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Doorman
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Quote from kompa :how do you prepare yourself for the known finnish gloominess?

Is this a fact or an urban myth? Y'know, one of those national stereotypes that have a grain of truth but are generally untrue. Scotsmen are tight, Welsh can sing, Irish fight, English can play football etc. etc.
Doorman
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Quote from Yaamboo :Yes, you would need to learn Finnish, although you can manage the basic stuff with only English.

:P

In Jyväskylä maybe, but in Helsinki it's amazing how many people speak English. I got a parking ticket in Helsinki and phone the given number to find out what I must do to pay the fine. I asked the girl if she spoke English 'Of course' she replied. Oh yes, I got away with the fine as well. Viva Suomi
Doorman
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JTbo, thanks for going to the trouble of getting those links. Very handy. Bookmarked all of them (except Kerava, been there, done that)
Doorman
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Quote from Scawen : I'm enjoying the journey!

As long as you keep enjoying it I feel that we'll end up with the best sim ever. I'm too old to be a fanboy as such but the way LFS is going is fine by me. (barring digital speedos in minis ) Go drive a few more race cars, enjoy the ride and have a good Christmas
Doorman
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Quote from Aquilifer :It's progressive. If the income is under some limit (dunno what) you don't pay tax. Then if it goes beyond that limit, you pay only for the part going over it. There are several steps as the tax rates gets higher.

EDIT: But there are those hidden taxes, e.g. in prices of all products (VAT). Like 320 euro graphics card costs only 280 before the taxes

So no change there then. In the UK some traders, like builders and car mechanics, quote you a price for a job then when they've finished tell you that vat goes on top! I hate that, just tell me what the final figure is for god's sake!
Doorman
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Do you pay tax on ALL your income or is, as in UK, a proportion of it tax free. For example, if you earn £30,000 p.a. the first £4,000 is tax free. (or there abouts) So you only(!) pay tax on £26,000.
Doorman
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Quote from JTbo :So what have you found worse thing in Finland so far? Our bizarre humour? Maybe our weird association to put everything to behind sauna?

After long and careful thought there is not very much I can point a finger at. Maybe it's the rose tinted silmälasit symdrome it just seems there is less to complain about in Finland than here. Maybe when I start paying taxes.

Which reminds me. Something that has always puzzled me is how can a country with a fine infrastructure and facilities etc. etc. be payed for by only 5 million people? The taxes must be crippling or politicians must be VERY honest.
Doorman
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Quote from Aquilifer :Good. Now Doorman can start practising all of them as he cannot become a proper Finn before he masters all..... oh yeah, they test that you can handle all of them in the immigration office.

I'm doomed!
Doorman
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Quote from Dajmin :I've never noticed it in my arms, but I do sometimes end up clenching my butt so much it aches

Tight arsed Scotsman? Can't be right.
Doorman
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Quote from Aquilifer :Don't know if this is good or bad, but we arrange all kind of odd sport events in World Champion level. For example...

Swamp football (soccer) - http://www.suopotkupallo.fi/
Mobile phone throwing - http://www.savonlinnafestivals.com/
Wife carrying - http://www.sonkajarvi.fi/?deptid=14952
Boot throwing -http://www.saappaanheitto.com/online/etusivu/index.php
Winter swimming (in an icy lake) - (can't find link?)
Who can stay (alive) longest in Sauna - (no link?)
...

All of which can be found on Sky sports.

It ought to be husband carrying though.
Doorman
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Quote from spankmeyer :Where is your God now?


Äiti!
Doorman
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Quote from Scawen :Eventually all GTR cars will have proper GTR dashboards. For now it's just digital. It's not a possible time to change that now, it's already been thought through and tested for weeks. The translation line has been removed and the selection code has been deleted.

Shame. This is the first thing you've done that I've been disappointed with.
Do the rocket shoppers count as GTR? I hope to hell not!
Doorman
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Removed digital speedo option - now depends on type of car

Several, indeed most of us on the server tonight, were dismayed at the digital speedo on the UFR. This was followed by 'OMGs' and...well general unhappiness. To slap digital displays on everything from UFR upwards is a damned shame! At least put the option back...please. Right throughout the whole range of cars if necessary. That'll keep everyone happy and won't detract from the sim one iota.
Cheers.
Other than that, top work.
Doorman
S3 licensed
Default to 5 laps sorted. I knew it would be
Doorman
S3 licensed
Quote from Scawen :When the server is restarted? Or just started?

I mean, is the bug simply that LFS ignores the number of laps in setup.cfg and always goes to 5 laps?

Yes exactly, I've tried it several times. Update patch, restart server, defaults to 5 laps. Restarted server ordinarily and it still defaults to 5 laps. Checked each time that setup.cfg is 10 laps...it is. This has been noticed since about X34/35. Sorry, I can't be specific about which patch started it.
Doorman
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I think I've found a bug that hasn't been reported. At least I haven't bee able to find it.
Concerns Dedicated server: Setup.cfg is set for 10 laps. When the server is restarted it defaults to 5 laps. The .cfg file does not change. Can't be a feature surely.
Doorman
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Jeesus Cristus! What have I started?
Doorman
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A little 'pink' and a bit 'drifty' but some good things in there which I will undoubtedly use. Very good work.
Doorman
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Quote from The Very End :Can you please upload some pictures?
Would like to know what I am downloading and installing. Noticed any FPS drops when installing this too btw?

They're decals for god's sake! You'll only get a 20-25 fps drop, well worth it.
Thanks Dan
Doorman
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Difficult without a doubt. First it's not based on Latin in any way I can see, unlike most European languages. Worst of all, when I have painstakingly worked out something to say my wife will tell me "You should have said ~~~ssa or ~~lla or ~~sta", or any one of a hundred affixes rather than the one I settled for! Aaaaagh!
Doorman
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Quote from NotAnIllusion :You don't do irony do you?

I've got LOADS of irony.






Oh, and
Doorman
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It's very red and shiney! What HAVE you been up to?
Doorman
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Quote from NotAnIllusion :If that's the sole criteria you rank your abodes by I worry for you

You don't do irony do you?
Doorman
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Quote from Batterypark :Actually, Kerava is one of the worst things in Finland. I come as a close second.

Nooooo! I've bought an apartment already. The wife's family are already settled there, I can't ask them to move! What's so bad about Kerava? It has Prisma, Kahveri, Anttila and McDonald's as well as Hesburger
Doorman
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Quote from JTbo :What town it was again where you were about to settle?

Kerava.
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