vr 14 dec, 2012 22:43
Mijn excuses dat ik te lui ben om ook in het nederlands te schrijven...maar goed, deze forum heet "wereldfietser" dus ik ga vanuit dat de meesten mensen ook wat engels kunnen 
Things that changed while I was in Africa for a year:
1. "Inbox me" has become an acceptable term for something. I only hope it has something to do with an email inbox and not some kind of cult or fetish.
2. Staring at your phone in public places is now normal rather than doing any of the 100 other possible social interactions or pass times.
3. The Dutch have raised BTW( VAT) to 21% making my two favorite pass times more expensive (ordering bicycle parts and drinking booze, my other favorite pass time is generally free...).
4. The word "austerity" has joined the ranks of the symbol "@". Ten years ago no one knew what it meant, now we do.
5. Traffic jams are now a lot shorter (or so I hear, I don't have a car), I guess that's what happens when most of the builders/contractors/bankers no longer have work.
6. It has now become socially acceptable not to have a real life and instead just post "interesting" stuff on social media and pretend you are interesting, rather than actually talking to friends and family pressing the "like" button is much more convenient. Very convenient for me because like everyone else I don't have a life .
7. Staring at your phone while with friends and family has also become acceptable behavior. It seems "having a laugh with..." facebook update is actually more interesting than actually having a laugh with the person you're supposed to be having a laugh with.
8. Sir Patrick Moore has jumped ship only days before the alleged "end of the world" what are we on now part 13? or "end of the world : The revenge"?
9. Arranging things with friends via SMS or telephone is impossible, apparently I need to "app" them to talk.
Apart from that and my own addiction to socially media nothing of consequence has changed in Europe. There's a few countries here and there still threatening the Euro, the banks and stock exchange or still crying wolf, house prices are still dropping towards the real prices of a small piece of land and a pile of bricks and further afield America is still sticking there nose in where it doesn't belong.
Time to turn the TV off for another year me thinks, it was nice and quiet without "News" (read hearsay, repeats, scare tactics, assumptions, gossip and general non-sense) .
En nu weer werk zoeken en doen alsof ik bij hord of zo....of niet....
Things that changed while I was in Africa for a year:
1. "Inbox me" has become an acceptable term for something. I only hope it has something to do with an email inbox and not some kind of cult or fetish.
2. Staring at your phone in public places is now normal rather than doing any of the 100 other possible social interactions or pass times.
3. The Dutch have raised BTW( VAT) to 21% making my two favorite pass times more expensive (ordering bicycle parts and drinking booze, my other favorite pass time is generally free...).
4. The word "austerity" has joined the ranks of the symbol "@". Ten years ago no one knew what it meant, now we do.
5. Traffic jams are now a lot shorter (or so I hear, I don't have a car), I guess that's what happens when most of the builders/contractors/bankers no longer have work.
6. It has now become socially acceptable not to have a real life and instead just post "interesting" stuff on social media and pretend you are interesting, rather than actually talking to friends and family pressing the "like" button is much more convenient. Very convenient for me because like everyone else I don't have a life .
7. Staring at your phone while with friends and family has also become acceptable behavior. It seems "having a laugh with..." facebook update is actually more interesting than actually having a laugh with the person you're supposed to be having a laugh with.
8. Sir Patrick Moore has jumped ship only days before the alleged "end of the world" what are we on now part 13? or "end of the world : The revenge"?
9. Arranging things with friends via SMS or telephone is impossible, apparently I need to "app" them to talk.
Apart from that and my own addiction to socially media nothing of consequence has changed in Europe. There's a few countries here and there still threatening the Euro, the banks and stock exchange or still crying wolf, house prices are still dropping towards the real prices of a small piece of land and a pile of bricks and further afield America is still sticking there nose in where it doesn't belong.
Time to turn the TV off for another year me thinks, it was nice and quiet without "News" (read hearsay, repeats, scare tactics, assumptions, gossip and general non-sense) .
En nu weer werk zoeken en doen alsof ik bij hord of zo....of niet....
Misschien dat ik wat reizen voor je kan gaan doe op bestelling? 
Ja Lapland is een goed idee, dat ga ik toch niet zelf doen!
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fijn! Dat zie ik ook als ik jou zie! 