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29.12.2005

Swedish buses

Tags: Uncategorized — Author: Phil @ 4:08 pm

Photo by OSKAR LUREN of AFTONBLADET via Helsingin Sanomat

9 Comments »

I rode on buses like that all the time back in Houston. However, they never got stuck on snowy hills.

Comment by gopha — Thu, Dec 29th, 2005 @ 5:44 pm
It’s the fat guy in the back who’s to blame for this.

Comment by majava — Thu, Dec 29th, 2005 @ 5:53 pm
Usually is.

Comment by gopha — Thu, Dec 29th, 2005 @ 5:54 pm
Finland used to be buffer zone against Soviet Union for Sweden. Now it looks like Sweden is the buffer zone against Mother Nature for Finland Well, too bad..:)

Comment by tim73 — Thu, Dec 29th, 2005 @ 7:06 pm
Estonia is loaded with used Swedish busses exhausting black fumes of poisonous gasses seen and smelt miles away. Looks like Swedes found themselves a free junk yard

Comment by conan — Fri, Dec 30th, 2005 @ 1:55 pm
Or hoard of drunken engineering students started to rock the fully packed bus in the middle of ride. The weather would be so typical Vappu…

My old colleagues at HKL told about a tram derailing at Kaisaniemenkatu and crashing into windows of clothing shop Kappakeskus/Pukeva (Don’t remember the store, that is now there.) Older Mr.Jaari was still the manager at that time and on the next day he had big RYSÃƒâ€žYSALE (CRASH SALE) advertisements everywhere.

Comment by Antti (the redneck one) — Sun, Jan 1st, 2006 @ 11:06 pm
Shit, I used to work with “pukeva” in the days…

Comment by Hank W. — Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 @ 2:59 am
But Sharon was justr a hot 14-year old of the 10 families like..

Comment by Hank W. — Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 @ 3:02 am