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Helsingin Sanomat, Mielipide, 16.4.2007 HS:n uutisen (10.4.) mukaan maailman ensimmäinen Critical Mass -pyöräilymielenosoitus järjestettiin vuonna 1992 San Franciscossa ja Suomen ensimmäinen vuonna 1997 Helsingissä. Tämä varmaankin pitää paikkansa, jos tarkastelemme vain Critical Mass -nimen alla järjestettyjä mielenosoituksia. Vastaavia mielenosoituksia on toki järjestetty aiemminkin. Itse järjestin kaksi polkupyörämielenosoitusta vuoden 1990 keväällä Helsingissä. Ensimmäiseen niistä osallistui toista sataa mielenosoittajaa. Ajoimme VR:n makasiineilta Erottajalle ja takaisin. Samoihin aikoihin pyöräilijät osoittivat mieltään myös Wienissä. Hyvät ideat syntyvät aina uudestaan. Tämän idean soisin jo käyvän tarpeettomaksi. Matti Kinnunen Helsinki

Magnificent desolation Buzz Aldrin Unemployed Suddenly, I am unemployed. Something really strange happened on Friday. I was having a meeting with sorting machine suppliers when I was called to another meeting. I went there, found my boss, the HR-boss and the local ombudsman. They told me that the Finland Post Corporation (FPC) will not offer me permanent employment. Since my trial period would have ended only at 4pm, they were allowed to fire me with no reasons. I left the building at 1.25, took taxi home, and headed to the unemployment office, then to a bar, another bar, and still a few bars. Mostly those cheap bars, which the unemployed frequent. Got drunk, well and happily. I do not know what happened. My boss says she was happy with my work, her boss was happy as well. The program manager, in whose program I was the systems architect and the IT project manager, was happy with me as well. As was his boss. All of them promised to recommend me and help me in finding a new job. I h...