During the SAS strike, Danish SAS flight attendants were reported as having monthly incomes of about DKK 50,000 per month, or about AUD 130,000 per year! <a href="http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/resor/story/0,2789,771578,00.html" target=_blank>http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/resor/story/0,2789,771578,00...
Jump to postAnyone think of any non US carriers?
Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Qantas to name a few come across as well run legacy carriers.
Interested in starting a discussion on legacy carriers. Much has been made of the success of various LCCs whilst legacy carriers are often painted as a relic of yesteryear. Perhaps this is a product of the poor performance of many of the world's largest carriers, in particular the legacy carriers in...
Jump to postVolvo's ones for the US market can be found here:
http://www.volvocars.us/_Tier2/Owners/Library.htm
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Jump to postActually, another thing that seems fairly Swedish are those little tealights - Swedes love candles in winter, even filling their windows up with electric ones in winter
Jump to postActually, if you want to read about Swedish News from a non Swedish perspective, visit The Local.
http://www.thelocal.se/
Admittedly I think some of the forum players are overly negative, but that just seems to be an expatriate thing.
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Jump to postSomething that hasn't been mentioned - queuing tickets, the Swedes love to take these tickets and wait in queues. Other very Swedish things ICA Tax Pepparkakor (ginger snaps) Great SAS Youth Tickets (SEK200 is bloody cheap to fly within the country, apart from Kiruna) Personnummer (civil registratio...
Jump to postFor me, the sound "åå" is very Swedish.
Then there's precis (like the Germans love to say genau), javisst, jaha, jaså, förstås, osv
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Jump to postSurströmming, there really isn't anything redeeming about it IMHO. It's a Swedish fermented herring. Extremely smelly, you can really feel the pressure in the can, the smell makes you nauseous. Very salty too. The closest equivalent I can think of, is getting a concentrate of fart smell in a little ...
Jump to postHave you considered something like a Volvo S40/V50 - a few thousand more than a Mini Cooper S, but a slightly larger car - a small car in the overall scheme of things, but a reasonable deal more cabin and load room than a Mini. A bit more sophisticated and refined than a Focus, but shares the same g...
Jump to postSAS appears to have mistakenly loaded a fare - return in Business Class from Oslo to some Chinese Airports for $35!!! Yes, it's C class - a full Business Class fare, and there have been a good few people that have got ticket numbers already for their tickets. Will be interesting to see what SAS does...
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Jump to postWhat's the appeal of driving a truck?
I dunno, it seems like an absolute turnoff to me - a big fat, clumsy thing that can't corner.
I like cars that are fun to drive - they need to corner and brake well, especially.
You like the 206's gearbox - I reckon that's one of its weakenesses. The throw is too long and it's not that slick. No surprise that you've got 206GTi owners adding Quickshift kits to their cars. 206's are fun to drive, look good, but have horrible seating positions and pretty uninspiring trim quali...
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Jump to postThe Cadillac BLS is going to be built in Trollhättan - I've read this in several sources already. Here are a few articles on the subject. <a href="http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&format=1&artikel=570604" target=_blank>http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/In...
Jump to postPowerbook <acronym title="Air Guizhou (China) and Allegiant Air (USA)">G4</acronym> 1.5 GHz 15" Superdrive <img src="/discussions/graphics/smile.gif" ALT="Smile"> I'm a happy Mac convert, changed over last year. Not a religious Mac user, but wouldn't change back to Windows on my own will now.
Jump to postAnother vote for a Mac here. I switched in April 2004 to a Powerbook 15" and haven't looked back - the best thing is the peace of mind that comes with using a Mac - viruses and spyware are basically a non event compared to a <acronym title="Air Fiji and Continental Airways (Russian Federation)">PC</...
Jump to postOne vote for tea here.
I'm also a fan of some herbal teas, especially German peppermint tea
Just curious SK A340, why don't you recommend Viking Line?
I've been told the atmosphere isn't as fun on Silja Line, but is more luxurious than Viking Line.
I remember hearing that it was actually Usama in Arabic, but because the first three letters were USA, it was felt that Osama would be a nicer translation.
I'm no expert on Arabic, just relaying what I heard.
I have to say, I find the use of headlights in Sweden a good thing - it certainly makes cars more visible.
I wonder by how much will fuel consumption be increased - can't be that much surely?
I don't like the actions of tiptronic/manumatic type systems on automatic gearboxes - they are not a satisfactory substitute for a real manual gearbox, simply because the gearboxes have too much lag in response to your commands and secondly the systems sometimes override you (eg. upshift as you rev ...
Jump to postI tried visiting the website www.nordthulin.com and it's not running anymore.
Jump to postInteresting you mention that, I started reading quite a lot about ferries (in particular ro-ro ones) after the Estonia disaster. My interest waned eventually though, strangely enough, I developed an interest in aviation a little while after. The tragedy is it could have been prevented. BTW: Very int...
Jump to postJust saw the documentary on TV4 last night - it was hard not to feel very sad. Just the thoughts of people resigned to dying in the corridors, crying in the stairwells, resigned to hopelessness - people just gulping down frozen water, because the situation was so hopeless. Seemed like a beautiful sh...
Jump to postYou often eat lingonberry jam with Swedish meatballs (köttbullar) and gravy - quite nice.
Jump to postI agree - it was too diplomatic. I heard it via ABC online radio, and I was surprised that the worm audience was so decisive in favour of Latham - 67 to 33%. I didn't think there was a huge difference for most of the debate, unless something happened towards the end when I nodded off <img src=...
Jump to postI've driven the 407 - it has a very good suspension setup at the front end in particular. It's lost a bit of feel of the previous Pugs though. Not so keen on the HDi135 engine (2.0 16V diesel), as it's far too laggy for my liking though. Overall, quite a nice car <img src="/discussions/graphics...
Jump to postSeeing you have a 307, you might want to join this list.
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/peugeot-307/
It uses the Volvo P2 platform - found under the S60/V70/S80/XC70/XC90 models.
Jump to postHere are a couple more pics - isn't she a babe <img src="/discussions/graphics/smile.gif" ALT="Smile"> <img src="http://www.sweden.se/upload/sweden_swedes/images/5.6_royalty_new.jpg" width=650> The one on the right in the LHS photo. <img src="http://www.princess-madeleine.com/site/madeleine/ga...
Jump to postThanks for your replies, unfortunately no expedia.com.au down here.
Jump to postI'm off to Europe in a few weeks, are there any particularly good websites you'd recommend for booking hotel accomodation?
Thanks
Gee, the Swedes are lucky with their Royal Family!
I'm moving there in a few weeks
How is Ford Europe doing?
Their products are excellent - the Focus (Euro Focus seems to be much better than the North American one, far fewer reliability issues), the Mondeo and Fiesta are well loved by the media.
For all your Volvo discussion, go to www.swedespeed.com (forums.swedespeed.com) or vvspy.com The V50 and S40 are superb cars - the C1 platform promises to create the most precise handling Volvo ever - as far as I'm concerned, it's chassis is the best standard chassis on any Volvo. The New S40 is als...
Jump to postOS10 seems a lot more stable than OS9.
Just wondering, how do flight simmers cope on the mac? That is one main thing I do enjoy on the PC.
It's not about soft, it's about supportive. The 3-Series seats are just pathetically flat and unsupportive, just like an ironing board.
Try sitting in a 20 year old Renault Fuego, then you'll know what soft is!
The great things in a Volvo are things only owners know about - the things that make life so much easier. Although there are some simple tests. Jump into a S60 after sitting in a 3-Series and you'll know exactly what I mean. The S60's seats make the 3-Series seats seem like sitting on your mother's ...
Jump to postA pity, the cars are really good (well, my enthusiasm for the old S/V40 isn't quite at the same level as the rest of the range).
Volvo used to be Australia's top selling prestige and European marque for donkeys years.