Are you referring to World War II? (When I think of the "old days," I'm thinking of the 1700s or before that.)
Nice picture.Sounds like you were not thinking about fixing your vehicle...
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It was just the opposite for us. We didn't learn much about the world AFTER World War II. It was at the end of the books, and we never got to the end of the books.aaaah.... welll, we didn't learn much about the history of Norway before WW2 sadly. We did have "Litteraturhistorie" (about itterature and authors) though and a bit about the vikings. I think the vikings traded with most countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, the Britannic isles and even places in Asia.