| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 99.1 | See Notes 69.4 and 85.6 | TLE::SAVAGE | Neil, @Spit Brook | Thu May 08 1986 10:18 | 1 |
| But we in the U.S. could use an update.
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| 99.2 | Air traffic allmost normal | HSK03::PEURA | Pekka Peura * CSC * Helsinki | Sun May 11 1986 14:36 | 18 |
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The strike of governement employees continues. So no mail to/from
Finland is going abroad. There are no signs of the strike finishing
very soon. The main areas affected by the strike are post, railroads,
governement offices.
The air traffic is allmost normal. The only limitation is
that Helsinki airport is open only until 23.00 o'clock and that
heavy traffic (=DC10's and others with more than 2 engines) goes
to Turku instead of Helsinki. (this is because there isn't enough
fire and rescue men working at Helsinki Airport for jets with
more than 2 engines during the strike. Some international regulations
state that 2 engines is some limit after which there has to be
more fire personnel)
So if you are flying with SAS to Helsinki your flight will arrive
normally to Helsinki because SAS flies here only with DC9's.
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| 99.3 | Thanks | FURILO::KENT | Peter | Mon May 12 1986 11:45 | 5 |
| Pekka,
Kiitos paljon!
Peter (also known at the in-laws as Peteri)
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| 99.4 | Travel to Helsinki | REX::MINOW | Martin Minow, DECtalk Engineering | Mon May 12 1986 14:07 | 8 |
| But Peter, don't you know that the only civilized way to travel
between Stockholm and Helsinki is by the night boat. Good cheap
food, and all the trimmings. (Passage is free if you have an
Eurail pass, and quite cheap otherwise. Of course, a cabin
costs moderately.)
Martin.
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| 99.5 | Silja Line | FURILO::KENT | Peter | Mon May 12 1986 15:08 | 7 |
| I've made the trip about 3 times with a car. It is very nice, but
not the cheapest way to go. The booze is not so very cheap - at
the time I compared it with prices in Finland and it wasn't a big
difference. The crossing makes for a good party atmosphere, though.
Be careful if you drive....the cops sometimes check for booze breath
as you drive your car off the boat. If you don't book a cabin,
you can sleep on the floor of the restaurant with the rest of the crowd.
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| 99.6 | The Strike Is Over | HSK03::PEURA | Pekka Peura * CSC * Helsinki | Sun May 18 1986 16:31 | 4 |
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The strike ended at last. Air and train traffic will
be normal by wednesday. With the post and customs it
will take much longer before the situation is normal.
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| 99.7 | Mail for Finland accepted again | TLE::SAVAGE | Neil, @Spit Brook | Thu May 22 1986 10:12 | 10 |
| Associated Press Wed 21-MAY-1986 20:17 BRF--Finland Mail
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday lifted its
embargo on mail addressed to Finland, effective immeditely. Mail
returned to senders because of the embargo can be remailed without
payment of additional postage.
The embargo went into effect a month ago because of a labor dispute in
Finland.
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