10.4.40

Posted on 10 April by orwelldiaries

A very few drops of rain last night. Today cold & windy. Sowed peas (next lot to be sown about 25th).

17 eggs. Sold 1 score @ 2/-, 1 score @ 2/6 (? milkman).

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5 Responses to 10.4.40

  1. JamesonLewis3rd says:
    10 April at 12:46 pm

    I wonder if “(? milkman)” means he fronted the eggs to the milkman or if it means that, while sowing Pea Lot #1, he might have spotted a hitherto unknown species of superhero or…..

  2. Stephen Downes says:
    10 April at 3:44 pm

    He’s sold eggs through the milkman before; one wonders whether the milkman is accepting eggs on consignment

    I wonder who he sold the other score @ 2/- — perhaps a neighbour or friend? Or more official channels? Is the milkman getting more for eggs by getting around rationing?

  3. Stephen Downes says:
    10 April at 3:52 pm

    p.s. only one month before the invasion of the Low Countries and France begins, and no sense yet of what is to come…

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