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Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

Good morning all on this lovely sunny day again .I hope all slept well and have a great day today . I am sure I bored you all with the Jag saga last year well I yesterday I decided to move it on .It had a misfire and I had thrown enough of the filthy lucre at it so it's time has come.Today I went out to see how bad the misfire is , lo and behold it has gone so now I am back in love with her and on we go ! On my test run I visited a neighbour who live in an old station house that was on a single line that used to serve Hyvinkää and the next town along ,now it is just a footpath for the deer and an access to the forest for the guys who chop the woods down for sale .
He has a few old vehicles most of which you would tow away ,including my son's all time favourite a Karmann Ghia from the early sixties so he was up for a run around the country lanes .I agree with @Armaghtoffee it is a strange but acceptable feeling to be so relaxed about the footy ,wins for Arsenal and City reduce the chances of them lot which is the icing on the cake .Have a great day all COYB
 
Armaghtoffee said:
I have spent my afternoon in Tokyo with John Williams and the Saito Kinen Orchestra. On Spotify but same thing really 🤔

This stress free weekend with Everton safe is just fantastic.
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If you venture over to the Everton Only, you'll notice that this freedom has induced some absolutely crazy comments coming out. It's going to be a crazy summer.
 
Barnfred 55 said:
I honestly thought you'd like Raye. Knew an old Motown guy like you would love Olivia Dean though. and thought you'd enjoy a bit of bombastic classical too. Two out of three ain't bad.;)
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Yes credit where it is due ( see that ,as a banker ?) they were pretty spot on and on another day I might have liked the first one more ,at the moment the world is spinning fast so am I .Lots to do places to go ,things to do and people to see !!
 
blue1948 said:
Good morning all on this lovely sunny day again .I hope all slept well and have a great day today . I am sure I bored you all with the Jag saga last year well I yesterday I decided to move it on .It had a misfire and I had thrown enough of the filthy lucre at it so it's time has come.Today I went out to see how bad the misfire is , lo and behold it has gone so now I am back in love with her and on we go ! On my test run I visited a neighbour who live in an old station house that was on a single line that used to serve Hyvinkää and the next town along ,now it is just a footpath for the deer and an access to the forest for the guys who chop the woods down for sale .
He has a few old vehicles most of which you would tow away ,including my son's all time favourite a Karmann Ghia from the early sixties so he was up for a run around the country lanes .I agree with @Armaghtoffee it is a strange but acceptable feeling to be so relaxed about the footy ,wins for Arsenal and City reduce the chances of them lot which is the icing on the cake .Have a great day all COYB
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Your description of your home with its forests and deer makes it sound otherworldly at times blue. It has got me thinking of how community spirit and friendship can thrive even in somewhat isolated places.

It also sounds like the setting of the apocalyptic movies that I like to watch 😀
 
PhilM said:
If you venture over to the Everton Only, you'll notice that this freedom has induced some absolutely crazy comments coming out. It's going to be a crazy summer.
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The exploits of 777 are like something out of a badly written TV programme. Their intentions of using Bramley Moore as collateral for more loans seems pretty clear to most now. The way I see it, Moshiri came out of nowhere and I think our new owners will as well.
 

Armaghtoffee said:
Your description of your home with its forests and deer makes it sound otherworldly at times blue. It has got me thinking of how community spirit and friendship can thrive even in somewhat isolated places.

It also sounds like the setting of the apocalyptic movies that I like to watch 😀
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Well it is remote by Uk standards but not a wilderness ,we have a few neighbours but none less than 100 metres and some we consider neighbours at over a kilometer . As Finland is 75% covered in forest it is very easy to see wild animals ,so given a third of the population lives in a 40 km radius of Helsinki centre people do become scarse outside of that but they are always near if that makes any sense. Use the little yellow man on Google maps to see for yourself .
We have a village hall that has functions from time to time mostly around Christian festivals or mid-summer that is about 5km away ,the place we live is called Kytäjä and has some fine housing as well as smallholdings ,after the second world war the Russians took some of south eastern Finland , they had to relocate lots of families so they gave them mostly ten acres to farm and plans for a house ,these houses are known as Borderland men's houses -rintamamiestalo -here is typical layout :-
They were expected to chop the trees and build a house from their own forest ,they ranged from around 40sq.m.to 120 sq.m.but almost all had a full cellar that wasn't in the calculation .This was used as a storage space for potatoes and had a permanent temperature of around 12° which the wine drinker's here will appreciate is probably the best temperature for a wine cellar .Our house is from the turn of the century and has no cellar which is the only thing we really miss from the previous one .
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Armaghtoffee said:
The exploits of 777 are like something out of a badly written TV programme. Their intentions of using Bramley Moore as collateral for more loans seems pretty clear to most now. The way I see it, Moshiri came out of nowhere and I think our new owners will as well.
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Go and read this on BBC sports, we are doomed if this shower takes over

Everton buyers accused of 'fraud' in court filing
 
blue1948 said:
Well it is remote by Uk standards but not a wilderness ,we have a few neighbours but none less than 100 metres and some we consider neighbours at over a kilometer . As Finland is 75% covered in forest it is very easy to see wild animals ,so given a third of the population lives in a 40 km radius of Helsinki centre people do become scarse outside of that but they are always near if that makes any sense. Use the little yellow man on Google maps to see for yourself .
We have a village hall that has functions from time to time mostly around Christian festivals or mid-summer that is about 5km away ,the place we live is called Kytäjä and has some fine housing as well as smallholdings ,after the second world war the Russians took some of south eastern Finland , they had to relocate lots of families so they gave them mostly ten acres to farm and plans for a house ,these houses are known as Borderland men's houses -rintamamiestalo -here is typical layout :-
They were expected to chop the trees and build a house from their own forest ,they ranged from around 40sq.m.to 120 sq.m.but almost all had a full cellar that wasn't in the calculation .This was used as a storage space for potatoes and had a permanent temperature of around 12° which the wine drinker's here will appreciate is probably the best temperature for a wine cellar .Our house is from the turn of the century and has no cellar which is the only thing we really miss from the previous one .
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Fascinating that blue. I did smile at the horror of being told to build your own house from wood you chopped down yourself. I suspect a lot of local knowledge was shared then to help everyone get established as it must have been beyond some.
 

blue1948 said:
Well it is remote by Uk standards but not a wilderness ,we have a few neighbours but none less than 100 metres and some we consider neighbours at over a kilometer . As Finland is 75% covered in forest it is very easy to see wild animals ,so given a third of the population lives in a 40 km radius of Helsinki centre people do become scarse outside of that but they are always near if that makes any sense. Use the little yellow man on Google maps to see for yourself .
We have a village hall that has functions from time to time mostly around Christian festivals or mid-summer that is about 5km away ,the place we live is called Kytäjä and has some fine housing as well as smallholdings ,after the second world war the Russians took some of south eastern Finland , they had to relocate lots of families so they gave them mostly ten acres to farm and plans for a house ,these houses are known as Borderland men's houses -rintamamiestalo -here is typical layout :-
They were expected to chop the trees and build a house from their own forest ,they ranged from around 40sq.m.to 120 sq.m.but almost all had a full cellar that wasn't in the calculation .This was used as a storage space for potatoes and had a permanent temperature of around 12° which the wine drinker's here will appreciate is probably the best temperature for a wine cellar .Our house is from the turn of the century and has no cellar which is the only thing we really miss from the previous one .
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Google mapped at your suggestion and while Hyvinka is more built up than I thought, it still seems small. You can see how urban quickly becomes country.

The Finnish Railway Museum seems to be the place to go :)
 
Armaghtoffee said:
Fascinating that blue. I did smile at the horror of being told to build your own house from wood you chopped down yourself. I suspect a lot of local knowledge was shared then to help everyone get established as it must have been beyond some.
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I think from what I have seen of the smallholders they are quite adept at fixing and making ,the distances to any worthwhile "builder " would probably mean they turned to DIY . Strange from the things I post on here but the Finns are very up to date and are a so called western society in every way ,they even have knives and forks :D :D :D :D
 
blue1948 said:
I think from what I have seen of the smallholders they are quite adept at fixing and making ,the distances to any worthwhile "builder " would probably mean they turned to DIY . Strange from the things I post on here but the Finns are very up to date and are a so called western society in every way ,they even have knives and forks :D :D :D :D
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Must do is a great master.

No doubt that Finland is as modern as Ireland but it must be a culture shock to someone used to living in built up urban environments. I say this as someone whose own home would be considered by many as remote but not to those of us born and raised there!
 

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