Ration coupons were valuable, especially on the black market. They were actually worth more than money.I was 5 or 6 years old when my Mother sent me to the store for a sack (bag, now) of sugar. She put the ration coupon and a dollar in a paper sack and away I went. The storekeeper tried to get me to buy candy. He laid several bars of candy out on the counter (I still remember one of them was a Hershey bar.) What he didn’t know was that I didn’t like candy, but I still would not have done that. I grabbed my sack and ran all the way home.Mother went back to the store. I didn’t go with her, but I don’t think the encounter was very pretty.
My rationing experience was in Viet Nam. Us army guys were rationed six cases of beer and six bottles of whiskey per month. I drank the beer and traded the whiskey to the nearby marines at Force Logistics Command for things like steaks for cookouts on the flight line, enough plywood to put a ceiling in my hootch, a tv and fridge, fans, etc.
LoisG Premium Member over 8 years ago
Love it that he needs his shoe ration coupon!
Old Texan75 over 8 years ago
Ration coupons were valuable, especially on the black market. They were actually worth more than money.I was 5 or 6 years old when my Mother sent me to the store for a sack (bag, now) of sugar. She put the ration coupon and a dollar in a paper sack and away I went. The storekeeper tried to get me to buy candy. He laid several bars of candy out on the counter (I still remember one of them was a Hershey bar.) What he didn’t know was that I didn’t like candy, but I still would not have done that. I grabbed my sack and ran all the way home.Mother went back to the store. I didn’t go with her, but I don’t think the encounter was very pretty.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 8 years ago
If he got to Alaska simply by continuing North, the city where he started out must be in the Pacific Ocean.
Retired Dude over 8 years ago
My rationing experience was in Viet Nam. Us army guys were rationed six cases of beer and six bottles of whiskey per month. I drank the beer and traded the whiskey to the nearby marines at Force Logistics Command for things like steaks for cookouts on the flight line, enough plywood to put a ceiling in my hootch, a tv and fridge, fans, etc.
Sherlock Watson over 8 years ago
Mutt, didn’t Juneau that Jeff would do this? Don’t you Nome by now?
3pibgorn9 over 8 years ago
snort!
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 8 years ago
“Shoe ration coupon”! How old are these strips?
Deschutes over 8 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt_and_Jeff
Looks like 1907. I had no idea it went that far back
Number Three over 8 years ago
Does anybody use a compass nowadays?
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brklnbern over 8 years ago
Must be WWII time, with the ration coupons.
Tin Can Twidget over 8 years ago
I still have both some red and some blue point tokens from WWII — Red were used for meat products and blue for canned goods, etc,
Charles Barr Premium Member over 8 years ago
If Jeff reaches the North Pole, how will he find his way back home? Go South?