denbompa1921

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1) This must be the telephone. Being allowed to talk to someone when you are at ease at home was nothing short of a miracle. It made it possible to talk to people you don't often see.

2) Robots. Especially smaller robots used in elderly care. It's fascinating that they are used to keep elders active. When I was young there obviously weren't any robots around!

It's very different. We used to use nails and an air pressure gun, now everything is welded together. I prefer our old method, the ships looked more beautiful.

Dat zal de toekomst uitwijzen.

Translation: Only time will tell. :-)

People helped each other more, and were more talkative. Modern society is more egoistic.

There was surprisingly little difference. I wasn't forced to work in Germany, so I could keep on working where I was already working. They paid me the same as before. Because I worked I received more rations than other people, this allowed me to avoid hunger.

One big difference was that you weren't allowed to go out in the evenings by the Germans, especially in the first years of the occupation. Because I was a married man this was not really a problem for me.

Peculiar story about my soont-to-be-wife: she was the daughter of two shopkeepers. The rule was that either my fiancee or her father had to go to Germany to work. To avoid this we hastily married, although this meant I had to abandon my widowed mother.