Changing times – not everything used to be better, but different

So there I sat in the subway, looking out into the gray concrete world with no hope of anything interesting. But what did my tired eyes see?

A poster with the inscription “International tarantula exchange in Marbach am Neckar”.

So I thought to myself, Frank do you know where you haven’t been for ages?
My mind immediately went back in time, back to the 90s, when people bought their animals at pet fairs. Because how else would you get your exotics? A world in which you panicked if you accidentally pressed the Internet connect button on your cell phone.
I immediately felt hope and excitement that I might find something there that I had been looking for for a long time. What exactly could it be? I have no idea, but I’m an open-minded person. My thoughts wandered over the plastic boxes I saw at the time and their contents. Yes, a stock exchange is just what I need this weekend. My girlfriend gave me a gift voucher for my birthday with the words “1x DEINEN WUNSCH ERFÜLLEN” on it. I’m going to take it with me to the exchange and keep it handy. As soon as I hear, you already have so many … this magical piece of paper will be used and the words I said before will fizzle out into nirvana.
Yes, this will probably be my first and last voucher of this kind, but hey, time heals all wounds.

Click here for part 2: Changing times – not everything was better in the past, but different