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CellarDweller:
When I was their age, I would've been able to keep myself busy.
I would've been running around, trying to find Nena.
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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on July 08, 2013, 12:01:33 pm ---When I was their age, I would've been able to keep myself busy.
I would've been running around, trying to find Nena.
:laugh:
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Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 08, 2013, 10:11:23 am ---What? They didn't have smart phones to play with? ??? I'm sure these kids never heard of ... books. ... ::)
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Oh, they had and they did. They're actually able to play on their smartphones, chat with each other and be impatient at the same time! :laugh:
Some more cultural differences our girl was shocked to witness:
At the public pool, liitle girls, pre-puberty, run around topless. Worse even, the really little kids (toddlers and young kindergarden age) sometimes run around completely naked. C. was really shocked by that. ;D
Last night we had dinner at a Greek restaurant. Well, we all know those famous Greek statues. La cage aux folles, anyone? ;D The restaurant was decorated with lots of them, many of them naked and anatomically correct. Penises and breasts free for everybody to see - but nobody looked, except C. :laugh:
Yes, it's a family restaurant, yes, there are kids of all ages milling around, yes they can see the penises and nipples. Yes, my kids have been here and seen the statues when at younger ages, too. Yes, we just don't care.
At the ice-cream parlour: no, you can't try different tastes before you buy. And no, you can't sit at the outside tables when you buy only one or two balls in a cone. The cones are meant to be 'on the go'. If you want to sit down, you have to order larger portions of ice-cream, in real tableware, for more money.
(Yeah, she was right to be shocked about the table-rule. It sucks.)
At a wine-tasting in a winery: yes, it's normal for the hostess to leave us alone for a while to serve other customers, fill orders or work in her storage room. No, we can't just call for her, she's not a waitress, we are in her private home. Tasting and buying wine is not meant to be done in a hurry, it takes time.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on July 08, 2013, 01:16:14 pm ---Oh, they had and they did. They're actually able to play on their smartphones, chat with each other and be impatient at the same time! :laugh:
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Sason:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on July 08, 2013, 12:01:33 pm ---When I was their age, I would've been able to keep myself busy.
I would've been running around, trying to find Nena.
:laugh:
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