[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

You must have visited about 40 years ago!
OK. The Dutch have always loved their bicycles. The place is as flat as a pancake, and made for them.
As for the rest of your 'observations' regarding fridge sizes, small cars, size of supermarkets etc. I don't know what ancient places you visited, but you must have spent a lot of time in 'oldie medieval' areas.
Most in UK do shop once a week, and we actually have large refrigerators and freezers, washing machines, even dish washers just like yours, and in most cases better made and quieter.
In all our 20+ years wintering in TV we never had a domestic appliance that wasn't capable of rousing the dead when in operation!
Believe it or not, in UK we also have talking and color movies these days as well!
Plus we are installing EV power sources nationwide wherever possible!!

Very funny thanks for sharing