When I was 8…

E: … there was the currency reform and all the shops suddenly full of things. But money was short. I always was longing for an own bicycle, but never got one. There was only one bicycle in the family and me as the youngest had to compromise. Always.

N: … I should have learned how to play tennis. I was a little weak in the arms and never got the ball over the net. When I was successful once, I got an icecream as a reward.