RE: SC-S29/W6 – Nostalgia Of The Little Me: A Childhood Story That Taught You Something
When I was growing up, there was no telephone either, and I don't think we were among the poorest families. Everyone walked to school as a matter of course, and children still do that today, or they cycle. There is no school transport and no school buses. Those who go to school further away have to pay for public transport themselves, which costs my friend's son, for example, more than €100 a month for a bus ride of about 20 km. It is certainly the distance I cycled as a child, and my children cycled even greater distances in all weathers. Cycling 1 to 2 hours to school (or travelling to work) was and is quite normal, so you can imagine how long you have to walk. My two youngest children take the bus to school, but first they have to get to the bus stop 10 km away, and when they get off the bus, it's another 20-minute walk through the city to get to their school and university respectively. So it just depends on what you're used to. My children travel more than 2 hours to and 2 hours back home, and the many hours in between are definitely no fun.
I understand your mother's reaction and yours too, but I can't relate to it myself. I don't think my parents ever punished me in a way that I would say I understood. They would hit us indiscriminately and take away our pocket money, if we were given any at all.
I have also told my children to take a taxi home and pay for it themselves. The biggest problem is that there aren't even any taxis in the neighbourhood; they would have to come from far away. In any case, it would cost a lot of money, and so far I'm glad they've never done it.
Thanks for chipping in! We weren't poor either, but my dad was quite strict and honest. Back then, not everyone walked to school, although children still do, or ride bicycles, or take the school bus. Parents drop them off and pick them up as well.
When we went to school far from home town, we were grown up and either lived in hostels or paid for public transportation. But as kids, we definitely walked. I don't know where in Holland they cycle such long distances to school, or maybe you live on an island.
I understand about your mother, as I remember you saying earlier that your parents were strict and punished you in ways you couldn't understand or beat you without thinking. Why they took away your pocket money is a different matter. It's good to teach children discipline, but not in a way that makes them rebellious.
By far not every child is rebellious if beaten up on a daily basis and I was for sure not such a child. If I would have been that way my parents would for sure not have abused me for that many years.
If you let me in a village and you have to travel to highschool that is the distance you walk or bicycle. There are also children visiting special (religious) schools which are only one or two in the country. This also means they travel several hours even if their parents take them.
Thanks for doubting my words.
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Why do you see everything with doubtful angle? I believe Holland is a great and beautiful country with advanced facilities so I was just curious! Now I know your choices are different so I know better. In our case, we used to live in capital and walked. But during my early childhood before moving to capital we lived in a village type area where my dad was vice principal of an agriculture college (I was 5 then and had just started going to school) I used to go to school which was again far off where I either walked or my father's orderly gave me lift on his shoulders depending on my willingness to go or not to go to school 😄.
Could it be that my reaction is due to the way you made the comment and cast doubt on what I say?
The Netherlands is not Amsterdam, and the further north, east or south you go, the fewer facilities there are. There is not much public transport, and trains are being cut back in areas where they are most needed. The same applies to buses. Not to mention the exorbitant costs of public transport. Public transport is certainly not for the poor in our country.
Nor will cars be, for that matter, because modern Britain wants everyone to drive an electric car. The price tag for such a car? Around €50,000. Who can afford that? And then there's the monthly road tax and other costs, and you can't charge your car everywhere. Getting your own charging station is not easy, not all charging stations are accessible to everyone, the car catches fire, you can only drive short distances, which in any case means that modern Britain is well on its way to that 15-minute region. No further than 15 minutes from your home, which will have major consequences for many. Loneliness will certainly increase, resulting in unemployment. Modern Britain also announces weekly, if not daily, on the radio that there is not enough electricity and that energy prices are going up and will be divided into four tariffs.
We clearly have enough electricity for Bill Gates' many data centres, and more are being built, for the electric cars that have been foisted on us, but we are not allowed to turn on a light or take a shower, and turning on the heater to keep warm on cold days is something that many people have not been able to afford for years and no longer do. High taxes on everything you have, buy, need or want, and loans on your house, car, telephone, washing machine, furniture, holidays, etc., 50% of children without breakfast... pumping money we don't have and sending our daughters to war: that is modern Britain.
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I am surprised! Truly surprised, I didn't know the energy situation in your area because although I have no car here but only a scooter that runs 50km/lit also the public transportation is much cheaper. Back in Australia we have a Tesla that runs 540km per charge and we have our charging point which is costly but yet within our reach. We have another car BMW which runs on Diesel but we sparingly use. Besides I love biking so I go to places on my bike which costs me nothing unless of course I have to go for shopping. And why blame Bill Gates, you forgot Google who is using a lot of electricity and the worst source of pollution. The debate is never ending, and finally I have no doubt on your statement but just my surprise element. Now cheers!
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Bill Gates and his associates have their data centres in our country. Those so-called "clean" wind farms with cheap energy go to them, not to the people.
The government initially promoted the use of diesel cars and you received a subsidy. The subsidy period had not yet ended when, guess what, such cars were more or less banned. Now they want to get rid of them altogether. And then came the pressure with solar panels. Many Dutch people switched to them and received subsidies for doing so. Then the subsidy ended, and what is the situation now? You have to pay for the energy you don't use! Everyone with a solar panel has now basically become a business, so it costs money to purchase the solar panels. If you don't use the energy, it is fed back to the energy company, which has a large discount, and then you have to pay for it instead of being paid for it, and then there's another nice one... The polluter pays. We already have an extra disposal tax on every electrical appliance. Now this also applies to solar panels. If something breaks, it has to be replaced, so the polluter, i.e. the owner, has to pay extra for it. It's not that those panels are cleaned up or disposed of; we know they are toxic and that we can't do anything with them. So that energy isn't that green after all. By green energy, we mean environmentally friendly energy. Personally, I don't see what the extra production of solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars has to do with being environmentally friendly, apart from the fact that all those batteries are certainly not environmentally friendly and that wind turbines and solar panels cause considerable disruption to the environment.
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I'm amazed yet again by rooftop solar policies in your country. The unused solar energy from home panels flows back into the grid, and homeowners get credited or paid for it at retail rates. In India special both directional, installed in every participating house, accurately track this two-way energy exchange, measure what you draw from the grid and what you export.
India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy promotes this via net metering schemes in all states, while Australia's Solar Credits and feed in tariffs make renewables viable. It's a win-win in both countries where I live, clean energy boosts and lower bills for our households! And to top it all, in Australia they lower energy charges during night time so we charge our car during night.
I always thought Holland with its large wind energy production was passing the benefit to its customers but you as always keep surprising me. Mind it, it's not a doubt on your statement but my low knowledge of the facts.
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That is what they told us but once in the picture is different. I am glad I didn't take them. There's not even enough sun for a daily use since my garden isn't facing the South. This means you always pay and pay.
And now they invented the freedom taxes....
I am sure if they give a "fuck off leave the country premium to the Dutch like they did years ago many would leave. Also interesting is the tax free life of royalty.
I assume this is modern life, no room to save.
The new government is for: working till over 70, higher taxes, fewer pension, higher electricity bills, everyone who wants to drive an electric car (no hybride allowed) and the freedom tax on top.
It's what freedom and democracy look like ... A minority government by the way....
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