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14/02/2008 (Päivitetty 08/04/2010)
There’s snow, there’s snow- that is back in winter 1968

Talvella 1968

We've had winters with more snow than is the case here in Turku at the moment. The snow cover is . . .

14/08/2008 (Päivitetty 18/03/2010)
Deep Purple and Nazareth-The Helsinki Gig

Deep PurpleThis was the previous one, next summer we'll be heading to Turku, we already got the tickets. Car . . .

16/03/2010
Mr. Beckham pays a visit in Turku-One day too late-bother!

Beckhamin leikanneet lääkäritMister Beckham flew over to Turku on March 15, 2010 and was met by a crowd of people. Even guys were . . .

04/02/2010
The Magic Limit for Old-age Retirement-Was it 70 years?

EläkeläinenI for one intend to press on with my work as long as my employers are willing to have me. That is, I . . .

28/01/2009
Unemployed engineer-What would I do today?

Työtön insinööriHere's what an unemployed engineer is up to:

  • drilling walls
  • browsing porno . . .

21/01/2009
Obama got a new job-that of the prez

USA:n pressaI see this Obama fellow started his new job as the president of the United States. I was watching hi . . .

16/01/2009
National Agency for Medicines relocated to Kuopio-Boss resigned

Jopet-showNothing pisses me off more than the statements given by the former head of the National Agency for M . . .

04/01/2009
Waiting for Cristmas-A rehearsing session

Treenit jouluna 2008It's a strange thing, but now that I have time, I haven't got anything done. Then again, we've had C . . .

18/12/2008
First layoff notice-followed by layoff

Joulu 2008You wouldn't have believed how quickly the American housing business can hit over here. Again the bl . . .

09/12/2008
Real economy-Futures economy

Työvoimatoimisto

Today I visited the employment centre, as I had been laid-off – a difficult character, you see, a . . .

09/11/2008
Birthday Bash and the Father's Day-Milla and myself celebrating

Kakku

It doesn't happen too often that Milla's birthday and the Father's Day fall on the same date - 9 . . .

05/11/2008
Obama's the winner-No less than 70 percent of the votes - can be call

Barak ObamaSo Barak Obama will be the new president in the old U. S. of A. I assume they will adopt a bit more . . .

28/10/2008
The election's over-The rain crowned the occasion

Valley-logoIn this election you were better off trusting your intuition - see, my candidate made it and I think . . .

23/10/2008
Testing the Candidate Matching Software by Harri-They are all rubbish

Vaalikone

I decided to test all the candidate matching applications I could come across. These included the . . .

01/10/2008 (Päivitetty 02/10/2008)
One of these damn stories!-Potbelly works

Ruska saapuu

Here's another one of those stories!

As I've been blessed with a potbelly and knobbly kne . . .

25/09/2008
Hunger Day approaches - are you prepared?-National costumes seen in the Häme province

Smedu Tampereelta

The story was on the radio that in addition to collectors for the Finnish Red Cross fund raising . . .

18/09/2008
This is it then-Bitten by the Bug

Milla ratsastamassa

Milla got the chance of testing a new vehicle that stops when you pull the reins... Wonder how ma . . .

10/09/2008
Makke turning 40-Celebrating on Friday 5 September 2008.

Makke 40-v

Makke turned 40. Crashed in to a surprise party with Ape and Hantta. Birthdayboy Makke was slight . . .

03/09/2008
Looking for spammers-And finding some, too

Postituslista

The spammers have been at it again. I felt the need for finding out the culprits behind them and . . .

27/08/2008
Power installations or picking blueberries-It's lingonberries, if you must know!

Mustikassa

Friday night we were off to Lokalahti with the intention, and I am talking for myself here, to wo . . .

21/08/2008
Who's the fastest in the world?-Jamaica, who else!

Voittaja

Was watching telly last night and I started thinking who's the fastest man in the world of all ti . . .

16/08/2008
open reel tape recorder--

PalautettaHullo all! Don't know by any chance where to buy a working Revox? The mission to accomplish this ti . . .

14/08/2008
Deep Purple & Nazareth-The Helsinki Gig

Deep Purple 2009Care to know what happened to us the other day? In spring a pal had purchased 10 tickets to the Naza . . .

06/08/2008
Down By The Laituri Festival 2008-Tuning in for Von Hertzen Brothers

DBTL-kaupunkifestit

The DBTL city festival was set up in Turku from 29 July to 3 August and I felt I had to join in a . . .

25/07/2008
Pori Jazz 2008-Listening to Little Feat

Porin jazzeilla 2008

The trad way of preparing for the annual Pori Jazz Festival is kicked off by doing some necessary . . .

09/07/2008
A Whirl of Folklore pleasures-Don't have to dance

Jutajaiset 2008

Popped in to see the local folklore festival. Now, those of us who may find the words 'jutajaiset . . .

08/07/2008
Holiday in the North-Visit to the funfair is a must

Tivolissa 2008 Rovaniemellä

Enduring the summer holiday. The first part of it has been cleared now. When on holiday things ju . . .

18/06/2008
Mauri hullo-Here's the test page for you

Valley-logoJust testing with a friend and after the midsummer we might even come together.

A picture o . . .

17/06/2008
Who'll come up with the most riveting midsummer ad-Merchant Keskinen vs. the Finnish Transport Union

Juhannuksena täytyy mainostaa

Village merchant of Tuuri, Mr. Keskinen, launched a new type of ad campaign, which even I just ho . . .

05/06/2008
Forecasting the weather-The Gran in the Back of Beyond

Tarja Halonen

Why is it that the last winter on earth was colder than the recent average? In Siberia and Centra . . .

04/06/2008
asp and .asp.net trojans about-Things went badly for the boy from Pori: 18 months

Valley-logo

These days you might come across some .asp and .asp.net virus attacks. And what does that mean, . . .

29/05/2008
Harry International-Google had to follow suit

Smedu Tampereelta

Now as Harry has become a man of the world and is being perfectly at home all over the place not . . .

28/05/2008
Remote father's skills-Pieces of advise accepted

Etäisä opettaa soittamaanFriends of mine, will you tell me if I send instructions for my daughter by email in the manner a re . . .

22/05/2008 (Päivitetty 23/05/2008)
Killing two birds with one stone-Rautavaara and Lokalahti

Käsi ja pää ei pysy paikallaan

One more time in Lokalahti, this time it's digging. It nearly got tough because of all the bloody . . .

08/05/2008
Sirpa-Marita-Äkäslompolo 1986

Sirpa-MaritaThe musicians here are top-notch beyond any doubt. It was back in 1986 I believe when our bass playe . . .

03/05/2008
Electric installations and Celtic stuff-A sauna on the beach and Clannad

Clannad-lippuSaturday was a busy day I tell you because I was working on a sauna sorting out the relevant cabling . . .

29/04/2008
Santos-1979-Wedding waltz of Akseli & Elina

NuottiYou do remember there was a time we played songs like this. The recording was made in Hartsuherra at . . .

24/04/2008
Musician's fingers-Now deep in it

Soittajan sormetMusician's fingers can be funny sometimes. I managed to get mine zapped as I was courageous enough t . . .

23/04/2008
Valley.fi is growing-the site's been spotted

Valley-logo

Visits to this site have increased clearly. The average number of guests per day used to be somet . . .

20/04/2008
The handset gone missing-What'll be the next thing to get lost?

PalautettaHullo there you man in the moon! Tarmo was trying to get hold of you yesterday wanting to know wheth . . .

15/04/2008
The next SMS episode-Guest starring the Prime Minister

Masa ja SussuYou might have guessed that yet another series of text messages has leaked out involving people at t . . .

10/04/2008
Office inauguration-A night with pool

Työpaikan bileetOur office moved over on new premises. The new place is sporty, it must be said. The voice through t . . .

06/04/2008
It's a small world-

PalautettaRan into this site by sheer accident. Good job . . .

03/04/2008
Paris Hilton in Finland. Yippee!-But why? Find out here

Benji Madden

The party's just getting better: Paris Hilton on a visit to Finland!

It's a pity she won' . . .

02/04/2008
The Ike fuss was no April fools' hoax-but here's a few from the past

Ike Kanerva suuruuden aikoinaApril fools' hoaxes have once again come and gone. The controversy involving our (now ex) foreign mi . . .

27/03/2008
Foul and fair weather-Pictures of Lapland and the south

Helmikuu 2008 TurussaNow, it occasionally happens that up in the northern Inari the weather's fine while here in Turku we . . .

25/03/2008
Every UK number one since 1955-Bygone days will stay gone forever

Levysoitin


Someone had taken a lot of trouble to put together a list of all the songs that made it to th . . .

20/03/2008
Allu's Corner-Word for the day

Tikkasen allu It will be Easter soon, and the folks from the south have a chance to come up here in Lapland to . . .

19/03/2008
In order?-Is this in order?

PalautettaAnd what does it mean when you've got it in order? What order? . . .

18/03/2008
The feedback's working-at long last

PalautettaI've had a wee bit of problems with my feedback pages. I haven't managed to make it work since last . . .

12/03/2008
Migratory birds return-are you ready?

Maailman suurin koskaan elänyt lintuThe birds of passage come back, and are you up to it? On my way to work I spotted a crow, a magpie, . . .

08/03/2008
Nykänen's an agency - definitely-Advertising agency Jurgen Ämmänsaari can't compete

Smedu Tampereelta

Matti Nykänen, the top celebrity of Tampere, is not just a singing piece of blood sausage - also . . .

05/03/2008
A break into a new territory-Now also available in a foreign tongue

Englannin lippuI improved the site a bit to feature some international lingo. The process still drags on but as som . . .

01/03/2008
A go for Procol Harum-Powered by beer

Paketti 1_3_2008.jpg

Once upon the time there was Procol Harum. A bunch of pompous Finnish guys started to pick out th . . .

13/02/2008
Life's not too bad in Tonttumäki-Am I going local?

Tonttumäki

Tonttumäki isn’t such bad place to live in. Town is just a stone throw away and the office is rig . . .

31/01/2008
Masterpieces of Photography-Sometimes the shooter gets shot

Milla kuvaaMilla once started taking pictures on the Nikon. It might as well go the other way round, too. . . .

29/01/2008 (Päivitetty 30/01/2008)
Stressy turn-A sleepless spell

nukkuuHad to take out the mobile and come up with something one more time as I found it tough to get to sl . . .

24/01/2008 (Päivitetty 25/01/2008)
New faces in the band rehearsal room-The future musicians

Paketin treenitThe image of our band Paketti has started to get younger as you might see for yourself.
The you . . .

16/01/2008
Emptying the dust bag-... and refilling it

Siivooja

I managed to vacuum the floors and I even emptied the dust bag – manually – as no replacements we . . .

15/01/2008
Makke’s housewarming-Plenty of people who play and sing

Makken tupaantuliaisetMakke gave a housewarming party and the whole band got invited. Jani couldn’t make it but the others . . .

10/01/2008
Cheap and good?-No such thing apparently

Sininen ruutu

The trouble started when I bought a new DVD drive for my computer. See the blue screen? I was hav . . .

10/01/2008
Down by the laituri 2007-This story might be a wee bit late

Down by the laituri 2007

In summer one day I checked out the city festival DBTL. Managed to get some footage of the Brazil . . .

08/01/2008
Muvee's coming, gotta try it out-Milla at Lake Inari

Milla Inarilla

A muvee’s on the way. And what’s a muvee then you might ask? It’s a clip of digital images and vi . . .

02/01/2008
The New Year's Hullabaloo-Luckily not too many dead

Ilotulitusta

The new year celebration is over – no sobering experience I tell you. Rockets seemed to be all ov . . .

24/12/2007
Christmas in Rovaniemi-Impressive pile of presents

Milla-tonttuSanta’s helper Milla appeared out of thin air to see whether there were any good children about. . . .

15/12/2007
Happy Christmas-To all

Joulu 2007

Christmas is drawing near; and soon it will be new year and then epiphany, my name day of all thi . . .

14/12/2007
Bout of flu-Toddy makes a difference

Nuhanenä

A surprise case of sneaking influenza. It started with a spectacularly sore throat, went on with . . .

11/12/2007
Stolen identity-And what can it mean to you?

Tunnukset varkaille
  • A young person under suspicion for theft at Habbo Hotel on 15 November 2007
  • . . .

06/12/2007
Company Christmas Party-A night of bowling, golf and grub

Hohtogolfausta

Christmas Party’s now officially over. Our Christmas party turned out to be a bit sportier than u . . .

01/12/2007
The new player-And a 14-year-old chap on the guitar

RitvanenI just can’t get it - how can these kids be so good? The name of the song was I shot the sheriff the . . .

29/11/2007
First snow-It was snowing last night here in this town

Lunta TurussaUntil now it’s been a very mild autumn. On the radio they were remembering back 50 years. It appears . . .

29/11/2007
Testing out the latest mobile web.-It’s a slow show

LamppuThis bedroom lamp on the ceiling is one of the first shots on my mobile. I improved it a bit using t . . .

28/11/2007
Updating this site directly from the mobile-an example

Tarmo pullisteleeThe text might be a touch on the short side because of the tiny set of keys. But it doesn’t matter a . . .

20/11/2007
No Tehy strike after all-inventing a new industrial action

Jalka poikkiThe Tehy lot, the Union of Health and Social Care Professionals, came up with a new efficient form o . . .

15/11/2007
Free at last tomorrow-I do feel better now

Kauppa se on joka kannattaa

Must say I feel more than relieved as I ventured out to do some shopping entirely on my own, for . . .

09/11/2007
On sick leave-with a plastered leg

Kipsi jalassa

Wonder why nothing ever happens to me?

Time to ponder on that, so to speak, as a matter o . . .

07/11/2007
Shooting in a school-The American Way in Finland

AmmuskelijaSome serious gunning episode in Jokela school, Tuusula, where ever that is. Some 18-year old student . . .

31/10/2007
Smedu lives-My life as a filing clerk

Smedu Tampereelta

Can't make it, no time now. No way. So this is a case of complaining about one's temporal pressur . . .

18/09/2007
A working band in Turku-Rehearsal room on premises of an insulation compan

BänditreenitSo we've come as far as having set up a band here in Turku, too. Or rather, the chaps have had a sor . . .

11/09/2007
Jethro Tull in Town-An impressive concert

Jethro TullThe playing was nothing short of splendid as they threw a familiar-sounding set from over the years. . . .

05/09/2007
Enjoying summer in the cottage-Milla gets a fish or two

Milla saa kalaaThis is it, things we did in the cottage after midsummer.
Actually, it's a test bit as I am t . . .

23/08/2007
Look out for thieves-Works fine

VarasNow for the second time someone filched my money from me. This time I lost my bank card. I only beca . . .

29/05/2006 (Päivitetty 11/06/2007)
Donald Duck-1965

Aku Ankka

Now, if you are having piano lessons you also need to come up with something joyful and nice to p . . .

29/05/2006 (Päivitetty 06/10/2006)
X-ray-1974 to 76

X-Ray

Now, X-ray could be called a decent band, which made a number of gigs, no less. We crisscrossed L . . .

29/05/2006 (Päivitetty 07/09/2006)
LHL Project-1982 to 1984

LHL-project

The LHL Project stands for Laakso, Härmä & Lehtonen. The band members included Tommi Härmä on dru . . .

29/05/2006 (Päivitetty 07/09/2006)
Sirpa-Marita and her Band-1985 to 1986

Sirpamarita yhtyeineen

Sirpa Tuppurainen was a nice girl and a good singer. Her husband Veikko Peltovuoma was on bass an . . .

29/05/2006 (Päivitetty 07/09/2006)
Having a go at Humppa Dance Stuff-

Humppakokeiluita

Eki Vitikainen got riled about the fact that humppa bands got a lot more gigs than the ones playi . . .

29/05/2006 (Päivitetty 15/08/2006)
Compact Cassette-1969

C-kasetti

The first compact cassettes hit the market towards the end of 1960's. Tape recorders were replace . . .

14/07/2006
Mr Petranen turns 50 yrs-2000

Pepe ja MoilanenHere's a picture taken in his 50-years party. Please get to know Pepe - the cause for all the merrim . . .

13/07/2006
Keeping touch-Drop a line if you will

Muokattu kuvaHarri Laakso

Haltiantie 8 I 72
06100 VANTAA

050 3228166

. . .

11/07/2006
I've been working on this site-for a couple of months now

Valley-logoRacked my brain with them databases as I couldn't figure out how to make this one directory work. Bu . . .

06/07/2006
Site Developents-Recent events

Valley-logo

Valley occurred to me years ago - might have been 1995 - but the story goes back all the way to t . . .

03/07/2006
Calf tagging begins-Midsummer's a thing of the past

Piltta kaulassa vasalla.Gave a bell to my sister in Lemmenjoki. She and her lot were planning to leave for the summer taggin . . .

29/05/2006
The Vocational School Band-1976 to 77

AmmattikouluThis one involved Risto "Rilli" Hellstén on bass, Harri Erkkilä on drums, Pertti "Peepa" Palmu and H . . .

29/05/2006
The Rock Band from Nivavaara-1979

Rajua menoa Nivavaarassa

This team used to play old rock and roll pieces. Those involved included Markku Orislahti on drum . . .

29/05/2006
Mum's Acoustic Guitar-1970

Landolalla aloiteltiin kitarointi

My mum used to play guitar so I started to take an interest especially as there were sharp guitar . . .

29/05/2006
Jukka Hyvönen Group-1978

Ravintolamusaa

We used to play with Jukka in various joints doing mainly background music. The band included Sin . . .

29/05/2006
Sakke, Risto and Harri-1976

Hurriganes kuvassa (Kuva bongattu netistä)

This bunch was dedicated to playing stuff originally performed by the Hurriganes. This was probab . . .

29/05/2006
Alf & Red-1974

Nuotit

With Markku Pesonen on vocals and Jyrki Vähämäki on guitar we founded a band called Alf & Red foc . . .

29/05/2006
The Garage Bunch-1972 to 74

Harri, Antti. Urpo ja Tuomo

Our first band with the chaps was set up in the early 1970s. The band featured Antti Peuna on bas . . .

29/05/2006
First Electric Guitar-1971

Telecaster tuli v. 1973

The boy next door, his name was Ismo, got an electric guitar for a christmas present and I immedi . . .

29/05/2006
Piano Lessons-1964 to 1971

Pianisti työssään

Taught by by Veikko - husband to my dad's sister - I started taking piano lessons at the age of 5 . . .

29/05/2006
The Three Merry Robbers-2000

Kolme iloista rosvoa vankilassa

I played and adapted the musical comedy The Three Merry Robbers for the Rovaniemi open air summer . . .

29/05/2006
Grundig Open Reel Taper Recorder-1971

Vanha kelanauhuri

Now, having established myself as a great guitar virtuoso recording the grind was the only way fo . . .

29/05/2006
Vocational School Band II-1989 to 90

Valley-logo

The line-up of this ensemble included the now late Billy Kostiainen on vocals, Raimo "Rami" Hakal . . .

29/05/2006
Search-Result

EtsintäYou have performed a search . . .

29/05/2006
Gold Washers of Lemmenjoki-2004

Kullanhuuhtoja

My kid sister Kikka asked me to set up an orchestra for the Lemmenjoki gold digging competition. . . .

29/05/2006
Valley-1999

Siivikko ja Saitajoki

Valley pulled together good players and singers to work on material close to everyone's heart wit . . .

29/05/2006
Harri & Harri-1996 to 98

Valley-logo

Together with Harri Pöyhtäri we threw a couple of gigs on two guitars. My namesake Harri sang and . . .

29/05/2006
Music for Motorists-1992 to 1993

Motoristi matkalla keikalle

In a couple of springs we used to play some straight-forward motoring music at Karu MC's spring-s . . .

29/05/2006
Computers Come Along-As of 1998

Cubase ohjelma

I bought my first Commodore 64 as early as 1982. I even learned the Basic programming language an . . .

29/05/2006
My Little Studio-1990...

Tehokas Tascam TSR-8 raituri

Over time a considerable amount of musical instruments had been accumulating taking up any vacant . . .

29/05/2006
Summer Holiday Band-1980

Hannu Raudaskoski Itse Basisti

The guys involved in this one were Seppo Suhonen on drums, Hannu Raudaskoski on bass with Olli Ha . . .

29/05/2006
Nordfox-1988

Valley-logo

The guys had made a month's playing contract at Hotel Pellohovi and they needed someone on guitar . . .

29/05/2006
Christmas Party Band-1987

Kovaa menoa pikkujouluna

This one featured Raimo "Rape" Kortelainen on imitation and vocals, Markku "Make" Orislahti on dr . . .

29/05/2006
Terapia Orchestra-1985 to 1989

Hakkeri ja Kepa

As the name suggests, Terapia was something like a therapy band we used to play in in our spare t . . .

29/05/2006
Gigs with Hannu Merkku-1985

Valley-logo

Hannu Merkku was a big man and such a man makes a lot of noise. We had a main amplifier, which in . . .

29/05/2006
The Erkki Witikainen Orchestra-1984 to 1985

Valley-logo

Then there was a time for doing some humppa gigs, or for playing in restaurants more precisely. T . . .

29/05/2006
Summer Holiday Band-1982

Valley-logo

Markku Suhonen banged the drums, Hannu Lehtomaa was on bass, Mortti Haurunen on one guitar and I . . .

29/05/2006
Laakso & Petranen-1991

Laulaja, sanoittaja ja säveltäjä

My first long-play recording came out in 1991; the cassette was named Kaikuja kellarista, Finnish . . .