I had to have been about 7 or 8 because my Mom died when I was six. My Dad had ration stamps for shoes but 4 little girls to buy shoes for.  In those "old" days we knelt at the altar rail for communion at Mass.  I did not realize that My dad had put playing cards in my shoes where the holes were and everyone saw the 6 of hearts.  I was mortified at the time.  Someone mentioned ration stamps in a poll and that reminded me of that incident.
Another time I was at my Aunt Bea's and she was baking and had one of those ironing boards that came out of the wall behind a door and when she opened it a mouse ran down and I jumped on the table and spilled 5# of sugar.  She made me scoop up the clean part as there were no more stamps left. I was going to iron so I must have been about 10 at the time.  To this day I hate mice.....they scare me to death   Jackie

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