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| Thread ID: 25050 | 2002-09-24 22:55:00 | stoopid question: SPAM | Baldy (26) | Press F1 |
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| 82823 | 2002-09-25 11:20:00 | >> Come on Susan . . . . YOU remember the milk . Ha ha Baldy, nice try . NO, I don't remember the milk! It was before my time!! As for you godfather . . . . . . Actually I was referring to the milk scheme in Pomgolia, not Kiwiland . |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 82824 | 2002-09-25 12:10:00 | Susan B. Won't swear to this, but I think it was a war time thing, WW2. I was at Primary School ( there was something before that but it is a bit vague) at 5yrs (1943) in Wales till 10yrs (1948). Moved to Eastbourne then & milk continued only a short while after, tho School dinners carried on till I was 15 (1953) when I left school . Eastbourne school dinners cost one shilling & sixpence a 5 day week, 1/6 for 5 meals . Milk was free, dinners subsidised. It was a way of making sure children were fed properly. Lets face it healthy children grew up into strong Cannon Fodder. ( Me cynical?). Obviously the free milk started before 1943 (?). Boring Poppa John:| |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 82825 | 2002-09-25 12:25:00 | PS. It was two bottles a day. The morning one wasn't too bad, in the cooler weather, frozen in Winter. The summer afternoon one is beyond description in such a genteel forum. The tablespoon of Cod Liver Oil each month was far worse tho (he says puking all over the carpet). Lordy the memories are flowing back. I was a big boy at 10 when I became un-innocent. Left a couple of broken hearts in Wales. But thats another story. Bad Poppa John :( :( :( |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 82826 | 2002-09-25 12:38:00 | I haven't searched the net, but I read somewhere that SPAM stands for Specially Processed American Meat. It was meat rations sent to overseas troops. I am not sure whether it was American troops or allied troops in far off countries that the American were supporting. Re milk in schools. We used to get it way back about 1940. (To about 1948 or so I think.) |
exLL (515) | ||
| 82827 | 2002-09-25 12:47:00 | I got milk in school in 1996... in a little carton (about the size of a 300ml carton) and a little carton of orange juice (same size) and a nice ham sandwich, and some processed cheese, and I can't remember what else... that was just once... one occasion... in a grade school in western Atlanta, GA. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 82828 | 2002-09-25 12:51:00 | sheesh.. this is all before my time, i'm only 40 ya know! | Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 82829 | 2002-09-25 12:54:00 | and I'm only 24 :) I got mine 6 years ago :p Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 82830 | 2002-09-25 13:04:00 | i dare not ask. | Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 82831 | 2002-09-25 13:09:00 | I was talking about milk at school! :D Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
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