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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1sam" data-source="post: 20864515" data-attributes="member: 557062">BREADA loaf of bread was 35 cents when I was young. 1/2 loaf 18c and 1/4 9c at that time. During 1970-77 Mrs Bandaranayaka's  government, bread was a luxury food item. Every household being issued with a card to purchase bread (paan kaard eka ), and issued a 1/2 a loaf per adult, per day, (cant exactly remember what was the kids daily allocation). When you present your CARD with money, vendor cross out the appropriate day in the card, and hand over the bread. People wake up early in the morning, and get in to bread queues, otherwise bread will run out.  It's really troublesome in those queues, there was even MURDERS<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/shocked.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked    :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" /> in the bread queues.      Imagine what's going to happen, if you have to buy bread like that, today ??<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/angry.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":angry:" title="Angry    :angry:" data-shortname=":angry:" /></blockquote>

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