cars because we hit deer here too. Think of it as cleaning the gene-pool! Greenies here have complained about building towers because the birds will run into it. I think most greenies don't know what a tree is!

If you have wind, it makes the most power/$. Solar is good if you have a sunny climate and have the $!

Dan

 

[dmccarty]

I went to a Bill Cosby concert once. He comes out on a stage with nothing but a folding chair to sit on and was hilarious for an hour and a half. During part of the show he was talking about his childhood. He commented about how his parents would beat the fire out of him if he did something wrong and he talks about his aunts and uncles eating biscuits with lard on them. He finished that segment by say, "When I was growing up there was no such thing as cholesterol or child abuse."

That is from Bill Cosby's Himself. I saw this shortly after it came out in the mid 80s. I was in college at the time.

Years later I had two kids and the show came on TV. Still funny but in a different way. When I first saw the show my viewpoint was more from the kids. Now its from the parent.

I can't imagine any comedian telling jokes about the about the subjects Cosby did. Not PC. Social Services would be called for what Cosby talks about.

Sad thing about the show is that he mentions his children including his son quite a bit in the routine. And the show has photos of the kids. Its sad for me to watch since Cosby's son was murdered years ago in CA. Hard to watch the show knowing the son was going to be killed.


Later,
Dan

 

[turbo36]

In view of the massive job cuts announced (20,000 at Caterpillar alone) today I thought I would revive this thread.

Yes, I think we are headed for a world wide melt down and extended modern day depression in the US. I believe wages will fall by 20-25% for most workers over the next 2-3 years ( if they haven't already).

 

[N80]

Are you kidding? We got a new president now. Things will be just fine in a day or two. Just ask CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN. Don't you watch TV? With enough government programs, bailouts and higher taxes there will be a chicken in every pot. And just like the last time we tried this maybe we'll get into a massive war. War is great for the economy. And if we win Obama will be bigger than FDR. Dare to dream.

 

[turbo36]

Are you kidding? We got a new president now. Things will be just fine in a day or two. Just ask CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN. Don't you watch TV? With enough government programs, bailouts and higher taxes there will be a chicken in every pot. And just like the last time we tried this maybe we'll get into a massive war. War is great for the economy. And if we win Obama will be bigger than FDR. Dare to dream.

I was hoping this wouldn't drift into politics.

I don't think war is the answer, we have two going on right now, can't really see how we can afford a third front.