Column – ‘Het Wonder’ by Maarten Biesheuvel was placed a few weeks ago as one of the better short stories in the Volkskrant. The story takes place in the summer of 1953. Maarten is 14, had earned 134 guilders by cleaning bottles at the Coca Cola bottling plant in Schiedam, and with this money south korea phone number libraryhe offered his father a holiday. Fourteen days to Opperwihr, in the Vosges, by bus.
the pick-up (record player) and the radio. The devices go on the back of the bike to the Central Station in Rotterdam, from where the fun bus will leave. However, the driver tells them kindly that there is no point in taking the sound system because there is no electricity in the barracks in Opperwihr.
It is too late to take the stuff back home
Maarten and father decide to fasten them back on the bikes, under the bungee cords, the bikes are locked. With a note. “Dear passer-by, these bikes, this radio and pick-up, for which I had to work hard, are ours: Cornelis Biesheuvel and his son Maarten, Burgemeester van Haarenlaan 138b-beneden in Schiedam… If you feel like using the radio or pick-up, please do so for a few days, as long as the radio and pick-up are back on the bikes by 16 August at the latest.
If you feel like using the radio or pick-up, please do so for a few days, as long as the radio and pick-up are back on the bikes by August 16th at the latest.
Yours sincerely, C. Biesheuvel (archivist at the Wilton Fijenoord shipyard, Schiedam)”
Special note
When we returned
two weeks later, the bicycles were still there. And so was the pick-up and the radio. But there search engine optimization united states america was another note. Sender: the Kokange family from Monster. They had used the record player for four days and had been kind enough to replace the worn-out AAG-9 needle with a new one. online abuse of children The letter ends as follows: ‘But what a wonderful, cool, mieters pick-up, mister Biesheuvel. Joop Kokange, Planetenstraat 23, Monster. Thanks again. Land of Hope and Glory goes much better on this needle!’ According to Maarten Biesheuvel. This is the sharing economy avant la lettre. The station square in Rotterdam was the network. And it is a fine example of the use of reviews (‘what a wonderfully cool, mieters pick-up’).
