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[ozexpat]

Ha! I would drown for sure. I can't even put my head underwater long enough for a lap in the pool. My lung capacity stinks.

stow away on an ice breaker

 

[tntchix]

stow away on an ice breaker

There's an idea!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@vehve i spotted that on my domestic flight just before landing so i could not read it

@ChickenCanoe not economy - I used 90,000 frequent flier miles for the round trip ticket

I knew that, it just looked comfier than that to which I'm accustomed.

CC, then I'll continue

At Market Square, you should try a lihapiirakka (minced meat and rice baked into a lightly deep fried crust) or a munkkipossu (sort of like a donut filled with jam). You can get them at the orange tents that are usually set up there. Most of the stuff they sell there is pretty touristy though. In fall, there's a week long sort of a festival there, the herring market. Black bread and different herring products are sold then. Fishermen from all over the Finnish archipelago gather to feature their products.

Close by to the south (300 meters) is the site where the Guggenheim museum will be built, if it gets built. And 300 meters to the east you can find the Uspenski cathedral, a Orthodox church, probably the prettiest religious building in Finland. The Esplanade begins from Market Square as well, it's a pretty park area. There you can find the Havis Amanda fountain. And 100 meters underneath the park there's a huge manmade lake that will be taken into use next spring. It will be used to cool down buildings in the summer, sort of a reverse system to the remote heat that msot of the buildings in Helsinki are heated with (coolant water from the various power plants in the area). Really cool systems, if you're into engineering. Move one street north from the Esplanade, and you'll be on Alexander street, the best shopping street in Helsinki.

Sounds great. The only Nordic country I've been to is Denmark. I imagine Finland is a bit different. I want to go to Iceland too.

I might have to break my fear of flying,

I wanna go to Finland!

11 million to 1 chance of dying in a plane crash.
your chances of surviving your next flight: 99.9999815%.
You're twice as likely to be boiled to death than death by plane.
3 times more likely to die of food poisoning.
4 times more likely falling off a ladder.
5 times more likely to die falling out of bed.
Odds of dying in a plane crash are the same as naturally conceived, identical quadruplets being born.
Chances of dying in a plane crash in the US is equivalent to getting struck by lightning - seven times.
In the last 10 years 91 passengers died in the US out of 5 billion total passengers.

Rear seats give the strongest structural support. Seats over wings are the most comfortable.


While I'm on the topic of statistics, my son was riding with me after he dropped his car off for repairs.
We were talking about selling some chickens. He asked if chickens are hatched with a 50/50 chance of being pullets and cockerels. I said yes. He did a little math in his head and told me there's a 1 in 5,000 chance that a dozen incubated eggs will be all pullets or all cockerels.
He's in college for actuarial science.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Ha! I would drown for sure. I can't even put my head underwater long enough for a lap in the pool. My lung capacity stinks.

Practice makes perfect.

I agree. Must have been something I missed or something they took down. They took one of my posts down and gave me a infraction for that night for posting a pic of a bottle of Tim Smith's (from tv show)moonshine I was finishing off. I guess they didn't like the name on the bottle (the name of the town he lives in) and I'm not repeating the name.

So the name was off color?

 

[tntchix]

I knew that, it just looked comfier than that to which I'm accustomed.

Sounds great. The only Nordic country I've been to is Denmark. I imagine Finland is a bit different. I want to go to Iceland too.

11 million to 1 chance of dying in a plane crash.
your chances of surviving your next flight: 99.9999815%.
You're twice as likely to be boiled to death than death by plane.
3 times more likely to die of food poisoning.
4 times more likely falling off a ladder.
5 times more likely to die falling out of bed.
Odds of dying in a plane crash are the same as naturally conceived, identical quadruplets being born.
Chances of dying in a plane crash in the US is equivalent to getting struck by lightning - seven times.
In the last 10 years 91 passengers died in the US out of 5 billion total passengers.

Rear seats give the strongest structural support. Seats over wings are the most comfortable.


While I'm on the topic of statistics, my son was riding with me after he dropped his car off for repairs.
We were talking about selling some chickens. He asked if chickens are hatched with a 50/50 chance of being pullets and cockerels. I said yes. He did a little math in his head and told me there's a 1 in 5,000 chance that a dozen incubated eggs will be all pullets or all cockerels.
He's in college for actuarial science.

cc, i know the odds, my brain just won't listen. It's the takeoffs and landings that freak me out.

silly brain of mine

i could spend hours (maybe years) in my head and not come up with a probability answer like your son did.

 

[Beer can]

So the name was off color?

Something about adult inuendo.

 

[tntchix]

Practice makes perfect.

Sadly,i have the lungs of a 70 yr old, have since i was a kid

been trying to improve for years now asthma has come back with a vengeance. Was symptom free for my late 20's thru early 40's.

 

[Amberjem]

 

[Beer can]

I loved flying, like rideing in a caddy. The only times were though from Syracuse NY to O'hare and then to St Louis MO, bus from there to Ft. Leonardwood, had a lot of fun that summer Lol! Then from St louis to Newark NJ. Took a small jet from there to Binghamton NY, that ride wasn't as smooth. Our family has drove to Florida three yrs in a row, takes two days one way and I do ninety percent of the driving. I can't get the wife to fly. The drive back the first time almost killed me, I think I was hallucinating all the way through PA.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

cc, i know the odds, my brain just won't listen. It's the takeoffs and landings that freak me out.

silly brain of mine

i could spend hours (maybe years) in my head and not come up with a probability answer like your son did.

I love the takeoffs, scared of landings, turbulence in bad storms is what really freaks me out. I've had 2 really bad flights and some so-so. One was a huge storm over St. L and after circling for over an hour, we had to divert to KC before we ran out of fuel, then there were a couple malfunctions on the way to KC, including a cabin pressure issue and a landing gear problem.
The other was a blizzard over Albuquerque with 2 aborted landings and the third successful before we had to divert to CO Springs for lack of fuel.

Actually the odds were something in the high 4,990s. He just rounded up.

Sadly,i have the lungs of a 70 yr old, have since i was a kid

been trying to improve for years now asthma has come back with a vengeance. Was symptom free for my late 20's thru early 40's.

My kids developed what they called exercise induced asthma while on swimming teams and had to quit.