Enpä ole pitkään aikaa kerennyt tänne mitään kirjoitelemaan. Twitter- ja Facebook- älyttömyydet ovat saaneet riittää tyydyttämään avautumisen tarpeeni. Mutta nyt ajattelin kuitenkin jotain tarinoida, kun ei vielä uneta ja koko muu perhe on jo unten mailla.
Joulukuussa on tideoosa parit mukavat bileet. Ensin on 4. päivä firman pikkujoulut. Odotan innolla etenkin etkoja ja jatkoja. Etkoilla on tarkoitus mennä porukalla Gloriaan lauleskelemaan karaokea. Laululistaa on töissä mietitty porukalla. Ehkäpä Easyn ja Kissanaisen voisi kiekaista. Toiset bileet onkin sitten paljon merkityksellisemmät. Vaimokulta väittelee tohtoriksi 11. päivä ja sitähän tietysti karonkassa ja karonkan jatkoilla juhlitaan. Saa nähdä kuinka suureksi osallistujamäärä nousee. Juhlapaikkana on Aleksanterin Sali. Menu on jo päätetty ja DJ ääni- ja valolaitteineen tilattu. Boolin ainekset pitäisi vielä päättää ja tietysti käydä ne ja muutkin juomat hankkimassa.
Olen syksystä asti Vihantilaisten esimerkin inspiroimana pohdiskellut, josko alkaisin järjestelmään Utsjoelle siellä 80-luvun lopulla nuoruuttaan viettäneiden kokoontumista. Lähinnä ajattelin ikäluokkaa 71-75 syntyneet. Toisena vaihtoehtona pohdin myös rajaamista 90-94 lukiosta valmistuneisiin. Vähän tuota haarukkaa nuoremmat jo toissakesänä järjestivät omat bileensä ja kuuluu olleen ihan onnistuneet juhlat. Myös noin kymmenen vuotta nuorempi polvi näkyy Facebookissa yrittävän viritellä jotain vastaavaa. Mutta ehkä meidän pitäisi kuitenkin nuoremmille näyttää, miten ne juhlat oikeasti järjestetään (tähän tulisi hymiö, mutta kun ne ei kuulu tällaiseen vakavasti otettavaan tekstiin, niin enpä sitten laita).
Täytyisi saada muutama ihminen innostumaan asiasta joiden kanssa bileitä voisi alkaa yhdessä järjestelemään. Kuinkahan tuo tapahtuma saisi kannatusta ja keräisi osallistujia? Jätetäänpä vielä hautumaan, mutta varmaan tähän teemaan vielä palaan.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Spotify on steroids?
I hate it that I have to use Win Media Player or iTunes to play the tracks that are not available on Spotify but that I have on my hard disc. Couldn't Spotify change the player so it could access the local music library as well. I would do it so that when you search for something to listen to it would first check the local library and if it's not there only then use their library. As a user experience this would be great, one stop shop for all the music. Still they could provide the editorial content ie. the biography of the bands/artists they don't have in their catalogues.
This way it wouldn't cost them that much to provide the service as currently people are using Spotify also to listen to tracks they already have on their hard discs. Avoiding the cost associated would make sense.
But then again, from the user experience point of view this is not needed if Spotify someday plans to have pretty much all the music in the world in their catalogue. :)
This way it wouldn't cost them that much to provide the service as currently people are using Spotify also to listen to tracks they already have on their hard discs. Avoiding the cost associated would make sense.
But then again, from the user experience point of view this is not needed if Spotify someday plans to have pretty much all the music in the world in their catalogue. :)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Roberta from Spotify
I've been using Spotify now for quite some time and I like it more now than when I first wrote about it. Perhaps 70% of my music listening is now on Spotify. If I don't take into account music I listen to from the radio in car, then the percentage probably is close to 90%.
I even use it to listen to music that I have already on the hard drive. But why is it like that, why do I use it so much? It's the user experience, the UI is very nice, there is no lag, and the editorial content is vey good. When you add to that the huge music collection, there you have it, an offer you can't turn down.
But I still must bitch about the scrobbling. It just won't work on all the computers I'm using and I really want to have my music listening history on Last.fm. And where's the S60 client that they demoed already some weeks ago?
I read earlier today that Spotify is facing serious financial challenges and that within a year they would need to shut down. This is unless they manage to lure more paying premium customers as the ad based model doesn't bring in enough money. This would be fortunate but still I won't pay for the premium account as I can live with the ads and can even live without Spotify. Besides I want to hear the lovely voice of "Roberta from Spotify" every now and then.
So Spotify, if you want to get more premium users you should get a less nice voice with less likeable face behind it to read your premium account ads. :-)
I even use it to listen to music that I have already on the hard drive. But why is it like that, why do I use it so much? It's the user experience, the UI is very nice, there is no lag, and the editorial content is vey good. When you add to that the huge music collection, there you have it, an offer you can't turn down.
But I still must bitch about the scrobbling. It just won't work on all the computers I'm using and I really want to have my music listening history on Last.fm. And where's the S60 client that they demoed already some weeks ago?
I read earlier today that Spotify is facing serious financial challenges and that within a year they would need to shut down. This is unless they manage to lure more paying premium customers as the ad based model doesn't bring in enough money. This would be fortunate but still I won't pay for the premium account as I can live with the ads and can even live without Spotify. Besides I want to hear the lovely voice of "Roberta from Spotify" every now and then.
So Spotify, if you want to get more premium users you should get a less nice voice with less likeable face behind it to read your premium account ads. :-)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Floorball season opener
Went to the season opener game of OLS in Finnish Floorball championship league. It was my first time ever to see this game live on this level. It's pretty damn fast and very good entertainment. I sat on the first row so I was really close to the action. I totally recommend this to anybody who enjoys watching a fast team sport. The game is pretty physical also nowadays. I'm sure I'm going to see quite many of these games this season as I have free entrance as a co-coach of my son's F junior team.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Let's play hockey!!!
I can hardly wait to see how Oulun Kärpät will do in SM Liiga this season. The team has gone through some changes compared to last year and there are a few very interesting players in the roster now - Teemu Aalto, Kimmo Koskenkorva, Pekka Saarenheimo and Pavel Rosa. Especially I'm looking forward to see how Koskenkorva who is now returning to Kärpät after many years is going to perform.
Also otherwise the SM Liiga should be rather interesting this season with a few very talented young players trying to establish themselves as solid SM Liiga players. Last season's rookie of the year, Hartikainen, should now show what he's really made of. And then the 17 year old boy Mikael Granlund who moved from Kärpät to HIFK is certainly a player to follow. I hope he does well.
PS. Last weekend I bought a new set of hockey equipment for my 8 years old son. It's a damn expensive hobby. I hope I don't need to buy all the gear every year.
Also otherwise the SM Liiga should be rather interesting this season with a few very talented young players trying to establish themselves as solid SM Liiga players. Last season's rookie of the year, Hartikainen, should now show what he's really made of. And then the 17 year old boy Mikael Granlund who moved from Kärpät to HIFK is certainly a player to follow. I hope he does well.
PS. Last weekend I bought a new set of hockey equipment for my 8 years old son. It's a damn expensive hobby. I hope I don't need to buy all the gear every year.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
What is too much?
I read an interesting book during the flights on the way from Oulu to San Francisco. It was "Enough: Breaking Free from the World of More" by John Naish. It's interesting how Naish explains our consumer habits by survival instinct that was vital when we still lived in caves. But the question remains open for what happens if we all learn to realize what is enough and that we just don't get any happier after reaching a certain standard of living? The whole current economy is built on constant growth.
I'm not sure how much the book affected me. Maybe I didn't buy as much clothes as I would have thought although they are crazy cheap in US compared to Finnish prices.
One change I decided to make is that I will watch less TV in the future and will lock the Disney Channel so our younger kid can't watch it too much.
I'm not sure how much the book affected me. Maybe I didn't buy as much clothes as I would have thought although they are crazy cheap in US compared to Finnish prices.
One change I decided to make is that I will watch less TV in the future and will lock the Disney Channel so our younger kid can't watch it too much.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Easter in Utsjoki
We had a wonderful Easter break in Utsjoki with two other families - our friends from Oulu and Kuopio.
The weather was just great for the two first days. On the third day it was cloudy but it didn't matter that much. The first day we went ice-fishing on a lake in the fells. We didn't catch any fish though but that wasn't the point anyway. The snowmobile trip to the lake was a great adventure for the kids of our friends. And the sun was shining from a blue sky and the temperature was somewhere around +6 c so it was just great to be there. We sat around a fire eating and chatting, watching kids play in snow laughing and shouting.
The next day we went first skiing on the ice of river Teno. It was just beautiful, sunny day once again. The wind was quite heavy but it was from our back and we were skiing down stream so you didn't really need to do anything but spread your arms to get going. Now our friends have seen Teno in the winter and have skiid to Norway - Teno is a border river.
Later that day we drove up 100 km to see the Nordic sea. I didn't remember how beautiful it is in winter. Our friends who hadn't seen that kind of scenery before were just amazed again.
The last day some of us went skiing on the ice of river Vetsijoki - me, my son and the ladies and girls - while the rest went feeding raindeers in the fell with my wife's dad and brother. Those guys were all smiles after that experience :-)
The evenings with great meals with all the three families together were so nice I'll remember it for a looong time. On the last evening also the family of my brother-in-law and my parents-in-law joined the dinner with us. There were 19 people around the table enjoying good company, good food and wine.
I'll try to post pictures of the trip to Ovi Share within a few days, but I'll probably make those available only to the friends that were on the trip with us.
The weather was just great for the two first days. On the third day it was cloudy but it didn't matter that much. The first day we went ice-fishing on a lake in the fells. We didn't catch any fish though but that wasn't the point anyway. The snowmobile trip to the lake was a great adventure for the kids of our friends. And the sun was shining from a blue sky and the temperature was somewhere around +6 c so it was just great to be there. We sat around a fire eating and chatting, watching kids play in snow laughing and shouting.
The next day we went first skiing on the ice of river Teno. It was just beautiful, sunny day once again. The wind was quite heavy but it was from our back and we were skiing down stream so you didn't really need to do anything but spread your arms to get going. Now our friends have seen Teno in the winter and have skiid to Norway - Teno is a border river.
Later that day we drove up 100 km to see the Nordic sea. I didn't remember how beautiful it is in winter. Our friends who hadn't seen that kind of scenery before were just amazed again.
The last day some of us went skiing on the ice of river Vetsijoki - me, my son and the ladies and girls - while the rest went feeding raindeers in the fell with my wife's dad and brother. Those guys were all smiles after that experience :-)
The evenings with great meals with all the three families together were so nice I'll remember it for a looong time. On the last evening also the family of my brother-in-law and my parents-in-law joined the dinner with us. There were 19 people around the table enjoying good company, good food and wine.
I'll try to post pictures of the trip to Ovi Share within a few days, but I'll probably make those available only to the friends that were on the trip with us.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
The snow mobile trip of the year
Only 4 nights to the start of the main snowmobile trip of the year. This time around we're going to Gällivare, Sweden. Expectations are extremely high! I've been reading trip stories from kelkkalehti.com discussion board and it all sounds almost too good. There's just enough snow right now (68 cm) even though I woudn't mind if there was more. The weather forecast for the time we'll be there looks very promising. And the snow slide risk is very low in the area.
The entourage consist of all together 6 guys of the snowmobile club of Nokia Oulu. I guess all others than me have short sports sleds so I guess they will be digging those up from the snow a lot as they will get stuck. I guess we have to make one trip to Stora Sjöfallet and one to Kebnekaise. Although the mountains, or fjells rather, in Utsjoki where I was raised are very beautiful and some of them pretty high, they really don't compare to Kebnekaise or Stora Sjöfallet at all.
I've understood that Gällivare isn't really a place to go if you're looking for vivid night life. But that's not what we're looking for anyhow so it doesn't matter :)
We will pack the sleds on the trailers on Wed evening and by 10 am Thu we'll be on our way to Gällivare. I hope we arrive early enough so we can already make a small warm up trip on Thu afternoon/early evening.
The entourage consist of all together 6 guys of the snowmobile club of Nokia Oulu. I guess all others than me have short sports sleds so I guess they will be digging those up from the snow a lot as they will get stuck. I guess we have to make one trip to Stora Sjöfallet and one to Kebnekaise. Although the mountains, or fjells rather, in Utsjoki where I was raised are very beautiful and some of them pretty high, they really don't compare to Kebnekaise or Stora Sjöfallet at all.
I've understood that Gällivare isn't really a place to go if you're looking for vivid night life. But that's not what we're looking for anyhow so it doesn't matter :)
We will pack the sleds on the trailers on Wed evening and by 10 am Thu we'll be on our way to Gällivare. I hope we arrive early enough so we can already make a small warm up trip on Thu afternoon/early evening.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Net Gens own the world?
I'm reading Don Tapscott's Grown Up Digital and feel quite related to the Net Gen in some ways although I'm Gen X'er myself. I love many of the great social networking services and other nice stuff on Internet. I love to both consume and share things there. I want my Facebook, Last.fm, Flickr, Twitter, You Tube, Spotify etc.
But then again in many ways the Net Gen is so alien to me. I'm not as fast, I'm not as social with my working practices etc.
But if they are so damn efficient and clever, what is left for us Gen X'ers and baby boomers to do in the work life? Should we just retire and let these guys and gals take care of the business? ;-) Or is there something we're better at? Maybe the answer is there in the book, I just need to finish it first and digest it for a while.
But then again in many ways the Net Gen is so alien to me. I'm not as fast, I'm not as social with my working practices etc.
But if they are so damn efficient and clever, what is left for us Gen X'ers and baby boomers to do in the work life? Should we just retire and let these guys and gals take care of the business? ;-) Or is there something we're better at? Maybe the answer is there in the book, I just need to finish it first and digest it for a while.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Last.fm on Fring
I installed the latest version of Fring client yesterday once I saw the blog post about Last.fm integration to it from TechCrunch. I had been using Fring before but once we got our own Nokia Chat (now called Contacts on Ovi) out last summer I ditched Fring.
Now I played around with the new Fring client a bit and it is pretty nice...they have done quite nice job integrating Twitter, Facebook etc.
But the point for me to check the new client was to see how they've done the Last.fm integration. As I assumed Last.fm is one item on your buddy list. Basically all the main features are supported. You can create channels by a band name, listen to your friends' channels, ban and love music etc. The playback does continue in the background even when you're chatting f.ex. with a Gtalk buddy. So everything is cool otherwise but the UI could be better. It's a bit ugly and moving between the playback, ban, love, etc buttons and artist info field is a bit clumsy because the tab order is weird.
So will I start using Fring again? Well, not for chat as Contacts on Ovi does the trick for me. But I'll keep the client installed for the rare occasions I want to listen to Last.fm on my E71.
Now I played around with the new Fring client a bit and it is pretty nice...they have done quite nice job integrating Twitter, Facebook etc.
But the point for me to check the new client was to see how they've done the Last.fm integration. As I assumed Last.fm is one item on your buddy list. Basically all the main features are supported. You can create channels by a band name, listen to your friends' channels, ban and love music etc. The playback does continue in the background even when you're chatting f.ex. with a Gtalk buddy. So everything is cool otherwise but the UI could be better. It's a bit ugly and moving between the playback, ban, love, etc buttons and artist info field is a bit clumsy because the tab order is weird.
So will I start using Fring again? Well, not for chat as Contacts on Ovi does the trick for me. But I'll keep the client installed for the rare occasions I want to listen to Last.fm on my E71.
Spotify is cool, but that's it
I've seen a lot of discussions in blogs, emails and Twitter bracing Spotify. Some say after using it for a couple of days that they love it and couldn't live without it.
The laggard that I am, I only subscribed to and installed the Spotify client a few days ago. Right now I'm listening to the new Bruce Springsteen album on Spotify (quite a nice album...basic stuff from the Boss).
I'm not totally blown away by Spotify. I don't see it that revolutionary at all. I mean it's nice and all and surely I will keep using it, but I don't quite see what it brings that I didn't already have with Launch.com (later Yahoo! Launch), Last.fm etc. Being able to access your playlists on every computer you have the client installed on isn't a big thing to me as I don't even store playlists for later use 'cause I want to pick the songs for my playlist each time I'm listening to music.
But bringing social aspects to Spotify, scrobbling your music history and playing your friends' stations or stations based on a band name etc, would make Spotify my one and only player on connected computer. Ahh, yeah I'm also looking forward to a client for S60 phones. :-)
The laggard that I am, I only subscribed to and installed the Spotify client a few days ago. Right now I'm listening to the new Bruce Springsteen album on Spotify (quite a nice album...basic stuff from the Boss).
I'm not totally blown away by Spotify. I don't see it that revolutionary at all. I mean it's nice and all and surely I will keep using it, but I don't quite see what it brings that I didn't already have with Launch.com (later Yahoo! Launch), Last.fm etc. Being able to access your playlists on every computer you have the client installed on isn't a big thing to me as I don't even store playlists for later use 'cause I want to pick the songs for my playlist each time I'm listening to music.
But bringing social aspects to Spotify, scrobbling your music history and playing your friends' stations or stations based on a band name etc, would make Spotify my one and only player on connected computer. Ahh, yeah I'm also looking forward to a client for S60 phones. :-)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Status messages for life
It's kind of boring to see people update their status on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Bebo, Orkut or whatever social network with the stuff that is just normal routine part of their days, like "Mette Mannonen is at work forecasting the weather" (no, I don't know her but would love to :-) ).
I'm guilty of doing this myself also sometimes when I can't think of anything clever to say but I feel like my lates status update is way pass its' expiration date.
Now I thought I'll write here status messages for the rest of my life...well at least until I'm retiring. These are valid unless otherwise stated in my status message in Facebook and/or Twitter.
MON - FRI
11:45 pm-6:45 am: Marko is sleeping.
6:45 am-8:00 am: Marko is getting ready for the day at the office ie. yawning, washing, shaving and eating.
8:00 am - 8:15 am: Marko is driving to the office listening to Radio Rock morning show (the car might be different depending on the day but who cares).
8:15 am- 4:15 pm: Marko is working, which means boring meetings, boring emails and boring document reading and writing while hoping to be somewhere else doing something else
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Marko is driving home and listening to Radio Rock again
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Marko is cooking dinner or helping with it and eating it with the family
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Marko is trying to rest on the couch while reading a magazine or surfing the web
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm: Marko is taking his kids to their hobbies and/or doing his own stuff like gym, skiing, floorball
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm: Marko is getting ready for the night ie. eating and washing (note: in the morning washing comes before eating), putting younger kid to bed and reading a bed time story etc.
9:15 pm - 11:44 pm: Marko is watching TV, reading emails and maybe working on some work related document, surfing the web or reading a book or magazine
11:44 pm - 11:45 pm: Marko is being gentle to his wife
SAT - SUN
11:57 pm-8:45 am: Marko is sleeping.
8:45 am - 10:30 am: Marko is getting ready for the day ie. yawning, scratching, washing, shaving and eating.
10:30 am - 11:45 am: Marko is taking it easy at home, watching TV or playing with kids or something
11:45 am - 3:00 pm: Marko is fixing or building something at home OR shopping downtown AND/OR taking kids to their hobbies
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Marko is cooking and eating late lunch with the family
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Marko is again watching TV
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Marko is excercising (either gym or skiing)
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Marko is in sauna
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Marko is having evening meal, putting younger kid to bed and reading a bed time story etc.
9:30 pm - 11:45 pm: Marko is watching TV or a rental movie
11:45 pm - 11:55 pm: Marko is getting ready for bed, washing and stuff
11:55 pm - 11:57 pm: Marko is being gentle to his wife double as much as on weekdays
There you have it. If there's nothing special mentioned in Facebook or Twitter just check the list above and you'll know what I'm doing.
I'm guilty of doing this myself also sometimes when I can't think of anything clever to say but I feel like my lates status update is way pass its' expiration date.
Now I thought I'll write here status messages for the rest of my life...well at least until I'm retiring. These are valid unless otherwise stated in my status message in Facebook and/or Twitter.
MON - FRI
11:45 pm-6:45 am: Marko is sleeping.
6:45 am-8:00 am: Marko is getting ready for the day at the office ie. yawning, washing, shaving and eating.
8:00 am - 8:15 am: Marko is driving to the office listening to Radio Rock morning show (the car might be different depending on the day but who cares).
8:15 am- 4:15 pm: Marko is working, which means boring meetings, boring emails and boring document reading and writing while hoping to be somewhere else doing something else
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Marko is driving home and listening to Radio Rock again
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm: Marko is cooking dinner or helping with it and eating it with the family
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Marko is trying to rest on the couch while reading a magazine or surfing the web
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm: Marko is taking his kids to their hobbies and/or doing his own stuff like gym, skiing, floorball
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm: Marko is getting ready for the night ie. eating and washing (note: in the morning washing comes before eating), putting younger kid to bed and reading a bed time story etc.
9:15 pm - 11:44 pm: Marko is watching TV, reading emails and maybe working on some work related document, surfing the web or reading a book or magazine
11:44 pm - 11:45 pm: Marko is being gentle to his wife
SAT - SUN
11:57 pm-8:45 am: Marko is sleeping.
8:45 am - 10:30 am: Marko is getting ready for the day ie. yawning, scratching, washing, shaving and eating.
10:30 am - 11:45 am: Marko is taking it easy at home, watching TV or playing with kids or something
11:45 am - 3:00 pm: Marko is fixing or building something at home OR shopping downtown AND/OR taking kids to their hobbies
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm: Marko is cooking and eating late lunch with the family
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm: Marko is again watching TV
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Marko is excercising (either gym or skiing)
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Marko is in sauna
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm: Marko is having evening meal, putting younger kid to bed and reading a bed time story etc.
9:30 pm - 11:45 pm: Marko is watching TV or a rental movie
11:45 pm - 11:55 pm: Marko is getting ready for bed, washing and stuff
11:55 pm - 11:57 pm: Marko is being gentle to his wife double as much as on weekdays
There you have it. If there's nothing special mentioned in Facebook or Twitter just check the list above and you'll know what I'm doing.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Mun kelkka on museokamaa!
Wau, ajoin eilisellä reissulla lyhyen pätkän kaverin uudella Lynx Rave RE 600 E-TECillä! Täytyy sanoa, että nyt minun -06 -vuosimallin Lynxin 600 SDi X-Trim on ihan museokamaa. Moottorista en osaa sen ihmeempää sanoa, mutta kyllähän sekin pitäisi juttujen mukaan olla paljon parempi ja vähäpäästöisempi kuin toi SDi. Kaverin kellkka vaan on vielä sisäänajossa, joten kulutus oli kovempi kuin minulla tuossa X-Trimissä eikä toiminta muutenkaan ole vielä niin notkeaa kuin se tulee olemaan ensihuollon jälkeen. Mutta se ajettavuus ja ajoasento! Korkeampi ja kapeampi penkki tekee ajamisesta lapsellisen kevyttä. Alusta tietysti on myös paljon parempi, vaikka se on ollut kyllä jo pari talvea käytössä Lynxillä, mutta se ei minusta niin iso asia ole kuin tuo ajoasento ja keveys. Uusi X-Trim:kin on parikymmentä kiloa kevyempi kuin minun X-Trim puhumattakaan tuosta pätkästä sport-mallista.
Kun sitten palasin oman kelkan sarviin ja ensimmäisen patikon poikasen tullen nousin ajamaan seisaaltaan, tuntui penkistä ylösnouseminen aivan hirveän työläältä. Niin paaaljon alempaa siinä joutuu itsensä ylös hilaamaan. Kelkan ohjaaminen tuntui aivan uskomattoman työläältä...shit. Täytyy sanoa, että kyllä tekis mieli päivittää omakin kelkka, mutta sinnittelen kuitenkin vielä tämän kauden tällä nykyisellä. Mutta iskarit on kyllä pakko simmittää...niin paljon tulee iskuja läpi etupukista.
Kun sitten palasin oman kelkan sarviin ja ensimmäisen patikon poikasen tullen nousin ajamaan seisaaltaan, tuntui penkistä ylösnouseminen aivan hirveän työläältä. Niin paaaljon alempaa siinä joutuu itsensä ylös hilaamaan. Kelkan ohjaaminen tuntui aivan uskomattoman työläältä...shit. Täytyy sanoa, että kyllä tekis mieli päivittää omakin kelkka, mutta sinnittelen kuitenkin vielä tämän kauden tällä nykyisellä. Mutta iskarit on kyllä pakko simmittää...niin paljon tulee iskuja läpi etupukista.
Kelkkakauden avaus, Juustola - Syöte - Juustola
Tuli sitten kelkkakausi avattua eilen Pudasjärven maisemissa. Kaverin kanssa pakattiin aamulla kelkat Oulussa kärryn kyytiin ja nykäistiin ne Juustolan pihaan. Siitä sitten rykäistiin kelkoilla Syötekeskukseen ja takaisin. Aika rankka lenkki kauden aloitukseksi, kun matkaa tuli reilu 200 km ja koko matka aika patikkoa. Iijoki oli aika pahasti vesillä, joten päätettiin kiertää sillan kautta sen yli. Lunta saisi olla tuollakin reitillä reilut parikymmentä senttiä enemmän, että alkais ojat täyttyä. Syötteen ympäristössä kyllä lunta on jo ihan riittävästi, mutta siellä taas patikko oli ihan järkyttävää. Liikennettä on ollut paljon ja lanauksen tarpeessa reitti todella olisi. Minä hyydyin menomatkalla patikkoon niin, että viimeiset kolme kilometriä ennen kelkkojen ja kuskien tankkausta ja takaisin kääntymistä ajelin siinä turistipatikossa ihan turistivauhtia. Ei vaan jaksanu enää edes puristaa kaasua niin, että olis kelkka kulkenu nätisti patilta toiselle. Kaveri kyllä jaksoi paremmin.
Ainoa varsinainen vastoinkäyminen menomatkalla oli, kun minun takalaukku oli auennut ja yli puolet kamasta oli levinnyt jonnekin välille. Osittain tästä johtui myös hyytyminen patikkoon, kun ei ollut nestettä juotavaksi.
Kun sai sitten kahvilassa vähän lepäiltyä ja ravittua itseään, oli patikko paremmin ajettavissa ja se sujui hiukan joutuisammin, vaikka ei vieläkään jaksanut koko ajan pitää vauhtia, vaan aina välillä piti vähän hengähtää. Paluumatkan iloinen yllätys oli, kun Pudasjäven Nesteellä kyseltiin, että oliko meiltä tippunut reitille kamaa. Joku rehellinen ja avulias moottorikelkkailija oli kerännyt kamat reitin varrelta ja jättänyt ne Nesteelle. Mahtavaa, minulla yli 20 vuotta ollut leuku oli pelastettu ja takaisin onnellisella omistajallaan :)
Tämän reitin pahimmat ojat ovat Juustolan ja Kuusamontien ylityksen välillä. Täräytin paluumatkalla pariin ojaan sen verran reilusti, että kroonisesti kipeä oikea ranne rusahteli ja niskan fasettinivelten jumit taisi paukahdella. Kaasuvipukin kääntyi sen verran hankalaan asentoon, molemmilla kerroilla, että piti sitä väännellä takaisin. Kaveri sitten ajoi parisen kilometriä ennen Juustolaa yhden mutkan leveäksi ja otti hiukan kontakti puuhun. Kelkka kellahti siitä kyljelleen, mutta kumma kyllä vaikutti siltä, ettei isompaa vahinkoa tullut. Suksi saattoi vähän vääntyä, mutta ainekset tilanteessa oli kyllä pahempaankin vahinkoon. Noh, jokatapauksessa tärkeintä on ettei kaverille käynyt mitenkään.
Oli kyllä hyvä reissu ja kelkkailu maistui taas herkulta pitkän odottelun jälkeen. Nyt kyllä tuntee lihaksissa, että olisi kyllä puolet lyhyempikin matka riittänyt näin kauden avaukseen.
Ainoa varsinainen vastoinkäyminen menomatkalla oli, kun minun takalaukku oli auennut ja yli puolet kamasta oli levinnyt jonnekin välille. Osittain tästä johtui myös hyytyminen patikkoon, kun ei ollut nestettä juotavaksi.
Kun sai sitten kahvilassa vähän lepäiltyä ja ravittua itseään, oli patikko paremmin ajettavissa ja se sujui hiukan joutuisammin, vaikka ei vieläkään jaksanut koko ajan pitää vauhtia, vaan aina välillä piti vähän hengähtää. Paluumatkan iloinen yllätys oli, kun Pudasjäven Nesteellä kyseltiin, että oliko meiltä tippunut reitille kamaa. Joku rehellinen ja avulias moottorikelkkailija oli kerännyt kamat reitin varrelta ja jättänyt ne Nesteelle. Mahtavaa, minulla yli 20 vuotta ollut leuku oli pelastettu ja takaisin onnellisella omistajallaan :)
Tämän reitin pahimmat ojat ovat Juustolan ja Kuusamontien ylityksen välillä. Täräytin paluumatkalla pariin ojaan sen verran reilusti, että kroonisesti kipeä oikea ranne rusahteli ja niskan fasettinivelten jumit taisi paukahdella. Kaasuvipukin kääntyi sen verran hankalaan asentoon, molemmilla kerroilla, että piti sitä väännellä takaisin. Kaveri sitten ajoi parisen kilometriä ennen Juustolaa yhden mutkan leveäksi ja otti hiukan kontakti puuhun. Kelkka kellahti siitä kyljelleen, mutta kumma kyllä vaikutti siltä, ettei isompaa vahinkoa tullut. Suksi saattoi vähän vääntyä, mutta ainekset tilanteessa oli kyllä pahempaankin vahinkoon. Noh, jokatapauksessa tärkeintä on ettei kaverille käynyt mitenkään.
Oli kyllä hyvä reissu ja kelkkailu maistui taas herkulta pitkän odottelun jälkeen. Nyt kyllä tuntee lihaksissa, että olisi kyllä puolet lyhyempikin matka riittänyt näin kauden avaukseen.
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