36 years ago I was working in Holland. Every day Keith and I commuted south from Vorshoten near The Hague through Roterdam to Moerjidk. It took one hour. He had an MGB with a right hand drive and I had an Alpha Romeo with left hand drive. Because of this It was funny that no matter who drove I was always sitting on the sunny side of the car.
We did this for several years and witnessed the changes of the seasons from very long summer days to short winter days. The sun set at 4 pm in Holland. We observed and commented on many equinoxes.
Our conversations covered every subject known to man from wines to cars, philosophers to female attributes. He tried to explain cricket to me and I tried to explain American football.
For a time we actually took the train to a station near the plant. There was a bar at the station and we got to know the manager who lived upstairs with his wife and sister. He had many complaints but he let us keep a car in his garage so we cold drive to work and return it in the evening.
Years later he was working In Houston and we spent time together. He later went to Indonesia and eventually got married to a young girl and they had a baby.
He is back in England and I haven't seen him in a long time
If you don't post in the next week, I will have to remove your blog from my blogroll, which would be very sad indeed.
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