Tag: United States
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Ration Sheet
While preparing for my ration challenge, I had a lot of trouble finding a suitable ration book template, so I created my own. It isn’t perfect (and it is 2 sheets rather than a booklet), but it suitable for my needs. Below are word documents for those who wish to use it for themselves. The…
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Rationing – The Rules
Here are the rules I will be following for our Wartime Ration Challenge.
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The Rations – Points
At the same time as the ordinary rationing, Britain and America had a kind of parallel rationing system. This involved a points system, whereby a certain number of points were given each month, to be spent on various extras such as tinned salmon or rice. The British were allocated either 24 or 16 points per…
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The Rations – Food
As stated in a previous post, I will be forcing my family to live of WWII rations for a little while. It will be a great learning experience for the children and may even end up with us being happier, healthier people! The ration I will be following will be a kind of mash-up of…
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30 Day Book Challenge – Day 28
Favourite Quote From A Book I am actually going to include more than one quote here, but I think it should be acceptable because they are all from the same book – The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield: Quote 1: “What succour, what consolation is there in truth, compared to a story? What good is…
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30 Day Book Challenge Day 14:
A Book That Made You Cry Whether you are talking about books or movies or music, I cry at the drop of a hat. Therefore, there are loads of books that I could use for today’s blog. The book I am going to choose, however, is one that had me feeling depressed from beginning to…
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Open Letter To America
Dear America, I am writing to express my concern over the direction in which you seem to be heading. You used to be ‘the home of the brave, the land of the free’, the cool kid who the rest of us tried to emulate. What the hell happened? Our media have always had the odd…
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Versatile Blogger Award
I am in heaven. I feel like all those porcelain women strutting down the red carpet, dressed (or undressed) in their elaborate, one-of-a-kind dresses, giving interviews and answering questions amidst flashes of blinding light so bright that one could be fooled into listening for the sound of thunder. I feel like I should have news…
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American Schools Endanger Children
It seems the paranoia surrounding the American school system has reached new heights. In preparation of the highly unlikely possibility of a school shooter, Chicago high school Cary Grove trains their students on appropriate response by holding lockdown drills. Not unreasonable, you might say, best to be prepared. I might even agree with you. Until,…
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A practical driver
I’m reminded of a Cobb & Co. driver whom I often met in my childhood days in western Queensland. He was once asked by a lady passenger if he’d ever been caught in a bushfire. ‘Oh yes,’ he said, ‘I certainly ‘ave.’ ‘And what did you do?’ asked the lady. ‘Well, ma’am, I tied a…
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Cobb & Co.’s classes
My father used to tell me that there were always three different classes of passengers on Cobb & Co.’s coaches. Whenever they came to a boggy patch or a steep hill the driver used to shout: ‘First Class keep yer seats! Second Class get out an’ walk! Third Class get out an’ push!‘ — Mr.…
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The Bushman’s Farewell to Queensland
Queensland, thou art a land of pests; Fo flies and fleas one never rests. E’en now mosquitos round me revel — In fact they are the very devil. Sandflies and hornets just as bad — They nearly drive a fellow mad; With scorpion and centipede And stinging ants of every breed; Fever and ague, with…
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Hijab
This is the speech I did for my ninth Competent Communications manual speech at Toastmasters. The aim of this speech is meant to be to persuade the audience. It is a 5-7 minute speech but I went overtime at just over 8 minutes. I didn’t actually write my speech out word for word, but the…
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Does Anyone Read the News Anymore?
I cannot remember the last time I actually sat down and read a newspaper. Likewise, I don’t remember when I last watched the news. These days, I get most of my news from the internet. In fact, I’m ashamed to say that the majority of my current affairs knowledge comes from two sources – twitter…
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Books I Read in August 2011
Generation A by Douglas Coupland Year Zero by Jeff Long Related articles Douglas Coupland seeking ‘Lego Gatherer’ for new project (theprovince.com)
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Cicero, 42 B.C.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in…
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Cats Creep the Fire to Art by Matthew Ward
Opening Sentence: Slit scars across your wrists must mean you tried. Synopsis: N/A Genre: Poetry Rating: @@@@ Pages: 132 BCID: xxx-6265782 ISBN: 978-1-934209-22-6 Year: 2008 Format: Paperback Comments: Cats Creep the Fire to Art is a collection of the works of Australian poet, Matthew Ward. According to Ward, “The poems contained within these walls were…
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Books I Read in 2010
Weird New York by Chris Gethard Jason Cosmo: Hero Wanted by Dan McGirt Cats Creep the Fire to Art by Matthew Ward A House Full of Men by Pauline Marrington The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway The Beach Road by Sarah Diamond The Wild, Unwilling Wife by Barbara Cartland Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Encyclopedia of…
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Books I Read in December 2010
Weird New York by Christ Gethard Jason Cosmo: Hero Wanted by Dan McGirt Cats Creep the Fire to Art by Matthew Ward Related articles The Best of 2010 (brandsandfilms.com)
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Spring Fun Fiesta
Yesterday, Earth took the children along to the Spring Fun Fiesta hosted by the Baptist Church. Absolutely everything was free. Food, drinks, games, prizes – everything. The kids had an absolute ball. They participated in all the games, earning tickets which they could exchange for prizes. They pigged out on candy and sausage sizzle and…
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Books I Read in October 2010
The Wild, Unwilling Wife by Barbara Cartland Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Encyclopedia of the Unexplained: Magic, Occultism and Parapsychology edited by Richard Cavendish Related articles Best Three Novels of All Time (Fiction) (best3ofeverything.wordpress.com) Reading “Catch 22″ (smearedtype.com) What 8 Famous Writers and Poets Would Think of Twitter (neolane.com) The catch-22 of change and bureaucracy (teddyray.com)…
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Herbert V Prochnow & Herbert V Prochnow Jr in Jokes Quotes & One Liners
A reporter was interviewing a man who was believed to be the oldest resident in town. ‘May I ask how old you are?’ the newsman enquired. ‘I just turned a hundred this week,’ the old man proudly replied. ‘Great! Do you suppose you’ll see another hundred?’ the reporter asked playfully. ‘Well,’ said the man thoughtfully,…
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Carla Van Raay in ‘Desire: Awakening God’s Woman’
“Passion has a price. It may be paid gratefully or not, but it has to be paid.” ~ Carla Van Raay in ‘Desire: Awakening God’s Woman’
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April’s Random Sites
Every month I will pick 5 totally random words, put them all together, google them, and post the results. I am doing this for no sane reason – I just thought it might be fun. This month’s words are: repetition thrust lowering camera breakfast. This yielded 180,000 results. Site Number One The top post on…
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Books I Read in April 2010
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted And Other Small Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors by Nicholas Wade (99 pages)
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 