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From: Andrew Templeman on 18 Feb 2010 04:45 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > Maybe it was just a Kuoni Swiss office, but I didn't think it was. I > > agree that the name *sounds* Finnish. > > It sounds like "Suomi", which I think is Finnish for Finland? > > But according to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuoni_Travel> Kuoni's > actually from er, Dorking. Though they're now Swiss-based. But if you read <http://www.kuoni-group.com/About+Us/> you will learn that they were founded in 1906 in Zurich -- Andy Templeman <http://www.templeman.org.uk/>
From: Woody on 18 Feb 2010 04:51 Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > In article > <1je3791.14uyxcux7m7i8N%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > >That's what Sinclair did. One reason Sinclair and the other British > >micro makers died is that they did spend the money on half-decent > >customer service > > What??? Did you live in some alternate 70s and 80s? > > This is the Sinclair who never made a product that didn't fall to bits > within a month of purchase, assuming that the bits could be forced > together in the first place - it's not for nothing that many of them > were sold as kits. I found it fascinating as a kid, My uncle worked for cambridge research and then sinclair in the 70s when they made the calculators and the black watches. He had a drawer full of the black watches that he would go and check occasionally to see if they were still working or told anything like the right time. They always said something different. And he had the calculators, the white ones with the purple displays. They were great if you didn't really care so much about the answer! -- Woody
From: Chris Ridd on 18 Feb 2010 04:58 On 2010-02-18 09:45:15 +0000, Andrew Templeman said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >>> Maybe it was just a Kuoni Swiss office, but I didn't think it was. I >>> agree that the name *sounds* Finnish. >> >> It sounds like "Suomi", which I think is Finnish for Finland? >> >> But according to <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuoni_Travel> Kuoni's >> actually from er, Dorking. Though they're now Swiss-based. > > But if you read <http://www.kuoni-group.com/About+Us/> you will learn > that they were founded in 1906 in Zurich You mean the Wikipedia's *wrong*??! -- Chris
From: Chris Ridd on 18 Feb 2010 05:00 On 2010-02-18 09:51:31 +0000, Woody said: > Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > >> In article >> <1je3791.14uyxcux7m7i8N%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >> >>> That's what Sinclair did. One reason Sinclair and the other British >>> micro makers died is that they did spend the money on half-decent >>> customer service >> >> What??? Did you live in some alternate 70s and 80s? >> >> This is the Sinclair who never made a product that didn't fall to bits >> within a month of purchase, assuming that the bits could be forced >> together in the first place - it's not for nothing that many of them >> were sold as kits. > > I found it fascinating as a kid, My uncle worked for cambridge research > and then sinclair in the 70s when they made the calculators and the > black watches. He had a drawer full of the black watches that he would > go and check occasionally to see if they were still working or told > anything like the right time. They always said something different. Even modern digital clocks drift quite a lot, so it isn't surprising that all of his reported different times. -- Chris
From: Peter Ceresole on 18 Feb 2010 05:08
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > Anyway, Helsinki is one of my favourite places; oh! That Railway > > station! So Finnish would do fine. > > Dare I ask if Helsinki train station has a webcam? :-) Nope. But: <www.flickr.com/photos/tim_boric/3660500287/> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Helsinki_Railway_Station_20050604.jpg > This is one of the rare occasions I wish I had a Flickr account or sommething- I have much better pictures than those. It's just smashing, inside and out. When we arrived by bus from the airport I was gobsmacked as we drove past. I knew it- anybody who's read Pevsner knows it- but I was still gobsmacked. For such a wonderful station, it has a surprisingly small set of platforms and tracks, but then it's a small country. Still, at the other end of the track, it's the Finland Station at Petrograd. 'Why good morning Mr Ulyanov, fancy meeting you here...' -- Peter |