XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: lars@beagle-ears.com   
      
   ["Followup-To:" header set to alt.unix.geeks]   
   On 2025-12-19, rbowman  wrote:   
   >> https://www.amazon.ca/Nokian-Hakkapeliitta-Studded-205-55R16/dp/   
   > B09BF64WZZ   
      
   > I had a set of Nokians that I really liked. The car they were on was taken   
   > out by a snowplow in March so I left them on the wreck and kept the summer   
   > set. I should have changed them out. I couldn't find Nokians when I   
   > replaced them.   
      
   Nokian - made by Nokia?   
   Hakkapeliitta - also looks Finnish - does hakka mean "hook" or "stud" ?   
      
   And how does such a weird, outlandish brand end up on a tire shop shelf   
   in Montana?   
      
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   Lars Poulsen - lars@beagle-ears.com   
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