More a record of good luck! Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing...

Really? Just get a Philips wake-up light or something similar. And if your waking up problem is so bad you need this type of appliance you better take a good look at your sleeping habits- or seek medical help!

Because access to birth control and information about family planning allows women to choose for themselves who they have sex with and when they have babies. And this is upsetting to God, who has decreed that women are the property of their male relatives and husbands. The pill turns good girls into uncontrollable…

There is now so much dishonesty going around that I can’t even get bothered to get worked up over these minor conpersons any more. At least they aren’t actively trying to destroy basic human rights. Just exploiting people’s insecurities by telling “alternative facts” for profit and entertainment.

Oh gosh, that is my story exactly. I used to do technical support and complaints for a company that produces lighting equipment. I was good at it, I’m very good at picking apart technical problems. Until they decided to pipe the “overflow” phone calls that the sales department couldn’t handle to my phone. After that I…

Ah, this is so recognizable. I got it to the point that nobody really calls me anymore. Just use whatsapp!

Not if I can help it. Also the political system is completely different. Even if Wilders ends up with the largest party in parliament he will have to form a coalition with one of more other parties. His poor track record in maintaining his political friends makes this difficult. He will not get the power position the…

Easier than German, as there are only two gammatical genders (gender and neuter) instead of 3. The verbs are more complicated than English verbs. Apparently the worst bit is pronounciation.

You just know he is using the Netherlands as a tax haven in one way or another, so it’s not going to happen. Now, Putin, that is another matter.

Slavery was banned in the Netherlands in 1863. Which is kind of late, on the grand scale of things, but saying that our coffers are still full because of something that ended 150 years ago is a bit of a stretch.

Yes. But it was the Germans that killed them. They made handy use of the fact that the Jewish population trusted their well-organized government enough to let it register their religion and location. Anti-semitism was relatively mild in the Netherlands and I guess Jewish people felt fairly safe.

Meanwhile, Lilianne Ploumen, minister of foreign trade and development cooperation of the Netherlands is setting up an international fund to support NGo’s thatwill lose funding due to the “global gag rule”.

It is a sobering thought that even Hitler had a cake that was intended to be shared with children while the current American president has a mostly decorative prop that serves him and his inner circle at best...

I can only say I really enjoy it. It was rather bare bones when it came out, but with all the free updates it is worth playing. Also, the packs- My favourites are Get Together, the city living pack is good, and of the cheap stuff packs I would recommend the romantic garden pack.

Schengen is in Luxembourg. You were probably thinking about Maastricht?

Same reason why I am. Only speak when I have something to say. Oh, and in the wrong time zone, I guess. Always a little late to the party...

Time to share a staple of Dutch winter cuisine, mustard soup! Creamy, hearthy and satisfying, and easy to make.

I put some more work in it and then put it on Mod the sims in case you want to download it:

I have put it in the gallery for you. You will need basegame, Get Together and the Restaurant pack for it to work. No CC!

Aww, thanks!