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Beatiful! Reminds me of traditional chinese paintings.
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If you're willing to take the least traveled road, you'll find sceneries worth photographing.
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..."I did not expect China to be so visually stunning..."
i bet every country has something stunningly beautiful to offer.
nice photos though. thanks.
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Hey, I was wondering if you had any background-sized files of these images? They'd make for great wallpaper.
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I wish... I stumbled upon them on the Chinese image-aggregation sites, which seem to publish only that size... I'll update if more information about the original photographers surfaces.
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Very beautiful pictures. Thank you
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"I did not expect China to be so visually stunning"
My friend, the world is full of beautiful places. Just because you have your assumptions about other countries and people doesn't mean other places are any less beautiful or that other people are any worse than what you're familiar with.
Next time you see the news on TV, you should seriously think about how beautiful Iran might be, or what the cultural heritage of Iraq used to be. And don't even get me started about Russia :)
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Classic China landscape! Glad to know you like it!!
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These pictures are probably taken at the historical Three Gorges river, which China has stupidly decided to dam up and ruin the scenery. I believe the dam is currently in progress and the river is expected to dip several inches per year. Visit while you can, you can hike and actually see these views - supposedly. Haven't done it yet.
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Very beautiful photographs. The natural beauty of China is largely unknown to the world. I certainly never expected this from China. Thanks for sharing them.
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Of course the land shown in the pictures is beautiful; it is so hard to traverse that the Chinese will dump their trash in a more convinient location, like right outside their homes.
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how stupid can you be to let someone watch you enter the PIN?
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lol, check the date on those CCTV images. . . The theives chose a good day to steal someone's credit card. :P
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Regarding the date . . . Nov 9, 2001 was a Friday as it shows on the date code on the picture. Sept 11, 2001 (9-11) was a Tuesday.
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how did you figure out the method though?
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11/9/2001 in europe is November 9th, not september 11th. 11/9 was a friday...
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11-9-2001 was a friday, which means this was a US teller IMO because Europe goes dd/mm/yy in most cases.
Looks very easy to do - add the spycam technology and a thief wouldnt even have to come "help"
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I blame our public school system for society having so many stupid people.
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anonymous-- That would depend on if you were an honest person or not. The criminal pictured here is a thief. The person at the ATM is a trusting person, brought up to trust other people.
One is a shameful thief, the other an honest person.
That is The Truth.
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first off to anonymous, youre a dumbass for what you said because the date is 11/09/01.. That is November 9th 2001 for the slow paced ones.. That was a Friday. I don't understand why people always try to find a fault and cry about it. anyway, i feel bad for the guy but as mentioned, you should never trust strangers ESPECIALLY around your money.. I know I don't, and nothing like thats ever happened to me, so tough break buddy.. you live and you learn
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This could be just a demo of what did happen at that bank and how short the time frame it could take to do the job… protecting the innocent …….Notice the person at the end of the film is demonstrating the last steps to take the film out of the machine.
His hand looks the same as the so-called thief in the film above… Are the banks allowed to publish the actual film of a crime????? Privacy issues…….. Of course standards in European countries are different so who knows…… any way don’t “trip” it was just a thought… I personally hide my steps while entering information in an ATM whether there is someone there or not… I always think if the camera is looking at me then that is someone who potentially can see me enter my code depending on the angle of the camera…..Some times the people who have access to the film are not good people either. Hummmm.. get to that
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I think the demostration is a valid message to show those who are trusting what may be could be happening. It appears that much of the comments are about the date and not the benefits, must be some morons out there.
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very interesting....i would never let a stranger help me with my cards at the ATM i would go to the bank immediately. Rebecca
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any way, thxs for info
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It really happens. We just need to be careful. It's sad but there are lots of bad people i this world.
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i can't believe that there are people on here bitching about this information. the guy that wrote this post didnt have to write it but did just so that at least one or two of you would not be caught with this scam. I don't think its a question of how stupid you are to enter your pin infront of someone people do irrational things under certain situations. thanks for the info mate much appreciated :)
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Thank you very much for the information. It really help people to be more careful and cautious in the future.
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Thanks for the info too. To those that think stupid people fall for it, I think its more a question of patience and frustration. If you need the money badly and someone walks over to offer help, I think in many circumstances people will "fall" for it.
At least one bank is kind enough to release this info. I've yet to see anything like this from banks in my area.
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I liked the picture with your cash tucked under the bed! hahaha =) Informative article!
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Great information, Thanks..
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"Anonymous said...
11/9/2001 in europe is November 9th"
No it isn't, in Europe we write dates dd/mm/yyyy so:
11 = Eleventh
9 = September
2001 = er, 2001 ;-)
Writing the date yyyy/mm/dd or dd/mm/yyyy makes sense, I've never understood why anyone thinks that writing it mm/dd/yyyy is a good idea !
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see http://photo2text.com/
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black people stealing.. or at least knowing how to steal. What a surprise
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Yep. No matter what, you shouldn't let someone see your pin. Its common sense. Some machines even have signs to remind you not to ask from help from strangers. If there is something wrong with the machine, call the bank. That's it. Its not about not being trusting, its just being sure.
Good post.
oh btw. its funny how you guys argue over a date lolz
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thats an evil act
cyber
http://www.uscheckingaccount.com
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this is a technique known as the "lebanese loop" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_loop
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Yeah, that's called a card trap. I read a case about it in a criminal law class. the case was from the mid or early 80s I believe. This type of thing has been going on in america since ATMs first appeared. I realize people are caught off guard by this but, anybody who puts their PIN in in front of a stranger in any situation is a fool.
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what's even more brilliant is that they just made a step by step guide for how to do this for any criminals that haven't heard of it yet.
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thats crazy. I think someone fell overboard in that video.
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Actually the people on the video are green peace activist trying to stop the other boat. The capitain from the big one decided to drop the anchor on them and well, no one cares for green peace (and those were international seas) so sews didn´t proceed.
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Actually the last picture is a fishing boat from the netherlands (Z indicates Zierikzee or so)
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One of those might not be considered a ship. ;-) Under the huge Maersk ship, and then the slightly less huge container ship, is what looks very much like a self-unloading laker (lake freighter) passing under the Mackinac Bridge, which goes between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. They are so large they can never leave the Great Lakes, and so, as they are therefore not ocean-going, they are called boats. But they can face severe weather as rough as almost any on the ocean, especially this time of year. (Edmund Fitzgerald, anyone?) I'm guessing that one is the Paul R Tregurtha, the largest operating laker at 1,013.5 ft.
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Except for 4, 5, and 15, I've said every single one of those, though not to a customer directly.
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Thank you for the procrastination one. I think i just found my new life motto and screen saver.
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Those posters are copyright material. Just a fair warning that you might at least want to give credit to Despair.Com -- the folks that make them. (Not the Star Trek ones though.)
I'm not affiliated with them, but I have purchased their calendar. :)
BTW, your word verification isn't a word.
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Thanks for the heads-up. I credited another site as source, but now included Despair.com, as well. A few of the posters are "homemade" on the make-it-yourself site linked above.
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I don't think you need to worry too much about copyright for these kinds of things.. especially since the ones that might be copyright have a watermark on them anyways....
ANYWAYS, the link you put for the "make your own" demotivational pictures isn't working, I use www.demotivationalpics.com/index.php#generator to make my demotivators. That site is great.
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Why do politicians always go for babies to be photographed with on their campaign trail...I would never let one of them hold mine to try and use them as a boost to their popularity. Its wrong as far as I am concerned to use babies and children to get their policies across.
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That camshaft is huge. I wonder how hard it is for this thing to sink.
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I wonder the same thing. How do these ships fair compared to smaller ships, in the roughest of seas?
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I wonder what sort of stuff they ship with it.
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Uhhh thats a crank shaft not a cam shaft.
--ShagSpeed
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The norwegian company he is talking about is Bergersen Shipping.
The ship carried oil and needed specially built ports to fill/empty its hulls.
This ship is a legend.
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sure it's nice to have a big haul of a ship, but if it sinks you lose that much more in one shot...
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Thank you for this updated link - article updated now.
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Check out the pic I took of "Freedom of the Seas" in Oslo last summer...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brandnewbrain/139791450
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Oyvind, thanks for this
lovely pic!
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Hi, I'm a Korean Blogger focusing on Internet issue, gossips, and gadget. Anyway, I posted about your amazing articles and internet traffic. Thank you.
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The only thing missing is the cornfield.
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omg!! that's not a ship its an island!!
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nice blog!
did you have a look at the Vincent Callebaut's projet, the lilypads, floatting cities?
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For the love of Pete - it's the work of the French military!
http://www.dbookbooth.com/view_product.php?product=407
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So, what's the most unusual military vehicle you can think of? Maybe the Japanese airplane-launching submarine of WW2? Or perhaps the Soviet attempts to build a flying tank? Or perhaps the 1000 ton rolling fortress the Germans tried to build in WW2? All quite odd, I agree, but barely made it past the drawing boards. For us, the oddest is a moped armed with a 75mm cannon.
After World War II, there was little money for defense spending while the nations of Europe rebuilt their industry and society. When there was some cash to spend, one had to be creative to stretch it as far as possible. The French probably accomplished the most astounding example of that with the ACMA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56. Deployed with their airborne forces, this was essentially a militarized Vespa scooter outfitted with a 75mm recoilless rifle. Five parachutes would carry the two-man gun crew, weapon, ammunition, and two scooters safely to earth, and the men would load the weapon on one scooter and the ammo on the other, then ride away. More impressively, the recoilless rifle could be fired effectively on the move by the best of the gun crews. Total cost? About $500 for the scooter and the recoilless rifle was war surplus. Were they successful military machines? Well, the French Army deployed about 800 armed scooters in wars conducted in both Algeria and Indochina.
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That's the only time I've seen a Vespa that could honestly be called a crotch rocket.
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'troupes aéroportées' not 'aerol portées' :)
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So recoil wasn't a problem with a recoiles rifle? Crazy.
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I don't mean to be hypercritical but don't call a scooter a moped.....it calls into question your entire writing ability if you dont even research the topic enough to know the difference
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moped is how they call it in the linked article. However, you are right, and I changed the quote.
Thanks for pointing it out.
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I saw this contraption in another article that says the Vespa was only used for transporting the rifle. I think that is probably the truth because, if you look at the way the rifle is mounted, there is no way to adjust the elevation of the weapon independent of the scooter.
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you can't be supposed to sit on it while fireing? right?
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Hmm, this is certainly a way to consider adapting my scooter so that people in cars/trucks/SUVs will pay attention and not cut me off!
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The Vespa was designed to utilize the surplus starter motors from WWII Italian aircraft. The Vespa is the ultimate example of beating swords into plowshares. I do not appreciate the French military turning our lovely freedom wheels into messengers of death.
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Aside from the problem of fixed elevation, there's absolutely no reason why this couldn't be fired with a rider on the saddle. Recoilless rifles up to 105mm were fired from the shoulder, so the only thing stopping someone from firing this is the psychological impediment of having it between their knees.
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The 75mm was light enough to be shoulder-fired by a strong man, but was usally fired from an ordinary machine-gun tripod.
What looks odd about this thing is that the gun doesn't look easily removable from the Vespa. It's got to be drawn back until the muzzle clears the hole.
The tripod, and more ammo, could certainly be carried on the other Vespa. And that all makes sense.
Shooting the gun while mounted on the Vespa: that seems pretty desperate.
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Elevation wasn't a problem - it's a recoilless rifle, not an artillery piece. This was designed to fire rockets, not bullets. The rockets travelled essentially in a straight line, so "up-arcing" was not needed. I'm sure that the rifle was designed to be fired whilst installed on the scooter.
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Recoiless rifles don't use 'rockets' either. It works just like a regular artillery piece except that the casing is perforated (holes up and down the brass case, lightly covered but that blow out upon firing) and the rear of the artillery is ported. When fired, equal energy goes out the case holes and through the rear of the gun (blast) to counter the recoil of the shell going out the business end, thus 'recoiless'. Don't be standing behind one when it fires - you would be roasted!
Recoiless rifles fell out of favor by the '70s - early '80s, due to the shell weight (all that extra powder to just go out in the rear blast) and with the introduction of wire guided missles, et al.
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"Recoilless".
Don't stand behind it, though, it throws an equal mass out the back to cancel the recoil.
They also fitted 75mm recoillesses to B-25 bombers in WW2 and used them for shooting up trains and armor on the ground.
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I"ve never seen a more stunning example of a bunch of guys who have no idea what they're talking about.
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I'm the owner of such a Vespa TAP Military Scooter and also search information for several years now. There is a "huge hill" of wrong information written. The person who was write the M20 75mm could fired from the shoulder of a strong man didn't have seen ever this canon in real or did transportet it from one point to another point. The manual from the US Military is speaking of a six man team. The firing was every time from a tripod which was also transported with this Vespa. Normaly a collector has only the Vespa and the M20 75mm. Firing fixed from the Vespa was impossible, because by driving you didn't had any change to be in a fixed route. But there are also other different points because it's impossible.
The Vespa had his own constructed motor and never ever a surplus starter motor from a aircraft. This is realy a fairytale.
Again: "I'm sure that the rifle was designed to be fired whilst installed on the scooter."
I was spoken with a old military soldier from the french army who was ridding such a Vespa in Algeria. IT WAS IMPOSSIPLE TO DO THIS. Also the had big problems with this Vespa and their 8" wheels in the sand to drive with this complete package (6 rockets, tripot, M20 75 MM, driver, diff. small things, some fuel add.). The conception was changed into Vespa scooter with a radio equipment in a trailer (as seen also on photos from the museum of piaggio).
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if it wasnt designed to be fired while attached, why mount it through a hole in the front? wouldnt it have been simpler to mount and easier to remove if just lashed to the side?
either way if anybody has any official documentation on it that would be great. it is a very interesting vehicle.
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You don't remove the rifle by pulling it backwards. The saddle has hinges so you can easily open it sideways. If you look closely, you will see that there's a latch on the front shield just above the muzzle of the gun. This latch can be removed easily, thus making it possible to lift the rifle of the Vespa. Quite ingenious really. Remember this was the 50's. The first model appeared in 1956 and the second one in 1959, the differences being in the materials used for the cooling hood of the engine and the ACMA badge.
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has anyone got one for sale in any condition.private collector seeks. please e.mail lou.shed@blueyonder.co.uk
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the m 20 (US army issue) altho a little heavy at 114.5 lbs it was shoulder fire weapon ,recoilless means just that it dont kick ,it shakes .speculation on my part is the little vespa was just a way to get a 6 man crew down to 2 ,air dropable didnt have to travel far or fast ,need proof of this?my team had an air dropable steal wheel roller ,now that is scarie watching it tossed out of a c47
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No wonder the French lost both Algeria and Indochina . . .
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Very neat little contraption... A bunch of nitwits pretending they know what they're talking about though. "Rifle" and "cannon"; these words have nothing to do with missiles. It fires an artillery shell. And firing a 75mm cannon (let alone 105mm) on a man's shoulder is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
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Like this one, an 90mm one, shown in the picture fired from the shoulder:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M67_recoilless_rifle
Recoilless rifles aren't cannons either, they are their own type of weapon.
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Wow, looks like that scooter on www.customeretrofit.com
It is a crazy scooter there. Modifiying the scooter and doing a custom retrofit on it.
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I love these little guys! I might just have to start making some of these out of old stuff I've got lying around.
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Totally. Gundams are the worst thing ever.
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The uncredited artbot (above the mouse) is by Al Honig (http://www.alhonig.com/). I'm sure he'd appreciate the link!
Cheers,
Head Rotor from Suicidebots
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Hey thanks for this artbot info! Great scultures!
Added the link.
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Those are so cool!
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The 'dreadnaught' bot is just a slightly customized Dreadnaught figurine from Warhammer 40,000, a tabletop wargame from British publisher Games Workshop. Some Russian guy just went fro more steampunk look, instead of 40K canonical techno-gothic.
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"pitkä kuljetus" is Finnish and means "long transportation" so the truck is most definitely Finnish.
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Yeah, and the transportation took certainly place in Finland which is not, by the way, Eastern European country.
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Good detective work!
Thanks for the tip... fixed
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Love your blogspot - so much to see and always fascinating photos. Thanks!
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Regarding the smallest firetruck of the world, I think it's likely this one (although it's hard to call that a "truck"): http://www.ff-schnelsen.de/Loeschi/body_loeschi.html
The text is in German but there are some pictures. Google provides some more, looking for "Löschi" or Loeschi".
What a beautiful train.
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