“Use it up. Wear it out. Make it do. Or do without.” That’s what they said during WWII. That’s the motto folks lived by. Things were scarce. Rationed. Expensive. Dear. Things like food. Fuel. Electricity. Paper products. Even toilet paper. Great-aunt Tootsie said they were limited to one single square each time. Yikes. Everything else, it seems, was equally precious. Glass. Plastic. Metal and steel. Cotton. Rubber. Amazing. So different from life today. Once upon a time, women darned so ...
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